QRZ.COM a poll asking if us contesters should be restricted to certain parts of the bands...GO VOTE! We are taking a beating according to the poll. 73/Chuck KI9A -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.cont
Just a reminder! The Illinois QP is this Sunday, 1800z-0200z...get on & give us a few Q's! Rules at: http://www.megsinet.net/~jematz/ilqso99.html Hope to see you on! 73/Chuck KI9A -- CQ-Contest on WW
I have an MFJ 432 voice keyer I bought a few years ago that I am having RF troubles with. After several failed attempts at solving this problem, I am trying once more before this thing goes into the
C'mon guys. this tread is getting real old! Here it is: 1) self spotting is illegal. Don't do it. 2) spotting others is OK. Do it. There are no limits. Deal with it. I have recently started using pac
Is this really going to make or break contesting? DO THE RULES STATE YOU NEED TO USE YOUR OWN CALL TO PUT *INTERNET*, yes, INTERNET spots up?? This thread needs to stop. BTW, I do not condone using
You seem to have missed the whole point. Nope. Not at all. The point is it would be darn near impossible to stop packet cheats. Period, especially INTERNET spots. -- StripMime Report -- processed MIM
Just a reminder--the 40th annual Illinois QSO party is Sunday, Oct.20th 1800z-0200z. A perfect time for last miniute checks of equipment prior to the CQWW & SS! 73, Chuck KI9A -- StripMime Report --
OK folks, give it to these clowns! www.qrz.com See the "qrz news" -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --
Well, sorry Randy, I call 'em as I see 'em. Of course not everyone there are clowns, but, I honestly think the guys there who want to limit our contesting to partial bands, are, well, clowns. (and ot
Someone from W6 asked about signal reports from stations op'ing the CQP. This morning, I took a quick tune down 20. Equipment here is Cushcraft A3 tribander @ 25' & rig is FT-1000mp Mark V. I had no
When did we start using the packet cluster as an instant messenger? It is really getting old with posts like "when is he going to be on this band?" and posting it with the dx call. There is entirely
The participant's real-time logs and DX Packet-Cluster spots are fed into some computer with some special software. The software will be 'smart' enough to read the spots and the logs, in real-time. M
If I have to further complicate that search by having to find one that requires a high-speed internet connection, which then either has installed the proper hardware/software for the "daylight" real
I think catching the "cheaters" is really a secondary aside anyway This sums it up, folks. Look, a cheater, is a cheater. If you foil him by doing something with real-time scoring. then he will cheat
Hey all, while setting up for todays Illinois QSO party, I noticed my new mfj voice keyer was tuning the VFO on my FT1000MP Field downward. I checked all connectors, thenm popped the hood on the MFJ.
It configures the keyer for the particular brand of radio is interfaced with. See Page 5 and Appendix A of the manual. http://www.mfjenterprises.com/man/pdf/MFJ-434B.pdf 73, Dennis, NE6I Uh, right...
Hey gang, What are you Ft-1000mp Mark V guys using for audio settings with the Heil HC-4? I have the mic gain set at 9:00, & the compressor at abt the same, but it seems a little tight. The ALC meter
Gang, I have a new MP Field, with the INRAD roofing filter, & the factory 500hz filter. I want to add another CW filter from INRAD, & am torn between cascading another 500hz (or the 400hz) filter, or
I understand this concern, but do we really want to turn it into sweepstakes? Is this a replay of the threads that went on when WPX began 1 pt Q's?? That's all we heard, & IMHO, allowing 1pt Q's for
Was it just me, or did anyone else notice an EXTREME amount of dupes this weekend? I was at K9SD Friday evening, & when I left the chair at 0700, I had about 700 QSO's in the log, & about 20 dupes! I