Gaaawwd, I hate the way this thread is progressing, even though this is just about my "most loved" thread running on cq-contest right now. "uber-geeks". Ugh, did you really have to say something like
I really never enjoyed the Disney movie series "The Love Bug" very much. I suppose my attitude would be different if the actors, directors. and production qualities were different. But there's a lot
The first organized radio contest was called the Transatlantic Test, and was a DX contest that ended when the first group of American ham radio signals was received across the Atlantic -- if I rememb
You didn't mention the height of your radials... interaction with ground might affect their resonance. By the way, the length (and height) of elevated radials will affect the apparent resonant freque
Get the "smoothed sunspot number" from online sources, and then use the Icearea feature of VOACAP by Greg Hand named "ITSHFBC". Google it. You can get "simpler" software, but this one is the best, a
I've been telling my closest friends within contesting circles about the possibilities presented by this kind of technology for at least two decades. In about 1977 I had a long conversation with my b
I participated in a phone multi-multi operation in my youth using a triband quad with separate feedlines. Rather than proper filters, we were using coaxial stubs. There was also a very nice looking a
WB5WBW was a very active operator in the period with a good signal into California. Not, however, a contester of note. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Conte
An interesting viewpoint, that, from K0HB. Ahhh, well, his "system" might well describe the mechanical pencil that I used for many years to write into my paper log during contests. So, I think he is
Well, I have a little yellow rubber duckie that looks like a duck, floats like a duck, and quacks like a duck when you squeeze it (ducks will come down out of the sky, land, and quack back). But com
I don't like this definition because the boy might take a 2M radio into the shack to receive packet spots. -- Put this fellow out in a field, in a tent or shack, with no outside connection to the wor
Or just maybe it makes the assisted category pointless. Interesting idea, anyway. Just how long do you think that it will be before a skimmer for SSB appears. I've already worked out the technical de
I recognize your disclaimer that this was your opinion only. I'm going to have to agree. I'd have to interpret the word "assistance" as implying that one or more assistants are part of the mix. Your
I believe that this is off-target. To build a station that is better equipped or located to better advantage will always yield superior results in a DX contest. In fact, "skimmer" might just have the
Pandora has done her work, Jim. There's no changing that. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinf
written by kr2q: Well, clearly RTTY contests don't require copying callsigns, and don't necessarily require that you correctly enter callsigns and exchanges into your logging software. That could all
To the degree that this is true, so might a receiver; it's only necessary that the receiver output be stored. yet no one is seriously suggesting that a receiver should be disallowed. ________________
Richard, nothing against your thought processes expressed below, but skimmer is just a receiver. Look back on skimmer a decade or two from now and you'll have to admit it's a crude receiver at that b
Most station combinations used to simultaneously listen and transmit will use at least some additional filters to reduce cross-band interference. Long years of experience at the under-100-w levels on