Nice writeup, Cal. I think you must have a better allowance than I. <grin> 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op MWA - http://w
I think they expect you to give them a sympathy-Q 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op MWA - http://www.W0AA.org TCDXA - http:
If the font represents numeric zero with a slash (as in any of the examples at http://www.k8zt.com/zero.html) they are perfectly fine for logging purposes. The problem arises when folks attempt to "h
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dmLRb3yRug&feature=player_embedded 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op MWA - http://www.W0AA.
I've worked hams on all those islands. After 10/10/10 the islands will still be in the same places that they were the last time I worked them. Who cares what some "desk" in Connecticut has to say abo
That's a red herring, Jorge. "Assistance" in Radiosport terms means >operating< assistance. Single ops are not required to grow their own food, build their own radios, generate their own electrical p
I understand your point, Chuck. I won't say whether automated CW is more help than the cluster, but I make the distinction that automated CW is technology which you have implemented in your station d
I'm not quite the purist that Paul is. This may shear a little wool off my personal definition. Anything that happens INSIDE MY STATION and does not involve any other on-the-air operator, whether tec
I think that we can all agree, without danger of bifurcating follicle products, that the transfer of such information is >operating< assistance. So I stand on my definition which you have quoted belo
I'm sure that many of those calls are among those 47,000 Q's, Jim, and I'll bet that a goodly percentage of the Q's were by your hand. Just for the fun of it, let's pretend that you were responsible
If the information displayed to the operator simply indicates that "there is a signal spotted at 14.005MHz" without any filtering for identification, dupe, new mult, etc., then it is no more informat
Actually, this thread has NOTHING to do with subverting the rules. This discussion is about exploring what is (or is not) legal under the rule. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Prou
But of course, Morse really IS a data mode, whether decoded by ear or by machine. Decoding by human ear is a lot more fun for guys like you and I, but the information transported over the mode is "ju
Even people who use crutches sometimes stumble. I received my log checking report for the 2010 Russian DX Contest the other day. These guys do a very high level of log checking and I commend them for
The thing that sets SS apart from other QSO-fests like CQWW is that the exchange is not a predictable "fye nye foe" and that software cannot auto-populate the log. It is a test of Radioman Skills (tm
SSCW is the sort of contest which gives more emphasis to Radioman Skills (tm) than to hardware and alcoa. Because it is domestic, high power and large antenna farms do not unduly provide "domination"
At least one popular logging application has a facility to load last years log in order to auto-populate the PREC, CK, and SEC exchange elements. If your skill level requires you to use such crutches
No. Rhetorical question: if you're not planning on submitting a log for the contest, and are not in the contest, are you bound by the contest rules? 73 Rich NN3W _____________________________________