There is, of course, the PAC section which covers a huge area and includes KH6, KH2, KH8, and KH0 among others along with some usually uninhabited areas (KH5, KH5K, KH7, KH3, KH9). In addition, all o
The alignment may depend on what you are reading with. If your reader is not using a mono-spaced font then it will be "funny" regardless of how he edited the original data. Of course, if he did not u
Go back maybe 2-3 (?) years ago and there was a long discussion about the check, its meaning, what should you use etc. I think it was in this group. No conclusions I recall. Personally I just copy wh
That is a significant breeze (just over 60 mph) - getting close to hurricane strength (70+ mph). Hopefully they can stay on the island and the antennas can stay up. Most current antennas are rated ar
Just curious, what did NL+ do to the video ports? I don't think it does anything to port configuration and just uses the port as configured. I have NL+ on a couple of laptops and a couple of desktops
I think that 3x3 calling sequence is out of an older ARRL Operating Manual, an old Op Aid, or perhaps learning code book. I rarely hear 3x3 calling even for casual QSOs anymore. 73, Larry W6NWS --Ori
At one time the FCC requirement was supposedly VE1RM/W1 but someone cited the regs a while back saying that is no longer the required form. Unfortunately, I don't recall where that discussion took pl
You do know that Extra and Advanced class licensees have SSB privileges down to 7.125 in the US. Generals only down to 7.175. 7.150 is an old figure. This really doesn't alter you point however, whic
I suppose an obscure rationale, given that many are always trying to level the playing field, might be that if all of us have to send leading zeros then we all send the same number of serial number d
Have you ever tried entering the freq? Not hard I'll grant you but a real rate killer if you are doing S&P. I did it for a CWT contest once when a USB to serial convertor failed for the radio. Rememb
I realize some of this is reaction to the TO7A events. On the one hand we talk about trying to encourage new contesters but in this thread we are suggesting possibly more equipment or equipment capab
Probably true Yan but as Mike (W0MU) pointed out how will I know in advance that I might be in the top 10 in some category and therefore might need to provide a recording? My granddaughter is a ham b
I have had a lot of excellent secretaries over the years that could type blazingly fast but every one of them made mistakes from time to time (a lot less than I do!). But if I take your meaning we ne
"...being spotted helps rate." Yeah, but it is only useful if you are spotted correctly. I haven't counted the times I was incorrectly spotted that generated a burst of Q's of which many were dupes.
A vague recollection but at one time I thought the N1MMLogger had the random offset. Maybe it was an option. I didn't pursue it personally. 73, Larry W6NWS On 2/22/2016 7:51 PM, Scott Ellington wrote
I vaguely recall something in WW rules about not being an operator at more than one station but I am not at a place I can check it. I don't recall there was such a rule for other contests but that is
It seemed like many of the JA's of the day were somewhat young. I wonder if it is a case of outgrowing a toy and moving on to something else. There are probably many here in the US that have moved on
There have been a few others on over the past few months. D1 and D0 calls is what I have seen on the cluster. I haven't seen any in contests so far but there may have been some I didn't see. 73, Larr
That seems odd to me. I get a confirmation for my XV call about once a month and my last operation was 2012. Charly must have worked and confirmed all of the LoTW users that needed HS. Charly, my XV
The rules say 4.2. DX stations send signal report and power (number or abbreviation indicating approximate transmitter output power). But I doubt anyone really checks other than they sent something.