Don't certain loggers already provide the capability of prioritizing new mults when running with digital modes? (N1MM+: digital call stacking, FIFO, Mults First) The functionality described doesn't s
I would say that in the case of a corporate firewall interfering with connections to the spotting network, the preferred solution is to use a non-corporate computer and put your personal cell phone i
I remember "reflector" from my BBS days in the early/mid 1980's. I also remember that when I got to the internet in 1990, there was a technical distinction between "reflector" and ("mailing list"/"LI
I assume that they're trying to strike a balance between "it's digital, so why not play with the possibilities" and "occupying too much spectrum is poor sportsmanship". -- Michael Adams | mda@n1en.or
I think the decision was made by the developers. Keep in mind that finding a frequency on 40m is challenged because band plans, and available frequencies, are so different around the world. The FT8 w
There are networks that seem to block by traffic by protocol in addition to blocking by port or destination. I do wonder about how realistic an HTTPS-based cluster protocol (plain ol' HTTP isn't quit
My current shack/home office PC has an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 card, and has 4 DisplayPort outputs. It's driving 3 monitors via DisplayPort connections without issue. This PC replaced a 5 year old ma
Take a look at the CATASC, etc. family of commands in N1MM's macros. I think if you put a suitable one in your F1, F4, and F5 macros (assuming standard key assignments), and perhaps one or two others
I imagine that the teams from NA5 and NA6 (and probably a few other qualifying areas) might find the experience refreshingly cool. -- Michael Adams | mda@n1en.org --Original Message-- Some rich capit
FWIW, I have no informed opinion of whether rules were broken in spirit or in fact. I am pro- remote operating, as long as operators are honest about the nature of their operating and the QTH of the
I think that intentionally posting busted spots to the network is a bad idea. Perhaps making use of the classic spotting networks' announcement feature might work better ("WA1XYZ keyclicks 20m"), alt
One advantage for including the FT/JT modes in RBN: I can monitor the RBN for "needed" band-entities with a single spotting program/utility, rather than requiring multiple tools. -- Michael Adams | m
For whatever it's worth, the CM500 is currently only US$60 on Amazon's US site. -- Michael Adams | mda@n1en.org --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+mda=n1en.org@contesting.com>
De N6TJ: 1. Because not everyone pays attention to their operating time. 2. Because you collect DX/prefixes/... and there are more out there to get. 3. Because it's fun to be on the air and working o
I don't do two-keyboard SO2R. I prefer a single keyboard with auto-hotkey remapping a few keys to improve the ergonomics. However, I do have a couple of computers in my shack/office. For reasons beyo
One thing about CW Skimmer (and perhaps the others): While it is slow at decoding, I think its strength is in depicting/amplifying code in a visual spectrum-like display. I have some nasty tinnitus t
I'm not aware of any such tool...and I think someone promoting such would run into the problem that there is just too much subjectivity involved, especially if you start loading in the potential for
I'm using these with my K3's (not K3S): https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N905VOY They are not perfect, but they're good enough for my needs, given that I prefer to have the radios on separate s
My vote is: If it increases the fun, do it. While I understand the logic of the argument "it reduces the number of available stations to work", that argument relies on the assumption that participant
Remember that under Part 97 when it comes to operating privileges, it's really the control operator whose license matters. The control operator of the repeater is frequently someone other than the pe