Glad you got it fixed, but, you didn't have 20 watts coming into the K3. It would have been smoking. That would also indicate your Dunestar only has about 19 dB of rejection. Far less than what K9YC
This is one of those rare years when there are two weeks between Phone SS and CQWW CW. Imagine that - you will have 12 days to recover between major contests ! The are many Phone SS section records d
With the exception of ARRL, CQ and the Scandinavian Activity Contest, the rest of the worlds contest organizers have moved on and allow single operators to use the Cluster if they want. It doesnt ma
However, KU7Y is concerned that they can't afford a second radio. If they can't afford a second radio, it is hardly likely that they can afford the antennas needed to win a competitive class in a maj
Mats, You would have a very different perspective on WAE and RDXC if you were in my shoes. In the southwest corner of the W5 call area, we simply do not have much propagation to Europe during the tim
You give a picture that many Americans would be "discouraged" to work you in case they knew it was the Russian DX Contest? Would you imagine many Russians thinking the same way about the American Co
As someone who operates unassisted almost 100% of the time from home, it is unusual that I get clobbered by a "packet pileup" in the manner that Tom describes. Almost always, by the time I find someo
Yes, I was called by the same guy. After he gave me his exchange, I asked "YO ?" and he said yes. Bull. Glad I worked a real YO on Sunday. I would hate to get credit for a wake multiplier. 73, Steve,
Since I was mentioned in a previous posting, I'll say a few words about my QTH and HFTA. I live on a hilltop with 400 feet of dropoff within 1/4 mile from NW, through N, E, SE and S. However, towards
On 01/03/2015 04:18 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On Sat,1/3/2015 12:03 PM, Steve London wrote: If you are playing with HFTA, I strongly urge you to do a sensitivity analysis by changing your datapoints, rand
As Good Neighbor pointed out, Cabrillo supports long field sizes -- it is the logging program implementation that is the issue. All us N1MM users will loose those contacts because your cabrillo will
3. In Sprint, small signals can't move to the edge of the fray to CQ; the edges seem to be too dynamic. This does work in CW Sprint, where the bands aren't as crowded. If you're weak and/or slow, a
It may be possible, and legal, if station 1 is running SO2R. Not just SO2R makes it legal - The station must also work another station at least 5 kHz away, and not just call an unanswered CQ or get b
W2GD, one of the K1N operators, is a big fan of the CW Sprint. Navassa would be a multiplier in Sprint. Just wondering if ..... 73, Steve, N2IC You might as well forget about the K1N boys doing anyth
Tim, Not sure if you actually read some of the previous postings - especially the one that said cqcontest.ru is now cqcontest.net . Dmitry, the owner of cqcontest.net, has recently complicated the pr
Let's get something straight. The posting of scores is done automatically by the contest logging software. There is no "wasting of time" by the operator. 73, Steve, N2IC _____________________________
Since modern laptop computers don't even have parallel (LPT) ports, it's a moot point. Jim selects the technologies he uses. No need to rush into things that do not work. You and Jim can continue to
As I have learned, Checklogs can be used for nefarious purposes. In particular, there is a Swedish operator who works many people in the contest, but then deletes calls from his log if he does not th
Dale, You seem to have misunderstood several key points in my posting. To summarize: - Anyone can send in a checklog, for any reason. - The score of a checklog is not calculated or published. A check
Let me clarify with an example: SM7XYZ makes good QSO's with 10 stations, including, for example, W1EBI. The submitted logs of all 10 stations show a QSO with SM7XYZ. SM7XYZ does not like W1EBI. Befo