"How do I brake the rules if I worked the station, I heard my call, we exchanged reports, confirmed it, then I get UBN report and I am not in his log? Please explain why do I deserve to be hit with 3
My other hobby these days is long distance motorcycle riding. As you can imagine, falling asleep during a "run" has much more significant potential impact in that activity than in radio contesting. H
Just a point of word usage: The following: "Whether or not you want DC, as a section, will become mute if it is allowed in even one contest, it will become a mult in every contest." The problem is th
Ham-Com attendees: Contesters, DX'ers and their friends are invited to visit the second annual NTCC hospitality suite during Ham Com. Where: Wingate Hotel, 1024 Brookhollow Plaza Drive, Arlington, TX
Just a couple of observations: Plaza on Saturday afternoon was a major hit. K1DG and K3LR are not certain which location will be used next year (HARA or the hotel). Given the demographic that more of
used in many different segments of amateur radio when the DX forum is in one hotel, the antenna and contest forums are in another hotel, the RTTY and AMSAT forums are in a third and the VHF/UHF (weak
downtown. How long do you think it will be before AMSAT, the RTTY folks, or the VHF/UHF weak signal folks decide they might want larger, quieter, more comfortable facilities and the ability to run a
I am not sure why I'm devoting so much time and thought to this, but I think the fears of negative impact to business are not really valid, especially pointing at the forums being moved as the driver
K1TTT's WintelnetX software does what you're looking for. http://www.k1ttt.net/software.html#wintelnetx It works pretty effectively. 73, N5NJ Was looking for some way to setup a system so as to port
Despite all the great reasons that N5NJ is a good callsign, I decided to retire it and go back to my roots. The FCC granted me W5OV today. Some of you will get a hearty chuckle out of it, and you are
If you know the call is busted, how do you know? If you have busted calls in the log, how do you do to claim no points for them? There seems to be no way I can do so in my loging program and also in
This would not apply to amateurs at all. By FCC Rule and definition, legal amateur radio communications is not broadcasting. To prove that an amateur was "broadcasting" it would need to be proved th
Ken, The answer to the mystery may be in your description: Get rid of the adapters. You can get PL-259 and SO-239 hardline connectors. Even so, the hardline is probably overkill, and as some others h
Coincidentally, the PVRC announced a new contest training program yesterday. You can read about it here: http://www.contesting.com/articles/578 There are lot's of other articles on contesting.com tha
K2GL had a 20m 6/6/6/6 on 200/150/100/50 as well as 15m 8/8/8/8 in between on the same tower all fixed towards EU with a 3 ele 80 on top rotatable. The tower is still there, but the antennas were rem
Busted Call - It was OH8OS. I remember seeing a front cover picture of QST magazine a couple decades ago showing a vertical/broadside array of 8 6el 20m yagis on a huge rotating tower. I thought that
I am certain that I am not alone in being deeply saddened at this news. I never had an opportunity to operate with Rush, or at his station but of course knew him by his contesting reputation and resu
Jeff, You're right about good times at multi-ops! There are so many, I don't know where to start. One of the things about multi-ops is that they have unique personality, a "team" spirit, especially w
What Bryan reported that he did was right - period. Someone contacted him and stated it was an emergency. The FCC Rules Say: "§ 97.403 Safety of life and protection of property. No provision of
First thing Mal, I did not "hammer" you either publicly, or privately. I specifically decided to "take the high road" with my comment, and not point out how incredibly *wrong* you are with this from