A quick email to the sponsor should produce the only answer that really matters. N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.c
Shoot, Jim, that would take all the fun out of it. I like to bust spots on purpose to see who can really copy callsigns and who cannot. Now THAT'S entertainment! Your friend, Mark, N5OT ____________
[snip] As much as I'd like to eradicate packet from contests, Shelby's comment causes me to pause. Shelby, I hope you're not right about this. I'm not sure you are, but you certainly made me stop an
You're getting ready to send off his plaque? Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo
Chris, I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours. -Mark _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo
Paul #2 replied: You're losing me, Paul #2, when you say point-to-point, in the case of a VE3 remotely using a station in KH6, is his point in Hawaii or Canada? I don't see why this is such a big dea
This is a spirited conversation! Paul, you're putting words in my mouth. Certainly the idea of a fully automated station capable of working contestants at a credible rate has been brought up before.
I have one of these FOR SALE. Very clean and 100% working condition, as new, in box. Complete. Works as advertised. Used one time at PJ4R in 2005 - world #1 ARRL DX CW M/2. $150. Mark, N5OT _________
Good point, Martin. Gone are the good old days of rates over 150 for hours on end. Both days. If it's lack of awards, I agree that's an easy one to fix. It's also an easy one to test.... Mark, N5OT [
Naw - that would just make the 40m total go through the roof. This has been an issue for a lot longer than half a sunspot cycle. Us OTs can't just wow you with charts and graphs like is normal today
Naw. Don't tell someone else how to spend their time and money. You don't know the details. For many, family comes before time and money. It's absent from your comment. It's a major factor in my con
Wait ... there was a contest? 73 - Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contes
Dave, I recently bought two commercial grade "workstations" from the Conoco-Phillips weekly salvage sale. They have "adjustable-everything" and with some mods would be great for N5OT. They are made b
Hi Bruce. I am very pleased to see the turn-around time getting shorter. It's great to see the results of a contest when you can still remember the contest and not get it confused with subsequent run
I'm not sure this statement represents everyone, Ev. There are plenty of times where someone has pitched it in after learning that the op they were chasing was so far ahead of them, they threw in th
Gosh, did I say "real time scoreboard?" Nope. In contests where the serial number is part of the exchange, it has been common for people to hear someone they were hoping to keep up with way out ahea
Steve, you should make it a point to attend the Contest University next year. There was more good SO2R stuff there than you could ever get anywhere else. Just getting N5TJ out of retirement to speak
Let's not be foolish enough to think that saved time is proportionate to more contacts. You might make some more contacts during that saved time. You might also send more unanswered CQs. Cut numbers
Lots of interesting comments about zero beating. You guys are missing the real culprit: When you remove having to copy the station you're calling from the equation by pumping his callsign through the
It also mentions monitoring China's airspace. These woodpecker photo translations are better than the stuff at engrish.com. Here's the woodpecker page that explains how the Chernobyl OTH radar cause