Hi BOb, I set up the keyer in my FT920 to use T for 0 but kept getting repeats on the NR today. I guess that most people weren't expecting to hear a T at the beginning of a number. I changed it back
NN did cause me to pause for a minute when I got his exchange, but I did figure it out without a repeat. I am not used to hearing cut numbers in the check either. I think that O almost works better a
Hi Jeff, That is what I said when the discussion came up before. What is the purpose of saying the check is the last 2 digits of the year first licensed, if they don't intend on enforcing it? Why not
3AA could also be 311, meaning they had no prec. 73s John AA5JG http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam
I agree. I kind of like to actually follow the contest rules. 73s John AA5JG __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection
Given that most contesters are used to copying 599 or 5nn in the exchange, would it be ok to use 599 as the serial number for every QSO, as long as my log showed that it was the SN sent for each QSO?
I guess I still don't understand, then. Why put in the rules that it has to be the last 2 digits of the year first licensed, if it doesn't have to be. Are the rules to be upheld or not? If that one d
The required exchange consists of: 4.4. Check (the last two digits of the year you were first licensed); If I can ignore that one, why can't I also ignore rule 4.1? 73s John AA5JG ___________________
Well now maybe not! Here is what the ARRL rules (which we have already determined don't all have to be followed) say: 3. General Rules: 3.1.All operators must observe the limitations of their operato
Ron, Since you mention lawyers, you lead to another potentially serious problem for the ARRL. In the legal world precedence is as important as anything, and the ARRL has already set a bad precedence.
Remember too that the MUF is defined as the highest frequency that is open 50% of the days. That means half the time it won't be open, and the CQWW probably just fell in that other 50%. 73s John AA5J
Hi Dennis It is both stations' responsibility to assume that the QSO is complete. If you didn't copy all of the information for the other station, then by the definition of the contest rules it isn't
I would think that if the running station (the one calling CQ) didn't get the exchange from you correctly, he would keep asking for the missing piece before doing another CQ or QRZ. That is usually w
So he must be in Antartica vs. the VP8 islands, which could put in him several different possible zones. Things always get confusing down there. Sounds like he is definitely in zone 12. 73s John AA5J
Recently, I discovered how RF noisy my fairly recent ebay purchased laptop is (an Acer Pentium III). It replaced a Micron Pentium 120mhz computer which was very quiet on the radio, but also kind of s
Before I give you my results, let me quality something. I have what is undoubtly one of the top 5 worst 160 meter antennas in the world. My "worst 160m antenna" is a homebrew G5RV type dipole. It is
You think non-contesters hate contest weekends now, just try this and watch the outrage among them at contesters! 73s John AA5JG http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest ______________
Now if they will only put the contest scores back in QST. Along a related line, I finally got around to subscribing to NCJ,and what a great publication! I think I enjoy reading it more than most of m
I am currently running one of the HF/VHF/UHF mobile sized rigs, and have been looking now and then at the Icom 7000, and wonder how it compares with the other rigs on the market. Now I know all about
Does anyone have a copy of the Radcomm Yaesu FT450 product review they can send me in electronic format? 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________________________________________