Wow. In Oklahoma it can be hot and also humid. When it is not cold outside, N5OT is air conditioned and the thermostat set so the operator is comfortable. Probably not super cost-effective but as a
I don't think the NAQP is suffering from lack of activity. It is very popular already, and is not becoming less popular. 73 - Mark N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
Ditto Logitech and Microsoft here. Never had a problem. Love me some wireless keyboard. 73 - Mark N5OT Stan, K4SBZ "Real radio bounces off the sky." I have tried conventional wireless and Bluetooth
In CQ Worldwide "victor three x-ray" (or "V3X" on CW) will sort itself out in a very short time, and will pay dividends for the rest of the contest. (Also, knowing what you're up to down in Belize,
If it was me I would place less value on the opinion of the masses and more value on the amount of physical fatigue saved by reducing the number of syllables. See N6AA et al circa 1977. 73 - Mark N5O
basin, make CQWW a complete turnoff for most of us living elsewhere. Easy, big boy. I don't live around the Atlantic basin, yet you don't speak for me. That broad brush is not helpful. Do you hav
Attention: N6TJ Hey Jim, see Bill's assertion below. I am interested in whether he is correct or not. 73 - Mark N5OT But only one CQWW entry in the last 40 years from W6, where it's not much fun try
I am pretty sure the results of the contest would not support the statement that most of the people who do not live in the Atlantic basin are turned off by CQWW. At the least, it it would be dependen
K9YC said this: "... with the scoring rules heavily weighted to those around the Atlantic basin, make CQWW a complete turnoff for most of us living elsewhere." "It's available if anyone cares to look
chose are descriptive, not quantitative. They will be defined quantitatively by work like you have volunteered to do! Thanks Jim for such a gracious response. We can split hair about the word "most"
I really don't like not knowing where my carrier is, so I choose to use XIT intelligently. I leave the N1MM+ feature turned off, but then I dial in between 20 and 60 Hz of offset using XIT when I S&P
Hey Pete, When a contester says "problems seem to come from QRM" it could mean a lot of things. Are you talking about adjacent signals, like the next station up who's CQing, or perhaps when you are
To my friends, Ham radio is indeed the world's greatest hobby. 50 years ago today I received my first license in the mail. I will indulge myself this evening by making CW QSOs on 40 meters using old
If I had to guess, the rule was not considering mobile stations. That said, I doubt you would get disqualified for getting on the air and handing out some contacts and sending in your log. That wou
I am the author of the ARRL's extended results write-up. In preparation to write the article, I noticed the IZ3EYZ entry seemed odd (since it seemed like he rightly should have used the call FS/IZ3EY
Please cite the CEPT rule that you are referring to when you say "his operation was not in compliance with CEPT." ? This is a fair question. The ARRL states here http://www.arrl.org/cept : "A U.S. ci
My apologies, I have a belligerent computer here that thinks it is funny to delete the content of some messages I send to some email groups. My last post is a good example, pointed out to me by no le
Matt, thanks for posting. Of course everyone in the conversation is interested in what you have to say. I will try to keep my comments brief and on-topic. Your posts convince me I am right by urging