Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:42:44 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks to the real-time scoreboarding system from RFSport.com, you are able to check out my success with 100 watts on 6-meters to 4x KU4AB halos stacked up a 40' aluminum tower: http://propnet.findu.
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:52:27 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks to John (N2HMM) for pointing out that I pasted the wrong URL for my 222 MHz results. Here's the correct one: http://propnet.findu.com/catch.cgi?call=W2EV&nocall=1&date=20060610&band=vs&hours=4
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:58:29 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Lee (and Bruce, too) for clarifying for me. It's interestig to see some of the self classifications, actually. Ev, W2EV __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:48:46 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Rick, This is what is happening now at http://www.RFSport.com. Check out the Realtime Scoreboard hyperlink for examples of past events. Ev, W2EV __________________________________________________
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:32:13 -0700 (PDT)
Using RFSport.com's Realtime Scoreboard, all one has to do is open a browser window and leave it open. It auto-updates throughout the contest. Ev, W2EV ______________________________________________
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:54:19 -0700 (PDT)
It is easy to slay a dragon that you create. :) You can "what if" anything to death (which is what happened). Instead of conjecture, try this "reality" on for size (*this really happened) We ran a sc
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:56:53 -0700 (PDT)
IF YOU ARE IN THE USA...and are planning on operating this upcoming weekend from home, try a new logging and realtime scoreboarding system! Go to http://www.RFSport.com to check it out, download it a
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:45:38 -0700 (PDT)
Just to be clear, there are two approaches to the whole Realtime Scoreboarding initiative: Bruce's XML-based open-system that is presently under development and seeing some limited testing at this ti
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:35:06 -0700 (PDT)
The "world" version (vers 2.4.3.9) of RFSport.com's logger has been posted and is available for download. Anyone, world-wide may now use it. If Internet connected, your logging will be forwarded to t
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:42:04 -0700 (PDT)
Poor guys and gals. They should take up Ham Radio Sporting. They don't know what they're missing. :) Ev,W2EV __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! M
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
Reatime scoreboarding is an opt-in system. One can choose to only send a score and nothing else. THAT will drive your competition crazy, huh? :) Ev, W2EV _____________________________________________
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks to the world's first automated Scoreboarding system (http://www.RFSport.com), you can see maps of what each participant worked! Note: the chart includes a column labled "PI". This means "Perfo
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Pete, There is room for both approaches, don't you think? I certainly do. The XML initiative favors HF operations for many reasons. The RFSport initiative favors VHFers (notice that only contests
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:43:20 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Pete, The RFSport.com scoreboard came first, predating the first XML scoreboard. I see the XML effort as improving on the RFSport.com product in many significant areas! I never said that the XML e
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:56:31 -0700 (PDT)
For those who haven't taken the time to understand what is being discussed (and often misunderstood), I've put together a brief, "off the top of my head" project map of the two known realtime scorebo
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:28:56 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Tom, I'm giggling because it just dawned on me that I used a lot of "I-T speak" and probably shouldn't have. How about this... The RFSport.com initiative is a complete, delivered system that incl
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
Check this out. Full disclosure logs and propagation maps from... -- Stu Perry 160 Meter -- http://propnet.findu.com/catch.cgi?call=W2EV&nocall=1&geo=propnet/na.geo&date=2005121715&band=m0&hours=24 -
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:52:30 -0700 (PDT)
Then you didn't work them. They worked someone else while you thought they were working you. Better luck next time. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Ya
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:13:59 -0700 (PDT)
Cabrillo is a reporting system, not an adjudicating system. As such, its' primary job is to report what the station did. Why? Because different event sponsors treat things differently. For instance,
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:17:31 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Zack, Of course, Gord was mistaken. However...the operative word is "CLAIMED". Note that none of the QSO lines say "CLAIMED". Those are absolutes. They were logged by the station operator and not