Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:44:06 -0800 (PST)
Mode is a factor in both of these events, Dave. The rules allow only Phone and CW. No PSK31, Packet, RTTY, JT-modes, etc. For instance...with sunspots at a mimimum, a 10-meter operation would do wel
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:58:42 -0800 (PST)
Several folks have mentioned "Field Day". Interestingly, mode is a factor there, too. You can actually make three QSO's with the same station on the same frequency band: phone, CW and "any other dig
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 05:53:17 -0800 (PST)
Great point, Mike! I think that this is part of a good strategy for a "Perfect Contest", actually. A "Perfect Contest" is about making QSO's with unique stations. With each "layer" of restricting the
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:09:42 -0800 (PST)
While I hope that someone can still answer Kirk's question... I thought this might be interesting for folks to think about... I won't take a lot of time on this list on this topic (hopefully just thi
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:21:45 -0800 (PST)
And this is an important difference between HF and VHF. Thanks for pointing this out, Dave. On VHF, one simply switches modes, not frequency. It's OK to be engaged in an SSB contest-QSO on 144.210 an
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:28:54 -0800 (PST)
This seems to be a common misunderstanding among HF contesters (that VHFers don't seem to have). There's a strategy called "HamIM" that uses high-powered, RF-based, simplex APRS (packet) to track Rov
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:32:29 -0800 (PST)
QQ, It's an issue of Q. :) A stub made from 1-5/8 heliax will have a higher Q and power handling than one made of RG-58/u. Ev, W2EV http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest http://list
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:27:58 -0800 (PST)
Amateur Radio contesting - like Golf - depends on the integrety of the participants in this regard. Wouldn't it be cool if (some day) logging software interfaced directly with the final amp and repor
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 03:31:28 -0800 (PST)
By the way, this is the very reason for the calculation of the "Performance Index" in the real-time score revealing system described here: http://w2ev.rochesterny.org/DXDashLogger Interested folks ma
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:54:46 -0800 (PST)
Great rhetorical question, Bob. People contest for different reasons. I believe that "the perfect contest" allows the operator to reveal the parameters of their operation (if they are ethical about t
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:54:38 -0800 (PST)
Wouldn't it be nice if you could easily compare how you scored against others with similar operating time, ERP, band, geographical limitations? Add a real time score displaying component and you have
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 06:33:16 -0800 (PST)
stepped This is exactly what happened for the Fall VHF Sprints this year. A new real-time score-revealing logging system was released and a "contest within a contest" was run, using that system. How'
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:07:19 -0800 (PST)
If that doesn't work for you, for loan -- I have a 40 meter hamstick and three-pod magnet mount (with the heavy-duty magnet option) and a tuner. <G> Ev, W2EV __________________________________ Yahoo
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:19:26 -0800 (PST)
Since international callsigns are ok...then how about these... <grin> Ev, W2EV __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yaho
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 04:42:04 -0800 (PST)
PREFACE: This note is being sent to both CQ-Contest@ and VHFcontest@ lists because there are common interests noted below. You may wish to print this e-mail out, as it includes specific info that can
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 03:52:45 -0800 (PST)
http://w2ev.rochesterny.org/DXDashLogger allows for all of these strategies. It was developed (is being developed, actually) as a solution to an unrealized problem. You just summed up the problem qui
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:47:43 -0800 (PST)
Hi Folks, Someone dropped me a direct note and said that some may be hedging against joining the DXDashLogger yahoogroup list for fear of receiving a lot of unwanted ads. Here's a strategy that works
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 04:06:44 -0800 (PST)
10 meters is already opening along North America's east coast and the sun is just now rising. Will today be a repeat of yesterday? Maybe! :) Here is an animation (1.8mb in size) of yesterday's 10 met
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:07:57 -0800 (PST)
That's the cool thing about 10-meters, Jacob. You never can tell for sure. :) The past two days have been a-w-e-s-o-m-e. Take a look at a map of the propagation noted for the previous 24 hours: http: