Hi All, Heard alot of FOC members on 80 last night, I jumped in after some of them had gone a while with a CQ Hope I didn't detract from the scores. I found out that the contest needs a member number
INRAD does sell a #352 - 600 Hz Kit to swap the 1Khz filter for the Orion, You need to be good with surface mount or get new capacitors. When you order, be sure to order the Orion crystal board. It w
This idea I could agree with, The idea of being able to 'compete' for my antenna category is something that would allow me to have a chance at a certificate. Exceptions might be on 80M and 160M where
Some of us , really don't have that kind of funding, land or local permissions, even we may have the skills. Each sport has different leagues, Little league baseball, for the kids is a good example,
I think the idea of a category for antennas is a good. In Dallas, we have a city ordinance that sets a limit of total antenna area. This is weird to me but its part of the rules we play here. (Which
Any hams in Harris corp? Best wishes, Rich K5SF _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-conte
Any one interested in going along with me from Dallas though Houston and back for Sunday June 11th? Leave early and arrive back late. Will be operating a small mobile set up to shake down the VHF sid
For your specific question, there are available bi-directional parrallel port to USB converter cables. one end is USB, the other end is a parrallel port. I have had to design band decoders for ICOM,
I have not seen anything that specificly allows the control bits. I have seen some advertisements for bi-directional parallel port USB converters. My needs are different, I need band data only. I use
If any are interested, have some Icom and Ten Tec band decoder / Yaesu format encoder boards used in station automation and antenna switching. I've had some ICOM band decoder boards made so that I ca
Have had a few replies asking for the boards, Most have asked for fully assembled boards and a few have asked for a full package with a small plastic box and the cable to the 756 Pro or Orion. Which
I have some ICOM band decoders that was designed for a contest station, we ordered more to get better discounts. A few on the reflector have already received them. These decoders have two banks of re
Want to know if anyone has tried to duplex an multiband HF antenna I've set up a test bed here on the bench using filters and dummy loads with some positive indications that it might work, however, n
The N1MM help file explains how to set up SO2R with MTTY. Essentially, yes, you need two comm ports for N1MM and MMTTY. And you need to install MMTTY in two different directories each with it's own c
In my view, amateur radio contesting needs or will soon need a new rule - only the human mind may be used for real-time extraction of intelligence from received signals. I think that would knock out
One of the reasons Ham radio is in decline is the face we can't get the kids interested, We may go to a school and interest them, but as soon as the go home and ask for an antenna, Well, no way, not
It may be a matter of makeing the XYL happy, They can cost whole alot more if they are not crared for.... Mine will not live in the country, she needs the social life, parties and shopping.... ( and
Dave, K1TTT said "should be given their own operating class and awarded bonus points or granted special multiplier status to encourage development of the technology!" I like the way this guy thinks!
The contests are run by the people offering and judging the contest. It is their contest and their rules. The can set it up how ever they want. We play by their rules. If we can't then we don't compe
Looks like this point is up to interpretation. It seems to have this dual interpretation till the contest sponsors and or judges decide to specify the operator position relative to the transmitter a