Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:04:55 -0400
This might be the worst idea I've heard on cq-contest in quite a while. We are a "hated" group by a lot of people: non-contesters, net users, SSTV operators, SOTA activaters, etc. As others have ment
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:35:31 -0400
There is a uniqueness to SAC that I really like. I would not want to have this contest changed to an everyone-works-everyone event. 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Con
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 10:26:33 -0400
Not to get ahead of ourselves too much as we have yet to have our big party in Bologna in about 21 months.....but.... Has the WRTC organizing committee put out any word on if, as a result of COVID, t
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:49:54 -0400
I guess two things come to mind: 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 20:26:00 -0400
Having operated in PJ2 and having worked the majority of our 15,000 QSOs from stations in the USA, I'll say that we had to listen to the exchange for all of our QSOs - especially for USA stations. Fo
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:31:19 -0500
Split is still done on 40 meters and 80 meters owing to the mismatch in frequency allocations between R2 and R1/R3. Split was done a -little- at the bottom of cycles 23 and 24 on 20 meters but that w
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 01:59:29 -0500
The distance from OM2VL to 9A1P is about 215 miles. If your contention is that those two locations are not comparable, then -no- QTHs are comparable - ever. OM2VLs QTH is also 265 miles from DL2ARD w
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 06:02:00 -0500
A goodly number of users out there have skimmer spots turned off and only rely on "human" spots. 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 14:16:45 -0500
The first SoCal cluster sprung up in about 1988 or 1989. The San Diego DX cluster was housed IIRC on one of KM6Ks computers and radios at HRO in Kearney Mesa and also at N6ND's home QTH in Ramona. It
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:52:37 -0500
Absolutely awful idea. What on earth was the CAC or the League thinking. 73 RIch NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.co
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:44:21 -0500
No, it means that you can solicit spots off the air. You now need a social media director to broadcast your spots on: Reddit qrz.com Facebook Twitter cq-contest eham packet instagram pornhub etc. The
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:11:53 -0500
Ahh, K9YC has entered the chat. Would like his perspective since he is on the CAC and represents the first person to say anything on this topic.... 73 Rich NN3W ______________________________________
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:55:09 -0500
Waiting for the DOS attacks on the spotting networks to start.... 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:16:54 -0500
The issue here is that these changes are so fundamental and a reversal of what is uniformly accepted across all contest circles. Without really any feedback, an organization is saying all of what we
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 22:18:42 -0500
You know what this will also do - if I have the ability to self spot. If I want a frequency, I'm just going to find somebody who isn't that out, spot myself, and create an instant pileup. By spotting
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 21:01:38 -0500
There is a button that you click if you want to switch from S&P to run. The default mode in N1MM is S&P, and if your tune your VFO any notable amount (I believe 0.5 KHz), it assumes you are in S&P mo
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 07:50:54 -0400
As many have heard, the U.S. congress is likely to pass legislation making daylight savings time (the time you see in Spring, Summer and Fall), permanent (no more standard time). Ive noticed that man
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:33:24 -0400
Jeff, do you have a costco membership? 4 day rentals at CMH are running about $250 for four days which works out to about $62 a day. Not great; not bad. Rentals in Dayton are much cheaper - $175 for
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:42:39 -0400
One radio means one radio. Not two transceivers with a lock out. One radio does allow you to SO2V, but its still one transceiver. 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte