Avast! antivirus has a bug in one of its updates which flagged a lot of innocent programs as malware. Try the latest update or switch to another AV. I use Microsoft Security Essentials (when I'm on W
You know something, if I am stranded at sea and have an almost dead battery on a qrp rig and have to operate low power with almost no antenna (assuming pirates sunk and/or stole everything else), who
Ham radio is primarily a hobby service. Depending on a hobby to save your life is rolling the dice, IMO. But I think you have hit an important point. The sailing community looks upon amateur radio as
Most of those who have ham radio on board are small vessels, where either the sailors are living on board or are hobbyists. Large commercial vessels don't generally rely on amateur radio (of course).
The choice for those who wake up for long hours on end for LAN parties (computer gaming) is bawls. http://www.bawls.com/ Personally? I just have Diet Pepsi max and a sleep strategy. But I think the a
Guys, I think this is more serious than we thought it was: See here: http://www.mmsn.org/iaru.html Particularly troubling is this: Efforts are underway with the major contest sponsors, namely the ARR
Strictly speaking, if you are even 0.0000000001 of a second past 2400z, you have already reached 0000z. This is why most digital clocks don't even bother to display 2400 and they just go to 0000. The
That would make sense, except that high contest scorers and even a lot of casual contesters usually use CAT - no copying skills required, only the right equipment and software. Everything else in a c
True, but look at it another way. If someone gives you a report other than "59" in a contest...say in CQWW he gives you a "41" but you log it as "59" anyway (we're all 59 in contests, right?) Because
I agree that you can damage equipment but the point didn't really stretch that far. We are going into equipment issues when the discussion is really about scoring. It's about scoring and what determi
Agreed, and I might add that today's "novices" are more likely to have a computer in their shack than a veteran ham. Of course any "serious" contester will have a computer in his shack these days, th
Well, I don't think that's the problem. I've had stateside stations call me even when I call "CQ DX." Maybe they want to confirm the state or county, or simply just want to work me for some other rea
More prevalent than that is that I heard quite a lot of stations below 7128 LSB, some as low as 7126 and even some on 7125. Ryan N2RJ -- Ryan A. Jairam, ______________________________________________
Also I found this: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lamedrop.php Very easy, just drag and drop and you're done. Ryan, N2RJ -- Ryan A. Jairam, _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest ma
I get tons of SWL cards via the bureau, sometimes 5-10 a month. Sometimes I get them via email too. My qsl card has two check boxes, one that says "our qso" and another that says "your report." I che
"Tons" of SWL cards is all relative. :) IOW, I don't expect that there are lots of SWLs anymore, so 5-10 cards per month is plenty! Ryan, N2RJ -- Ryan A. Jairam, _____________________________________
Hi John, Yes, I have taken that into account. But I've been an SWL for over 20 years myself and the SWL hobby is definitely on the decline. Ryan, N2RJ -- Ryan A. Jairam, _____________________________
This is what the rules say: Exchange: RS(T) report plus a progressive contact serial number starting with 001 for the first contact A progressive serial number. Is that the same as a sequential numbe
I hope no one complains when the contest committee either changes or "clarifies" the rules due to abuse. And yes, this can probably be considered as abuse. But why bother anyway? Having high serial n
To get a "real feel" for what will happen at your location, you need to do a HFTA analysis. Terrain plays a HUGE part in what your antenna can and can't do and I've found the models to be pretty accu