Here in Starkville (north-east MS) Katrina was pretty bad, but nothing like what the coast got. My two towers survived, although some elements on the 15m stack were broken and bent, most likely from
I use a pair of K2/100's SO2R. First, the K2/100 does have an output jack to key an amplifier relay. Signals are correctly timed to prevent hot-switching. It does not have a way to place the radio in
I use a pair of K2/100's. The problem with ssb tx audio compared to most other contest radios is that the K2 doesn't have a RF-level speech compressor, only one acting on the mic input (audio level)
... In my (subjective) listening before and during the contest, I couldn't tell much difference between the stations on 40 and up, but I did notice big differences in their signal strength on 80m. O
In the upcoming cw NAQP I hope people take time to look around 10m. Even after sunset there may be E-s openings...last year 10 was open (loud signals) to both the midwest and east coast from here lon
And the next logical question, will 3830 QSY lower in the band? :) Tor N4OGW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting
I am not in those numbers, but: I currently do not operate CQWW or ARRL DX seriously. 48 hours are basically impossible given family (small children) and work (during academic semesters). I typicall
I spent a long time doing the Sprint SO1R, but my scores have really improved since I started doing SO2R. Maybe also now having 4/4 monobanders on 20m and gain on the low bands has helped as well :)
IARU 2007 scores are now online. I was surprised my score was larger than my claimed score, then I realized that my zone was incorrect. N4OGW should be in zone 8, not zone 7. For the IARU I think it
The DXCC rule in question is "5. The presentation in any public forum of logs or other representations of station operation showing details of station activity or other information from which all ess
There is one big disadvantage to using Skimmer in "Softrock-IF" mode: you get a lot less bandwidth even with a high sample rate sound card. In this sense just a simple Softrock is a better choice. In
One more comment about Skimmer Softrock-IF setup: There IS one way to get a wide bandwidth in this situation. Just set up the program as you would for a normal Softrock (i.e. no RS232 connection to t
I had an even funnier problem with logging software in the IARU contest last year. It was putting ME in the wrong zone despite what I told it! With exactly the same software and hardware setup as th
One comment: you need to fill in a full 6-character grid square in order for this to work. Tor N4OGW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Well, I don't think the "sky is falling" because of Skimmer :) For one thing, running Skimmer locally as a single op (what I would call "unassisted") is nowhere as useful for finding mults as being
Then what would you say to this: I use a waterfall display like a Skimmer, but with no code-reading capabilities. It just takes a "snapshot" of the band in time and frequency, showing dots and dashe
Again, you are thinking about the spot trail from a centralized skimmer collector, not a local skimmer. What my skimmer gets in MS and what ARRL gets in CT will be significantly different. There is
Bogus argument. If I park a 2nd receiver on another band while calling cq on band #1 (standard SO2R) that clearly gives me "DX alerting assistance" of another kind as well. They clearly mean from o
^^^^^^^^^^^ Hold on there, it is relevant...a local skimmer isn't an outside source. Tor N4OGW CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
Well, yes, that rule is vague. That's part of the whole debate! And yours is not the only interpretation. You can equally well argue that an extra bandscope parked on an empty band is "DX alerting