Yes, sometimes with interstation interference the problem is not coming from the feedline or antennas. I ran into something like this at my station recently. One of my 20m yagis generated much worse
Thanks for posting this. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any actual information on the length of each stub (and whether open/closed). What does CS#, CC#, etc mean as far as length? TorN4OGW With
and also http://www.kkn.net/trlinux/http://n4ogw.github.io/so2sdr/ Tor N4OGW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
What about sending a CW ID or CQ periodically in addition to a voice CQ during phone contests? Then CW Skimmer would spot you (the default band limits in Skimmer might need modifying). Tor N4OGW ___
A simple way to level the SS playing field between East and West would be to sometimes hold SS during the summer when there tends to be more short skip on the high bands. NAQP already does that with
This is always brought up as an argument why distance-based scoring shouldn't be considered- "if the idea is applied to xxx contest, nothing much changes." The problem is that the location defined by
I really don't see a problem with this. Being in the assisted class just means you CAN use assistance, it doesn't force you to, and it doesn't say how much you have to use. How many packet spots do y
Taking my suggestion further, one way to eliminate entry class shopping would be to simply enter logs in all categories they qualified for based on power level, assistance, or whatever other criteria
For the 2014 CQWW Classic CW, NA top 10 scores, here is the amount of time stations had available for the contest ( (last qso time) - (first qso time) ): K3ZM/4 45:47 N4AF 40:57 N8II 42:12 WC1M 40:48
A "shield" in this context just means an add-on board for an Arduino microcontroller...nothing to do with cable shields :) I've been playing with an external voice keyer I built using a Teensy micro
This comes up a lot- people keep saying that the reason young people are not interested in ham radio is because of smart phones, the internet, online computer games, etc. The idea being that today's
I'm not sure if Jeff was suggesting this or not, but if all the regional teams met at one place for the qualifying, then this wouldn't be an issue. Tor N4OGW ________________________________________
Depending on where you live and the band, that might not help! For example, 1500 W and 6/6 is not enough to run stations on 15M during Sweepstakes from my area of the country. There is just too big
Phase 1 is easier to do on one of the many available microcontroller boards rather than on a PC. Something like an Arduino, Teensy, ...Phase 2 is hard. You can look at some SDR programs to see how th
This discussion is kind of lacking common sense. There are times when you should just log what is sent, and times where the best option is simply to not log the station at all: 1. A station is runnin
Requiring real-time scoring would kill nearly all participation by casual ops in contests. That would be very bad for encouraging new contesters. Tor N4OGW ___________________________________________
In the NAQP mults are a big deal since they count on every band. It can pay off to look for openings at unusual times (like Es late at night on 10m). If a large fraction of the stations were using sp
Yes, even when unassisted there is no need to "turn the knob" to tune in stations on the second radio. There is also no need to ever tune sequentially (the first pass up or down a band Steve mentions
I disagree. Unassisted and assisted are still quite different. The main difference with bandmaps/waterfalls is that they provide point/click tuning which is not sequential. They do not decode CW (th