Just goes to show there's no better way to encourage innovation than by telling someone it can't be done... 73, kelly ve4xt -- Original Message -- From: "CT1BOH - José Carlos Cardoso Nunes" <c
It seems the folk who think hard exchanges should be easy to explain are assuming, possibly in error, that the casual operator is going to care enough to listen... As much as 'we' may like the idea o
Hi John, I understand where you're coming from, but I think the penalty for losing the Q and possibly the mult, is enough. It would be hard to draw a distinction between someone who uses SCP vs. some
I certainly have no quarrel with the business of renting stations: VY2SS, WP2Z and others seem to do a good business serving those who wish to operate from more advantaged locations but don't have th
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This thread reminds me of my first attempt at building a desk in the latest QTH. I used edge-jointed pine planks (pine shelving, like at HD) and a table saw and created a desk top hutch that raised t
Hmmm, Bill's right: the octopus does not permit violation of the one-tx-at-a-time rule, so to add redundantly a one-tx-at-a-time rule doesn't help. The intent of the 10-minute rule is to prevent semi
Hi Bill, Maybe I'm being an overly glass-is-half-full kind of guy here, but I think this problem illustrates one of the unique challenges to Sprints. Without prejudice, the Sprint rules seem designed
Hi all, I'm sure there'll be lots of activity for SS this year. Lots of musical chairs, too. I'm going to VE6JY for phone, K9JS is at VE4VV, VE4VV will be at VE4XT, who'll be at WB0O?, KE3Q will be w
I'm always curious when the suggestion to de-invent packet spotting is made. By what mechanism? By what grace of deity would kolumbus.com give two hoots about our desire to return to the purist's vie
I don't doubt that being spotted helps rates. I wonder the extent to which spots reach saturation, however. This raises an interesting question: by what mechanism do we make operators responsible for
I get such a kick out of the complete absurdity of this sentiment. Yes, it's admirable to want to be a 'pure' amateur radio operator. I support wholeheartedly this person's desire to go back to basi
Hi John, A few answers to your questions: One does not need to claim assisted to make spots, only to take spots. You can make spots to your heart's content. As long as you don't receive any assistanc
Hi John, I note the following passage from CQ WW rules. "...The use of DX alerting assistance of any kind places you in the single-operator, assisted class." I would say that by requesting to be spot
Seems to me to be a complete perversion of the presumption of innocence. To say that you must proactively take steps to make sure others don't break the rules is a little much. 73, kelly ve4xt It see
Hi, I think this whole thread is being blown out of proportion. We're seeing bogeymen around every corner. Stop the madness until we can determine for certain there even is a problem that's worth set
So, once again, we're going to make people pay the price for the actions of others over which they have no control. Isn't that what a little thing called the Boston Tea Party was about? The problem w
I think the point about rules that can't be enforced isn't that we shouldn't try to define acceptable practice, it's that if something is now a problem among operators of already questionable integri
I was a guest at VE6JY this weekend, and he has resident in his TR directory a database. I noticed several times where the rx'd information differed from what was in the database. No big deal, you ju
This is along the same lines as... "If I enter U, does that mean that I MUST use packet?" I think the intent is to keep high-power guys in B or U, not to force all low-power guys into the same catego