W4PA suggested to K1HI: But there are rigs that will do that (protect your amp) without needing to use the PTT line from the computer to do so. Could be, but neither of us own one of those rigs. ;^)
W4ZV replied to N2MG on the subject of quality, processes, etc: The contrast of Elecraft and Ten-Tec versus Yaesu is very striking, and quite surprising given Japan's almost religious fervor about qu
W4ZV replied to VR2BG: The Elecraft community is not interested in the least in what is needed by the contesting community in a product & are quite unreasonable about anything that they don't like &
KE1FO dreamed: I would love it if contest logging sofware authors would implement a way to inhibit trasmittion of at least computer generated stuff (cw and voice messages) if the transmit VFO is set
AD1C asked the CT community if users have been using recently added paddle functionality, described as: * Thanks to N6TV, added paddle support for CW. The startup menu offers NONE, SuperCMOS, CurtisA
W1EBI responded to VK2CZ: Besides, now that CW has been dropped from most jurisdictions, I would expect CW allocations to gradually disappear. David, I sincerely hope your expectations do not ever ma
KM9M commented on the idea of having logging programs try to stop us from transmitting on the wrong VFO: I don't know about these...... Why not have the computer power up the station, you close the d
K1EP suggested a possible way to do diversity reception with the IC7800: Icom radios using the CI-V bus in the past could always be linked. I wonder if that could be done through the CI-V? Probably n
KC1F & W9SZ have noted some examples of Japanese cars with long lives, which counter my point about our perceived quality of Japanese products (such as radios), which tend to "work right out of the b
SP5UAF replied to UA9CDC's suggestion that SP DX Contest should get a template properly enshrined: The SP DX Contest Cabrillo specification is not a part of the SP DX Contest rules. It can be found i
W0YK added: Not true. As soon as the K2 RIT control is moved (after a prior "clear" by the computer) it reverts to its actual offset as determined by the RIT control position. It is an analog control
From http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/spec.html CATEGORY: operator-category band-category power-category [mode-category] For HF contests the operator-category must be one of the following: SINGLE-OP
Does anybody out there have a legible copy of the TS-950S schematic in soft form? The service manual at mods.dk has insufficient resolution & I think I have gone as far as I can in shot-gunning mine
Problem with engaging brain before enough tea has been consumed first thing in the morning - I wrote: The robot was right - although there may be no high or low power categories in CQ WW RTTY, the co
Thanks to N6HC, should have a 950 schematic shortly! 73, VR2BrettGraham _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
I for one appreciate K1TTT's reports on dodgy spots. Spots do have an impact on rate for DX stations & it is clear there is abuse. Those doing it might not be one's competition or might not even matt
KI9A continued: So do I! Don't get confused with my post about power/cluster watching. I appreciate Daves efforts to try & make a dent into cheating exposure, but, I think we, as a contest community,
EI5DI added: I agree with Hans. IMHO the problem is not self-spotting, it's the technology. Self-spotting on packet/cluster is simply the equivalent of calling CQ on the air. Surely it's pointless to
Anybody have a 6 pF 2 kV NP0 disc ceramic cap in their junk box they don't need? I'm having a hard time finding one in order to fix the bandpass filter for my second rig. I'll be able to better bounc
K0HB added: It's a sad commentary that circumstances force you to defend your reputation against thinly-investigated public innuendo. Recklessly splashing the reflectors with "I wonder about this guy