No, plain and simple. It's called intentional interference. Anyone who has contested for any significant amount of time has been both the interferee and the interferor. It's bound to happen simply b
Interesting comments re the sources of error in SS logs. I was hit with a whopping penalty in the CW SS and after getting over my shock, spent a while trying to uncover the sources of the mistakes. T
At the risk of becoming too serious -- I'd like to suggest that the discussions of logging programs filling in the blanks, etc. are in fact missing the point. Starting with the premise that the inten
in Stewart, I usually promise myself not to enter into these kind of debates, but ... The two letter crap comes from people who think that if one talks fast enough and loud enough one will be the fi
No doubt true -- however, I was stunned at a gathering recently (a sort of local ham fest) where a station had been set up to demonstrate HF to the beginner crowd. Some sort of phone contest was goin
in Stewart, I usually promise myself not to enter into these kind of debates, but ... The two letter crap comes from people who think that if one talks fast enough and loud enough one will be the fi
No doubt true -- however, I was stunned at a gathering recently (a sort of local ham fest) where a station had been set up to demonstrate HF to the beginner crowd. Some sort of phone contest was goin
Dick, The very information you are looking for (and that I was hoping for as well) came out for CQWW in the current issue of CQ contest. The issue was received at the HRO store in Anaheim (where I wo
Dick, The very information you are looking for (and that I was hoping for as well) came out for CQWW in the current issue of CQ contest. The issue was received at the HRO store in Anaheim (where I wo
Hi all, Makes for great browsing too -- now if I could only find a real light lap top that would sit on my chest comfortably while I'm in bed -- Available from ARRL. Mine took about a week from phone
Better late than never, a story about a Sweepstakes experience ... and some conclusions about the differences between HP and LP in SS, the dramatic impact of superb station engineering, and the sheer
Part of a recent thread on signal quality reports raised the idea of using one of the several available handheld "communications receivers" as monitors. I happened to have access to one of these thro
Cluster Chuckle of the Month: 31 July 1998 0418Z X7XXX spots SA2RX on 14.014 0419Z Y7YYY spots 5A2RX on 14.014 0421Z HA2RX spots HA2RX with note "Correct callsign" on 14.014 Ah, the perils of compute
Hi Dink, There are two possible causes (and solutions). If you have a computer interfaced to the 940 then when you are operating full QSK and the RIT is offset from the XMIT frequency, the microproce
Dan, back will I Well, here's one guy's opinion. Send the exchange at a speed which is comfortable for you to copy or maybe a little faster to give you an incentive to improve your speed. When I'm CQ
Dear Peter, I don't have any experience with the GAP, but do have extensive experience with the HF6V, the HF9V and the HF2V. I've installed and tuned probably 6 or 8 HF9's for various people, a few H
Friends, Competitors, Colleagues: A couple of recent posts on the line-score thread mentioned the proposals produced by a working group of our contest co-participants. One in particular caught my att
Yep, it is ... just bought one. You might have to educate the salesperson a bit because the rebate forms didn't print out automatically. However they can go to the Staples.com website and print out t
Here's my $.02 worth. I've had a SAMLEX SEC1223 (20A continuous, 23A ICS) for almost 3 years. It probably has 1000 hours on it because for a couple of years I used it to run my FT990 at home and it w
Hi all, Thought I'd share some of the experience in the weekend's contest. This is=20 the first time I've done CQP seriously since 99 and since we're on "firsts"=20= I=20 thought I'd go all the way.