Maybe...just maybe...all of the instances of stations being 'loaned' even when it is to an Extra Class need review...guess it just depends on HOW you want to interpret the FCC rules when contesting..
Not 'quite' Ron......Not a lot of difference between control op and station licensee requirements when it's your station. Per the part 97 rules from the current ARRL FCC rules page: §97.105 Control o
Good morning Ron...thanks for the follow up. Lets see...Monday morning...check Ok...I can now play Monday morning quarterback... <grin> I guess one of the things I was trying to point out (maybe not
I guess you didn't really read my note did you Dick... :) This was one of the area's I was calling out...if you read down the looooooong thread. Marty W1MD ___________________________________________
So...If I just show up at your house and you are present and I start operating...how does that play? And you are sitting in the radio room while I'm operating...thereby 'enabling me' to operate YOUR
We ran 3 K3's into a C31XR with approx.. 800W from each 'band'...only 800w because we were AC limited at the QTH. A custom highpower TRI-plexer was built and used on the C31XR. It worked amazingly we
One coax to the antenna... It is designed for (and tested at) 1500w per band. MD Martin Durham System Engineer, Harris corp. Mdurham@harris.com Sent from my iPad _____________________________________
So...if you are not transmitting on a frequency then it's NOT in use...right? No time for 'listening' right? How do you KNOW that SO2R operator is off transmitting on a second radio rather than takin
It's been interesting to sit back and watch how a thread morphs and meanders from the original posting that George (K5KG) put out on 'what works' for asking a station to QSY. I was another of the ope
K1qx, k1xx, and I are the PROUD holders of the P'd A trophy...the only one to ever be awarded outside of the hallowed halls of the K1DG QTH. 2011 was the year. Maybe DG couldn't bear the thought of a
And what if it was a POTS connection instead of the dread Internet??? Same Same?? Or different again? I vote for a new Reflector (Forum)...could we call it "BAC-Contest" _____________________________
Section VIII 14. A competitor who wishes to be judged for a top score in their category must agree to being visited at any time during the contest by an observer appointed by the CQ WW DX Contest Com
Thanks Randy, The original question still stands however...how do stations that are planning to be 'competitive' notify the CQ committee? Who do they notify? What is the cutoff date for notification?
Before this SPINS out of control. 1. I 'get' that this rule is PRIMARILY addressed at the top 1% of competitors (probably more like .5%)...and that makes sense...if you are SERIOUS about competing fo
So......why do stations INSIST on calling in a pileup if they don't know who the station is??? If you don't know who you are calling...wait, listen, ID, and THEN call if you need the station. Or...mo
Niccceee! It really is getting bad though like Pete says. More than once this weekend I was able to beat the big guns with my vertical and 500w ( until the brand new al-80b quit, then I beat them low
Bob, Think about it a bit...sitting in the zone 8 Caribbean locations...easily 40-50% of the contacts made from those locations are US/VE...I've been contesting from the Caribbean for over 10 years..
Nope.not at ALL.have at'er Bob. Well I guess we all have our own motivations for competing. Say Marty instead of taking away your 2 points for intra-continental Qs, what if say I also got 2 points fo
Rather than placing a more onerous 'rule' on ID'ing....why not just change the EXCHANGE to include the call sign. Shades of sweepstakes. W1MD you are 5909 PJ4X. Nah, that would take more time........
No Mike Ham Radio didn't die when HR (I was the technical editor there for its last three years) or 73 died...but a little piece of it did. Death by a thousand cuts. We as the hobbiests and the vendo