How about some of you great thinkers coming up with something positive instead of pontificating about how things should be / should have been done? Oh, and most of the work being criticized is perfor
The purpose of these rules is to assure that the operation takes place from one geographic location. If one were to use multiple locations, it would create an unfair advantage. Imagine operating 75m
Paul, While it would be nice to limit technical advances in contesting to retain some reverence for our collective history, time marches on, and what we have to tolerate must change. Imagine if we co
While I think that K4WW's comment is TIC, I think that Hank has a very valid point. We contesting hams are all getting older. Some of the best of us (N6ZZ, K2GM) have become silent keys over recent m
I fail to understand why this, like many other rules are so controversial. I would suspect that the league's definition would be shared by the other groups. It makes sense. It is also legal by remote
Rick, Time and money are not the only issues. If they were, what you say might be true. Having "daddy" at home is a (maybe THE) major issue that your observation ignores. The other factor is travel t
Once again, I find myself in the awkward position of agreeing with Mal. Fred is a gentleman and sets an example for all of us. 73, Bob W5OV Tonite I worked Fred, K3ZO, during the contest. The guy he
Warren, The other group of big spenders - DXers - combined with contesters has to be a larger % - no? K1AR's recent column in CQ touches on this issue of who is a DXer that contests and who is a cont
Steve, I agree with your summary of the issues surrounding the IARU test, but aside from the top level competitors, and those "in the know", most of the participants don't care about that "semi-polit
Paul, I disagree with you totally, but I wanted to point out a couple of things in your last note that cause me to think that you may not have thought out what you are asserting: "How then can we exp
Paul, I think you are choosing to ignore some facts. There's not as much of it and, to the extent that it has been replaced (distance is significant) in the signal path between the operators concerne
Just a minor point, Win98 is not a Windows Operating system. It is a GUI application running on top of a DOS operating system. This is quite different from the real Windows operating systems such as
Bill, I presume that you are referring to my comments so I will respond. My response was to point out that Andy N2NT's summary was correct when he said TR would not work on a Windows machine. Anyone
I know that at least one of you multi-rig contest station owners that purchased one or more FT1000MP's might have an extra FT1000MP shipping box with packing material that you don't need. I have an F
Bob, Which modern radios have standardized USB connectivity built into them? None. Even the new TenTec Omni 7 that has Ethernet capability (pretty cool) has a DB-9 serial port on the back panel. The
I think that there are some misconceptions about forums and their utility. There is no reason to save a local copy of anything on a forum as it is permanently stored on the forum! I think the bandwid
Actually, there is an alternative that works very well and that is a TA33. You can run legal limit into it, and it works great. You can often find them used for under $200. Parts are still available
If you open the BIN files with Notepad (do not Save the file from Notepad - just Exit when you are done looking!) you will see that the BIN file starts with an identifier of what contest it was and w
"There are just too many contests" Huh? What has happened here? Have we all lost it? This sounds like an anti-contest-crowd cheer instead of CQ-Contest! I like K5NZ's approach better. "If it's Worth
"Good for you, Doug. I have long thought that we should be "naming names" here as a matter of course." I agree 100% with one warning. Sometimes the guilty party is just a lid and may not have any int