I have been contesting for many years and find that the pressure on the ears from the headphones and the pressure on the butt from prolonged sitting are both painful. I use Heil headphones and asked
Oops, I forgot the second half... For the bum: I bought a "Wondergel" pad that truckers use for long trips. I got the 2" Extreme version. It uses a collapsing lattice of gel that works better than th
The CM500 needs batteries? Or can it be powered from a rig like the Icom? Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.con
Wow! That's great Rich. I am guessing you are a comparative "youngster" in the contest group. Even fast walking is probably very helpful if you can't run. Chuck W5PR _________________________________
Great eyes! Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
OK, I'll bite. No hands on the steering wheel? Chuck, W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listin
I agree with David If I entered the Ten Meter Contest this weekend and made CW and SSB Qs, I should be able to choose which category I finally enter... CW, SSB or Both I see this as an allowed action
Sorry for the bandwidth on this reflector of something that might have been better on a Writelog reflector. I finally got the Update cty to work. I have spent years of trying to update the cty files.
Did you get any responses to this? I am interested. I have a number of antennas to switch and would like to get rid of the wires. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
Removing uniques would penalize the stations with big antenna systems, who are loud in far away places. Casual ops will work the big stations and can be uniques, but still valid calls. I would prefer
I noticed that stations that didn't ID often usually had several people (including me) asking for their calls. This has to slow things down. Many worked them and then asked for their call. I can unde
Boy Scouts too Sent from Mail for Windows 10 This is terribly sad. How did we let society get this bad? _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.c
That 2002 SOLP 160 CW record seems to be an obvious mistake. He was on 10 meters... Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:/
Probably Remulak, sorry, I ment France... Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-
I think the CW only portions of the band were welcomed in the "Old Days" of AM phone. There were huge numbers of US stations on AM causing a huge cacophony of strong carriers and, if they were not li
While that is a good idea from that standpoint, it would remove one layer of strategy from the contest. In several past contests, I have concentrated on paths to other continents to the detriment of
I think the 12 V would only be relevant when there is a dissimilar metals problem. In other words copper against aluminum. Chuck W5PR Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________
Pardon my ignorance, but what is autospot? Chuck W5PR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
KG5UOE is not in the FCC database. Chuck W5PR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I just read Ash's post on his web page. I wish Dave, K1TTT, still did his analysis of IP traffic. However, with some checki