Hi Jim Yes, I noticed it wasn't on the schedule. I worked it any way and did pretty good. Didn't make any Q's but had lots of multipliers. I wanted to try out my new QRP rig - pair of 304TL's driving
If FD hasn't become a contest, why give out so many points? Now you get points for sattelite contacts, ;points for having the newspaper and TV there, points for peddling a bicycle for power, etc, ect
But, how many will you be working that are calling the other station off frequency that are in your bandpass? :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
Does that mean the zone the op is in or the zone the radio is in (for remote)? Or, like the SS is getting with the check, just pick any zone and send that. 73 Tom W7WHY _____________________________
Hi All This weekend I'm going to be operating FD from my camper, running the FT-450 off the battery. If I plug a charger into 110v AC to charge the battery while I'm not operating, can I still be bat
Thanks for all the info. Looks like I'll have to rethink my plans :-) 73 Tom W7WHY I think to not be "commercial power", you can't recharge them during FD from 120 AC. Page 3 of the rules: "Except fo
Has anyone operating remote ever won a major contest? I don't think a remote operation somewhere will will SOABHP any time soon If it does, then maybe that is time for you to worry. 73 Tom W7WHY -- s
I don't think this is a critical factor. Considering that Field Day originally was supposed to be a simulation of emergency field portable operations, in a real emergency you most likely would be sta
You are not alone there Joe. Think a lot of people do that. 73 Tom W7WHY oops By Bad, I took what the other guy was saying without actually reading the real rules them selves. Sorry, Joe WB9SBD _____
However we have learned here that the robot doesn't tell time like ordinary folks, so to be safe we must wait for 61 minutes of elapsed clock time before the next contact. I'm not saying that's good
Good post Hal. I agree I think the errors weed out the guys who are using RBN and not claiming 'assisted.' I would imagine the log checkers get a big kick out of all the guys who put 7D8Z in their lo
Boy, imagine if this thread would have started 10 yeas ago. People would have thought we were nuts talking about how computers can copy callsigns better for us :-) 73 Tom W7WHY --{snip}-- Though it s
Personally I don't think using the RBN to see how loud you are is really going to make any difference in your score. 1) Because you are monitoring your signal strength on the band you are CQing on an
I've had some complaints about the Heil foot switches we provide here. What are others using that works well? Thanks & Aloha, Lloyd ________________________snip__________________________________ Hi L
Yes - those old dictation machine switches work very well. I had one here for a long time till it gave up the ghost. Mine had 2 switches on it. It was set up to move the tape forward on 1 side and ba
Hi Pat Another thing I've always wondered about is how are we sure the guy calling the CQ'ing station has their call right. CQ de W7WHY W1AW W1AW 599 OR TU 599 CT QSL QRZ. Most (me included) never se
Hi Jukka Hope you wear it and not just carry it :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
That is a good question as I've always wondered that. The only way I could get 100 watts out in RTTY would be to run an amp as my radios only do 100 watts and couldn't run them 100% key down for a wh
I think maybe Sunday is a work day in some of the African countries. Might explain the low turnout. 73 Tom W7WHY 21 African countries...including 5X, 5Z, 6W, 9X, FH, SU. However, there are less on Su
That is a very good strategy. Doesn't take a lot of time and we always know who you are. On the other hand, there are some that say "QSL tu de x0xxx qrz test'. That gets just as frustrating as not k