"Slices and dices it to bits" ... nice pun, Dave! :-) The original Morse telegraph (and others) worked by imprinting the dots and dashes on a paper tape and then decoded by reading it. Imagine doing
The original idea was that you sent a message to it and it "reflected" the message to all the other members. That term has been around as long as the internet! 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.com/si
This may be true of contests that don't incorporate microwave bands, but I don't think from my observation that microwave QSO's are going to change much in contests that include microwave / mmwave ba
Some of you may have seen the postings elsewhere that ARRL will no longer admit fully automatic QSO's for contest and DXCC credit (CQ's and QSO initiation are fully automatic, with no operator interv
I bought a copy of that book and read it probably several decades ago. It's fascinating. I've been working on getting on 630 and 2200 meters. I'll probably make it onto 630m before I get on 2200m. I
If you have the full version of Adobe Acrobat, you can "Print" anything as a PDF file. I have been doing this with QST from the on-line version for some time. And the full version of Adobe Acrobat is
I'll just say that some ARRL Volunteer Monitors will be watching for inappropriate conduct during contests and take appropriate action. This would apply to US amateurs, only. They do not have jurisdi
I saw someone note also that he had worked "A Canadian airport." I asked if it was YYZ and didn't get a response to that yet. I don't think Neil Peart was a ham, but the beginning of the Rush song YY
It's not likely that there will not be some conflicting contests every weekend. The ARRL contest summary shows 11 or 12 contests all taking place this coming weekend. 73, Zack W9SZ __________________
How much operating have you done in VHF contests? Have you ever been in the 10 GHz and Up Contest? Some contests MUST have their own rules. 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=e
I've used DOSBOX to run CT. It works fine. I sent Gary a private e-mail about it last night. 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm
40 meters was pretty much dominated by the CW Sprint stations all the way up to 7060 or higher. I did hear a few digi stations on 40; I think one of them was 7056. 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.co
I didn't know what it meant, either, until I looked at this presentation. 73, Zack W9SZ <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail
There are questions very similar to this in the Extra Class question pool. People should know this. Someone using SSB is going to be USB on 20 meters. 73, Zack W9SZ __________________________________
So who won the Poisson d'Avril contest this year? Same as it ever was? I made 47,823 QSO's for a score of 2,287,039,329 but I have a feeling that isn't enough to win. 73, Zack W9SZ __________________
I think this is wonderful! Anything that gets more contesters involved, especially youth, is what we need. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Con
I built a 6m Moxon antenna which I wanted to try out on Field Day. Then our local club cancelled its Field Day plans because of the weather prediction (probably a good idea because the heavy rains tu
Right now, automatic running is not valid for QSO's for any ARRL award or contest: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-contest-and-dxcc-rules-now-prohibit-automated-contacts 73, Zack W9SZ _________________
I worked RG8U but I couldn't coax him to send a card. (ducking and grinning) :-) 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=web
Gee, now I need some of that wine along with my Contesters coffee! https://www.theunseenbean.com/coffee/contesters 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_