Hi all In celebration of 25 Years of CTT&T, what is your favorite contest tip or two? What one thing made the biggest effect on your contesting? Who gave you the best contesting advice? What key thin
Hi All I would like your input for the next CTT&T column in the NCJ. Please reply directly to me by Tuesday night and include your call sign. Favorite Web Sites What are your favorite websites for co
A lot depends on how serious I am about the contest. If I am serious I am less likely to QSY. Also I frequently do single band efforts. Although you can make contacts on other bands and claim only on
I develop networked computer equipment in the day job. Part of that involves passing FCC emissions standards. Ethernet is often a problem although most of the trouble I see is in the VHF frequencies.
Dr. DX was an amazing piece of programming for its day. I saw it at Dayton and immediately went out and bought one plus a C-64 to run it on. It was so realistic. The propagation algorithm was set for
Here in Wisconsin the difference would have been only 5 min 24 seconds. The length of day does not change much day to day near the solstice. By chance or by design, the 10M contest falls near the pea
Saying each number separately is best. It is especially important if you are saying a number in the teens. If you say "seventeen", fast typists will type in the 7 before they realize they have it wro
I find it frustrating too. When I get get cut numbers in a serial number I take an extra second or two minimum to make sure I entered it correctly. Certainly that negates any time savings gained in s
I would agree with some of the other respondents who recommended sticking with adapters using a real FTDI chip. Unfortunately there are a lot of products with counterfeit FTDI chips. There have been
For a hamfest/convention to reach the attendance of Dayton it has to be within a reasonable driving distance for major population centers. Most attendees are not hard core like people joining this gr
For many years I would hear CW after a contest. It was always something like "CQ SS" and get faster and faster. Then I would sort of shake it off and it would go away for a minute or two before start
The increase in the late 1950's coincides with Sputnik, IGY, the start of the space age, and the cold war. People got interested in technology partly because it was patriotic to do so and partly beca