If you're serious about protecting against static damage, the pink stuff is inadequate because it doesn't shield against external static fields. All it does is not generate static on its own. It can'
_______________________________________________________________ Unfortunately not all amateur gear is "designed properly". I once damaged a Kantronics TNC by unplugging it, carrying about six feet ac
<snip> _______________________________________________________________ My feelings exactly, and that's why all of my contesting anymore is done with RTTY. It is truly the gentleman's way to contest (
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 10:40:34 +0000, "John Guida" <nj1v@phoenix.net> wrote: _______________________________________________________________ I'm using a Compaq Presario 1400 and it's very clean, but a
On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 12:11:19 -0500, Fred Laun K3ZO <aalaun@ibm.net> wrote: _______________________________________________________________ I agree with a lot of what you say, Fred, but times have cha
_______________________________________________________________ The KAM beats the pants off a DSP-232. I had both running side by side with the same audio feed but on separate computers. The DSP-232
On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:09:31 -0500, "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@ij.net> wrote: <snip> <snip> _______________________________________________________________ Or, rather than go to all that trouble and expe
This has happened to me too, and I just ignore the "helper" station. Don't even acknowledge him, just act like he doesn't exist and of course, do the right thing...if you can't copy the call by yours
_______________________________________________________________ If you disconnect by just dropping the connection, then the system will think you are still connected UNTIL it tries to send you someth
<snip> _______________________________________________________________ If I'm pitching against Randy Johnson, it doesn't matter how many innings we go... he will win. Fooling around with the number o
_______________________________________________________________ Sure you were. If you had two hours for the test before you had to turn in your sheet and you finished in one hour, you certainly could
On Sat, 05 Dec 1998 10:53:58 -0600, Bob Perring <perring@texas.net> wrote: ___________________________________________________________________ I have a JPS ANC-4 and would willingly part with it for
-- How do these crazy rumors get started, anyway? :-) 73, Bill W7TI wrt@eskimo.com -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.
I noticed a lot of the guys commented on the lack of a RIT zero button. May I offer a suggestion? Don't use RIT at all. Put the rig in the split mode and press A=B. Then use the main knob for tuning
-- Or how about requiring a TRUE signal report? You'd only need two rules: 1. Anyone who sent the same report (599) to every station would be disqualified. 2. The report you log would have to match w
Overheard during the recent ANARTS RTTY contest: Station 1: "I NEED THE TIME IN UTC" Station 2: "LOOK AT YOUR WATCH" 73, Bill W7TI -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Adminis
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Mine came months ago Ken, so you must have been missed. A couple of years ago mine was way late, but a letter to the contest desk got it to me
<snip> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> There is a type of LCD which has a diffuse translucent coating on the back side which in turn is lit from the rear by an electro-lumine
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> I would just ask him where he's located and correct him if needed. I was expecting that to happen to me this weekend, but oddly enough it didn
<snip> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> There is a type of LCD which has a diffuse translucent coating on the back side which in turn is lit from the rear by an electro-lumine