30 hours. You can only operate 24 hours. SS has some unique rules. You work stations once, which tends to make it harder even for big guns to just sit an call CQ all weekend. There are a limited numb
NAQP and SS are very different. NAQP is much shorter, and has a multiplier-passing strategy. SS is more rate-oriented, with a limited number of multipliers and a rule that says you work stations once
Interesting. The first link claims support for "Apple OS-8, OS-9, OS- X". It's been called MacOS for over a decade now.... The second link has Windows and Linux drivers featured, but if you click on
The problem is that there's a few 40m CW operators who can't seem to get a clue that 40m isn't 300 kHz worldwide, and that RTTY and other digital modes belong around 7035-7045 kHz. Every time they he
SHEER LUNACY!!! After all, this is the WAE RTTY contest. WAE stands for Worked All Europe. 7037.5 kHz is dead in the middle of the Region 1 bandplan. I just got finished tuning 40m. Here in GA, there
The goal of any contest is to encourage participation. What's unclear about the rules? The categories are extremely similar to ARRL SS (at least, SS of a few years ago) There is no need for an SO2R c
If you look at the RTTY RU rules, there's a link that indicates the general rules and the rules for HF contests. If you look at the HF rules, you'll find this: "2.1.2.Single-Operator stations are all
You keep saying this, but it isn't borne out as a fact. Not at all. There are many fine ops who produce world-class scores using only one radio. K3ZO is a good example. 10 years ago, I had the experi
Because it is ONE operator. The key element, the centerpiece and the weak link in the chain is the operator. (Just try to write a rule to separate these hypothetical "classes". How do you define 2R?
The rule you are looking for is here: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-hf.html These are the general rules for ARRL HF contests. The specific rule is: "2.1.2.Single-Operator stations
You can also go to DX Summit and do a query. I did mine for my four-hour operation in the RU, and found one spot: N4NW 21086.9 AA4LR 0322 08 Jan 2006 Curious thing. I did not operate on 15m at all. H
These are deep contest mysteries. A lot of times, it is in your gut, sometimes, you count off. I'm no expert, but I'll try to answer these. Note my contest experience is mostly Phone and CW, I've jus
Indeed. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. That's how it should be. And perhaps should be on every band, like every other country in the entire world. About doggone time. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl
I never liked this practice in CW. Seems I would always copy the CQ and miss the guy's call. I also don't like the "CQ NA AA4LR NA" for the same reason. Space? Why not a CR/LF? I had a couple of guys
Yeah, just like we do with SSB on 40m.... <grin> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 _____________________
He means the protocol is freely available, and complete enough to actually work. If you have to pay, that isn't free. Not software, but specifications. I thought that particular statement was abundan
Joe, you certainly are entitled to your opinion, and I respect that. Indeed, several hams I respect greatly have similar opinions. I just have a few observations of my own: Yes, but these were largel
What part of the proposed regulation states this? I looked for it and couldn't find it. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wi