Hi Paul and Marshall There is no real dichotomy between Tilton's original description of a contact and what contesters do. Tilton's rule dealt with really weak signals where the participants are not
Nate After reading your post indicating how much I must dislike digital weak signal modes and don't use them, I went back to reread what I had written in the May World Above 50 MHz. Here is the relev
Les You and everyone else who enters any contest need to read the rules carefully. You cannot use that power and enter as a Single Operator Portable. SOP class is limited to 10 watts. You want to cha
ENOUGH!!! I am the list administrator. I have allow this discussion of rovers to continue because I believe a discussion of contest ethics is important. But it has now continued beyond any useful pha
Getting the times correct is NOT an issue in ARRL contests. Since there are no time limits in the ARRL VHF contests accurate time is not a problem. So long as a call is in both logs you and the other
Half the reflector traffic for the past two weeks has concerned such practices as handing out HTs, a bus full of rovers "manufactured contacts" and other such operations and their legality. Because t
Folks There was a substantial 2M Es opening yesterday and a smaller one the day before just about 00Z both days. I would like to get information from those who worked Es on those days on 2M. Particul
Hi Ken You are correct that I have mentioned differences between HF and VHF contests in past columns but I have never devoted an entire column to the subject so even with the limited searching tools
During the last week's big tropo opening Bill WA0KBZ in EM48 reported hearing strong clear signals from Oklahoma off the back of his beam while pointed northeast into the duct. Surprisingly when he t
Hi Les This is wonderful information for emergency vehicles. But not so good for rovers. Rovers need to obey the law - emergency vehicles sometimes do not. For instance if your rover operates essenti
Hi Jeff This thread has gone on longer than it should but you have hit the nail on the head. thinking "what in the heck is this guy doing" (I'm using G rated >>>language here). Put simply, there's no
For the umpteenth time the rover thread has arisen on this reflector. The only useful thing is that Duffey may make some contacts in the next contest or two with some of the pack rovers. Otherwise th
I would like a few reports on the Leonids meteor shower yesterday. Was it really a storm - those who saw it around the year 2000 remember how good it was. For one period of about an hour it sounded l
A few weeks ago Les N1LF raised aquestion about spectrum usage on this reflector: could we amateurs trade spectrum security and a Federal override of CC&Rs in return for giving our entire microwave f
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK POSTED BY N2LID. THIS LINK IS http://lordbuddha-edu.org/RFEMDNxYXe.htm THIS LINK IS AN ATTACK SITE. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY REFLECTOR MEMBERS TO TRY TO CRASH THEIR COMPUTERS. WA
Thanks for the data Duffey. The maximum number of logs during this period 1992-2010 was 1219 in 1996. I would therefore like to add an extra column % Total Log compared to the maximum year 1996. The
Duffey You are quite right about the June contest which shows increased activity in SPITE of the rules. I would guess that if you looked at the bands used in June you would find that June 2006 was ju
You are exactly right Duffey. Joe706 pack is not only welcome but desired. In addition to the one big ARRL VHF contest distance scoring should be added to the UHF contest. In fact the rules of the Sa
You make and have made some good points here Jim. The multiple entry/operator is an anomoly that could easily be eliminated. So long as you use an entirely separate station the rule should be the sam
I just went back to look at the WA5VJB cheap yagis. They are specifically designed to be easy to build from readily available materials - wood booms if you want. HF guys tend to be even cheaper than