Rick, Interesting thoughts. Maybe this is committee work, but if run as a separate digital contest there is no need for a points differential. I asked a good friend who is an accomplished HF operator
Rick, I agree and that is a road I don't think we want to go down. I did work the WW DX Digital contest and the distance scoring they used was kind of fun. How has it worked out in 222 and Above co
Ron, Very quickly - if one uses CW Skimmer or another decoder plus a contesting logging program and never touches the paddles but uses computer generated CW, is that an analog or a digital contact? J
Lew, Problem is it is very difficult to turn back the clock. If you separate out digital that means no JT65 EME and no MSK144 meteor scatter. Maybe it is a regional thing based on population density.
Jonesy, And with the current technology that just as easily could have been on SSB for sure and probably CW. Remote contesting is not just the exclusive domain of the digital modes. And that is anoth
Mark, Why are you assuming this only happens with digital modes? For those of us not fortunate enough to live in the NE VHF contesting without regard to mode involves lots of BSing with the guys in t
Paul, This is clearly a regional discussion. Here in EM84 you could shoot the proverbial canon through most of the 2 meter weak signal band and not take out anyone. Not that that is a good thing but
Marshall, A truly epic post - wonderful! John _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfc
Paul, Why are you always so hard on those who chose to do digital? Folks who use digital are not necessarily idiots. Please recall that some of the digital modes are more sensitive than good old CW a
Scott, I use a SignaLink and it works fine. Depending on your setup and if you are using a sequencer you can set the jumpers to disable the PTT out of the SignaLink and use the PTT out of the sequenc
All, We will again be fielding 1296 in the January VHF contest as part of the W4NH setup. As per our January routine we will be at the QTH of Bob Lear W4ZST in Dahlonega, GA, We have a pair of 12 foo
Keith, You hit on a hot button of mine. I just built a 1296 station and, yes, not a lot of activity in the SE or at least the EM84 area. Yet, when the FCC proposes to take away microwave spectrum you
Ed, Interesting challenge. There is also a follow-up email that suggests much of it is about operator training on how to use a new mode in a contest. CW has been around for 100 years and SSB for 60 y
Ray, I am sure you read Joe's link on proper operator actions when using FT8 in contest. Just in case here is the link: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT4_FT8_Contesting.pdf. It is worth th
Jay, How about we really bite the bullet and have a contest for 6m only much like the 10m contest? The other thing I keep hearing is 6m regardless of mode, especially in June, is killing 2m and above
Buddy, Interesting. How did you move people up the bands? If we could figure that out here at W4NH some of the team would relax a little bit. Johnny _______________________________________________ VH
For sale - a very carefully used M2 2M-1K2. Trying to get to 1296 and this amp is now surplus to my needs. Very dependable and very portable. Used primarily for 2m EME during the EME contests. We hav
I am told the original reason for 2 points for CW and 1 for SSB was a good phone operator could make twice as many QSO's per unit of time as a CW op and the differential leveled the playing field. If
All, This may be an opportune time to make suggestions, whatever they may be. I recently moved to Idaho from Georgia but wanted to continue to compete in the Club category via a remote station that i
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