In the May, 2003 issue of QST, there is a page 1 advertisement for the new Icom IC-703, an HF QRP radio with the same form factor and front panel design as the IC-706MkIIG. In the ad, Icom seems to t
Some of the Multi-Unlimited operations do own the gear they lend to rovers for the weekend, with the understanding that their use of the gear will result in QSOs with the Multi-Unlimited station. In
If your contest operation is all about maximizing _your_ contest score, as a rover, then you're right - that's would be operating in good sportsmanship. But, if your contest operation is all about ma
I don't know that I have the right answer. I think a lot of these issues haven't really received as much attention as they deserve yet, which is why it's good that they have come up. A good place to
This starts getting into interesting ethical questions for contesters. As someone on CQ-Contest pointed out recently, it is technically possible for someone to program a computer with an interfaced r
So, when you call "CQ" via a Beaconet AX.25 datagram, will you ever complete a two-way QSO on the same frequency using AX.25? Or is the Beaconet "CQ" really always intended to solicit a QSO that will
Yes. The QSOs you make on the road cannot count in a Single-Operator category, and the QSOs you make from your fixed station at home cannot count in the Rover category. I suppose you could operate Ro
(a) Email or call potential collaborators directly. (b) Use existing forums like Hot Rocks, other HSMS forums, IRC, moon-net, etc. that are more appropriate for sked-making. (c) Create a new mailing
Because it is unethical and against the rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-vhf.html "2.3 Rover: One or two operators of a single station that moves among two or more grid squares
-- Forwarded message from mwdink@eskimo.com -- To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> -- End forwarded message -- -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Te
-- Forwarded message from mwdink@eskimo.com -- To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> -- End forwarded message -- -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Te
-- Forwarded message from mwdink@eskimo.com -- To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> -- End forwarded message -- -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Te
-- Forwarded message from mwdink@eskimo.com -- To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> -- End forwarded message -- -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Te
I've also done an NJ2L (he's now K2UA, btw) mod to a Realistic HTX-100 ten meter monoband rig. That radio is now at N5XU, the club station of the University of Texas Amateur Radio Club, and is hooked
The question is not so much whether or not the QSO is invalid, but whether or not it should be credited for the contest. If I'm working a contest and some old crank calls in and gives me a callsign,
Even in this scenario, presumably you would be just as happy to work an ST0 as you would be to work VP6/d or a VU4 or a P5 or a YI. You wouldn't just limit yourself to the 7O DXpedition your good bud
Perhaps peer pressue is a better enforcement mechanism. If those who become or benefit from captive rovers or good buddy QSOs come to see that the contesting community considers their behavior unethi
Yes, that rule is an abomination. -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R Department of the Computer Scienc
I think we can discuss more than one topic on this reflector at a time. -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign:
Is anyone using the Downeast Microwave 28-144ECK? It's a low-output 28 MHz to 144 MHz transverter board designed to fit inside the case of an Elecraft K2 (but not a K2/100,) which would then be used