The answer is generally no. The Macs use a whole different video standard than the VGA and SVGA standard used in the PC world. I guess there has never been enough demand for a mac monitor to vga conv
In Florida few of us participate in the ARRL SET held in October as its not a good time of the year usually. In the West Central Florida Section we do our SET in February or March when we are out of
It is quite clear but our local multi-club field day dropped doing a novice/tech+ station this year because we can't find any novice or tech+ operators now that restructuring has taken place. Now we
Section creation has really nothing to do with contests at all. The fact we use sections as multipliers for SS and other contests is a byproduct of how SS came about (CD Parties? Way before my time.
Section creation has really nothing to do with contests at all. The fact we use sections as multipliers for SS and other contests is a byproduct of how SS came about (CD Parties? Way before my time.
After playing around the contest between other commitments this weekend I can say firmly that I like the new rules for scoring. Its like one big QSO party! I hope next year I can finally do WPX some
I thought it was last weekend :-) (that's called TUNNEL vision) 73, Jim, K4OJ k4oj@tampabay.rr.com Special thanks to everyone who operated in the 1999 Florida QSO Party 1999, hope you had as much fun
In 1998 through inovative contest log checking software development by N6TR & N5KO, contesting was forever changed what a UNIQUE concept! 73, Jim, K4OJ k4oj@tampabay.rr.com Special thanks to everyone
I know - not again...well this time my wife bought me (or will be buying me) a Christmas present of an expansion board for the computer so that I can have more comm ports and do more neato stuff with
Maybe I'll try that next year, but can anyone tell me if double or queen bed springs are the better antenna??. recommend a stack, I mean bunk, bed..... 73- see you in the NAQP! de Jim White, K4OJ k4o
I am going to lose two Zone 9 mults in the CQ WW because two hotshot operators who should know better insisted, Sunday afternoon, that I was already in their log. C'mon, guys; I can screw up a call -
I hate getting into the swing of how things are supposed to work well after the contest has started, once again this happened this weekend...it was about three hours in that I got the rhythm goin'...
"Perhaps two of them could be "log-less" contests with claimed results posted only on 3830 and the Conest Reflector." .....so that is how we can finally whup up on N5TJ, my score for the new NAQP: 15
"Are there many 440's being used for a 2nd radio." .......I am still using olde faithful , a TS430 as the second rig - the run rig has bells and whistles and computer interface but the S&P rig, well.
I agree Bud - but only if you get on like the olde days....careful tho - I understand that N6RO has been using two radios! .....the CD Parties live on in my memories, I cannot imagine how many memoie
de W4AN form the CQ-Contest reflector: "I prefer to channel my energy toward creating more teams and more participation for the events we already have organized." ....crap this is twice this year I h
It could even be held on the same day as the NCJ sprints since they are in the late afternoon/evening. I think it is an interestng idea. Sprints are unique so I think a 10/15 sprint might be ton of f
"Recently some people got really, really smart and figured out that a "6 band change per hour rule" would be functionaly equivalent to a "ten minute rule" and successfully sold their idea to the ARRL
This brings up an interesting question. What if you're not "in" the contest, but casually "giving points" for an hour or two? Is it then OK to run above the contest power limit? I will admit to runni
....it was only after the last running of the NAQP when I was able to use two radios more that I realized the beauty of this contest - lack-o-interference! Big difference between bulletproofing the s