On Nov 23, 2004, at 7:19 AM, Pete Smith wrote: While we're at it, let's get serious about revising this contest to stimulate more activity. Make mults one per band rather than overall. Wouldn't the f
On Nov 30, 2004, at 11:55 AM, Richard Detweiler wrote: Some of us , really don't have that kind of funding, land or local permissions, even we may have the skills. I doubt it. Seriously. Back in 1995
On Dec 15, 2004, at 8:08 AM, Keith Kerr wrote: I actually recall a few years ago (but apologies if I am misquoting him here) Fred, K3ZO , an operator whom I much admire and respect, saying this was w
I only spent a few hours in the WPX SSB this weekend, but I was very frustrated with the number of stations who would finish a contest QSO and then simply say: "QRZed?". This sort of poor operating t
I'm not talking about experienced operators using a technique to help speed through a bunch of callers. I'm talking about run of the mill operators who have the mistaken belief that not giving their
Yup. That will work. Sure will be easier to make the top ten, just get on to DX Summit and have all of your competition self-spot themselves. Instant DQ for them, so you win.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR,
I remember when he showed up on the old CompuServe HAMNET group. He got himself kicked off multiple times due to his antics.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a
You know, this is a problem. Ever since the FT-1000D, these radios that pack two receivers and one transmitter into the same box have 99% of the circuitry needed to do SO2R with one radio. You'd thin
The market for a single box SO2R radio should be at least as large as that for a transceiver with dual receive, since the features of such a transceiver perfectly overlap those of a transceiver with
Scott, This is all fabulous stuff, and if nothing else, the Orion will get high marks for its quality receiver. Certainly Ten-Tec knew of the value of leaving one receiver unmuted as in classic SO2R
You don't need all that for SO2R. Band filtering is nice, and might be quite desirable with certain antenna configurations. Particularly if you are running high power. But, with low power, good anten
Why not? Much contest software used today is DOS-based, and you can get PC emulators for the Mac. One issue of contention may be CW keying, which may be hard to emulate accurately. Possibly. There ar
Not true for the multi-sync monitors! Although the connector is different, you can adapt the older DB-15 connection to VGA. They used to carry them at CompUSA. Well, some Macs don't need a converter.
Let me ask a somewhat paradigm-shattering question: Why do you need a second amplifier for the second radio? Granted, a SO2R setup may be more optimal with a bit more power on the second radio. But i
You don't need two transceivers for SO2R. You need two receivers and one frequency-agile transmitter. Something like the FT-1000D is pretty darn close to being there. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mai
Why is it only the guys with AMPS are the ones with clicks? Seems to me if the rig was generating key clicks, some of the guys running barefoot would also have clicks. This leads me to suspect this i
I didn't see that note. In that case, it's not so clear. Clicks are clicks, whether the signal is 40 over 9 or merely S7. The clicks will be weaker when the station is weaker, but it should still be
I disagree with this assertion. It's never "your" frequency at all. No one can "own" a frequency. You can USE a frequency, but you never "own" it. But, if you're not there, you can't be using the fre
Yuri, I think dismissing packet in this way misses part of the point. Allowing packet brings in a whole cadre of operators who might otherwise not be involved in the contest at all. This group is mos
Actually, the question should be: does asking for a spot on the air make you unsportsmanlike. And the answer should be: Yes. -- If I may, Ed, let's turn your question around. How about power levels.