My friend John, W6GL, forwarded the following: ** Really need to save some money? Go one step further and just cancel the printed version of QST altogether. Much of the stuff is readable on their web
I thought it was never acceptable to edit the log after the contest was over? Al W6LX I agree...Delete the QSO from your log...It wasn't a completed 2 way contact...I ended up doing that several time
Hi, Eric, The test you described is called the Noise Power Ratio (NPR) test, and it is used more and more to simulate the multi-carrier conditions that an amplifier is likely to see. It is primarily
One more thought... The NPR test applies best when the interfering signals are on all the time, all at the same time. This would be the case in, for example, a cable TV system, or a satellite downlin
Hi, Everybody, It's getting kind of funny reading this thread. You guys haven't really looked too closely at the QST reviews where they show (and for the moment, they are still showing it, until CW f
Hi, Tom, You said... The 141T is hardly a poor instrument, but a better way to put it might be that it just doesn't have the resolution bandwidth to get as close to the carrier as you have pointed ou
Scott, It's already been done. Check out: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/199904/0006.html R, Al W6LX I can hardly wait: Someday I'll be able to just start up the robot Friday night, go off s
Hi, Cormac, Deep Blue had such a glaring advantage over Kasparov that I've always been amazed that no one brings it up. Before the famous chess match, programmers entered every documented game that K
Hi, Everybody, I have a confession to make. A couple of SS's ago, I used a different check than my correct check. On purpose. I think I used something like '55' in the CW SS, and '00' in the phone SS
When I operated the (entire) SS with the 'bogus' check, I really didn't think about whether it would be an advantage or a disadvantage. I thought it would be a morally and contest-ually (sic) neutral
And if you get to the point of carving out a piece of foam to make the perfect fit for your equipment inside your transit case, the absolute cleanest cuts can be made with an electric meat carving k
I have poked fun at myself for years for using "Please copy" in contests. I know I shouldn't, but I can't help myself. I think it goes back to my hometraining; I can still hear my mother telling me t
Is that really what you wanted to say? I see the 'please copy' thing as more of a style issue than an good operating issue or as N5NJ put it, the 'right' way of doing things. I can certainly see room
I know what you mean. I guess it makes little sense to use: Sails in the age of boats with motors, Pianos in the age of electronic keyboards, Cotton in the age of polyester, Gas stoves in the age of
The only three letters in the English alphabet that sound unique when said are "L", "O" and "R". All the others can be easily confused with another letter. Looking at it from a strictly phonetic view
Very cool! Serious question: why was '599' part of the exchange? The larger question is: why is '599' ever a part of any contest's exchange? Al W6LX _______________________________________________ C
On phone, do you also use a similar marker to indicate what follows, as in for example, "Please copy..." or some other such marker? It's a historical artifact. And it serves as a familiar marker to i
Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan: Unassisted. Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Manny Ramirez: Assisted. Contester that homebrews his own 3-500Z's: Unassisted. Contester that purchases and uses a yagi
Another marvelous SS CW has come and the usual post-contest flurry of messages has begun, so here's my (completely serious) contribution: If for whatever reasons the only station you had available to
Thank you for all of the responses to this frivolous question. I'll make a (quite possibly naïve) observation: If the competition is what's important to all of us, and if the power level and station