Packet and its variants have become a curse on the contesting world. Time to do away with it completely and go back to using the Big Knob In the Middle. Bill, W6WRT __________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wouldn't really call having excessive dupes a "confession". You didn't try to hide anything or break the rules surreptitiously. J
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What a great idea! Of course this will require large amounts of cash to get it started, so please send a box full of small unmarked
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yep, just like the America's Cup. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** The power company is presently stringing size 00000000 wire to handle my new amp, a VOA surplus unit. VOA had to retire it because they could no longer afford
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** Of course, the rules are never truly "complete", since all contesters are free to create their own rules however they like. One of my favorite features. Bill,
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** A reasonably good attempt, however the number of past hams pales beside the number of future hams. My operation this year will be Multi-billion and since the r
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** Yes, that method works well, but for the SOQTH.COM class, operating time is limited to five seconds total. 73, Bill W6WRT _____________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** What about the missing 30 years? Lets have the contest begin April 1, 1976 and go from there. I hate these gaps in history. :-) 73, Bill W6WRT ________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** Unfortunately, April's license expired shortly after the start of the contest and she is now in custody of the authorities. She did work three stations legally
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** I have to disagree. W3LPL has a simple rhythm that makes it easier to remember. Compare to, for example, W3ZXQ (inactive, thank goodness) :-) Bill, W6WRT _____
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** When the TS-2000 first came out it got several very bad reviews for poor receiver performance. You might want to check the QST review. Bill, W6WRT ____________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** The negative reviews came from people who have operated one and have not been impressed. Nobody can "review" a radio they have never operated, but they can quo
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. That "melted plastic" look of the TS-2000 was an instant turn-off for me. I'm an old time Kenwood fan, having owned
My experience is slightly different but might answer your question anyway. When I upgraded to WinXP, I kept my old serial port cards (two of them) from my Win98 machine. This gave me two com ports on
Many people do not know that the USB sticks are not recommended for long term storage. They are good for only about 10k write/rewrite cycles and for about ten years. Perhaps some new technology will
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** There's no reason the soapbox couldn't be posted on the 'net. If it was, think how much easier it would be to search for a particular station. Paper has its pl
Does anyone know of any Linux contesting software for RTTY? That's the only thing holding me back from trying Linux. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list R
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** Thanks Doug, I don't mind fiddling a bit so I'll check out the two websites. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list R
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- In my log eight times. 73 my friend, rest in peace. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.c