The July 2007 PVRC newsletter says that W1AW/4 in the 2007 IARU HF Championship was a PVRC - North Carolina chapter operation. http://www.pvrc.org/Newsletters/jul07.pdf PVRC-NC TO OPERATE AS W1AW/4 I
I love these debates... I remember them for automatic keying equipment, computer logging, octopuses, SO2R, etc. It costs a bunch to be competitive these days. SO2R is almost essential. That's really
Welcome, Kevin! I get my propagation forecasts from the ARRL. There's a newsletter that comes out about once a week from Tad Cook. Just go to the ARRL web site, sign in, and under your membership rec
I'd suggest that the ARRL DX Contest rules not be changed. Each contest has its own particular "flavor" that makes the contest what it is. They shouldn't all be the same. The rules for any given cont
One end of each of four resistors goes to the four band data lines (output from the K3 DE-15 accessory jack, input to the W9XT card). The other end of each of the resistors goes to +12V. They "pull"
Maybe it should be pulled up to +5V, I'm not sure it matters that much. The W9XT BCD-10 schematic shows logic levels of 0 and 5V. The Elecraft K3 Owner's manual (on the Elecraft web site) says that t
Right. While we're at it, we should ban those pesky memory keyers, it makes redundant the important contesting skill of manually operating a Morse key. And while we're at it, get rid of those pesky c
You caught me. I would argue that memory keyers and computer logging programs (and SO2R) are technical developments that have changed contesting forever. These developments were not universally embra
Why is it OK to have a computer or machine generate Morse code but not OK to have a computer or machine copy code? I suggest that your proposed constraint is more appropriate to Straight Key Night th
I'd recommend the Contest University at Dayton. I was there last year and got a real boost, and I'm signing up again this year. http://www.contestuniversity.com 73 de Dick, K6KR Does anyone know of a
I would recommend you acquire a PCI card that has serial ports and skip the USB to Serial Adapter. There are two-port, four-port, and 8-port RS-232 cards available. Just because your motherboard does
N6TV demonstrated several programs. I am not sure what program was used to record the audio data (I suspect it might have been WinRad). Bob (or WA6KBL) had prerecorded a large (about 500 MB) .wav fil
Doug, aren't the skills required of a modern contester just different than the skills required 20 years ago? I can't maintain a manual dupe sheet at all well. I never got very good at it. I also have
When I move I tune quickly to see if the guy is already there so I can answer him. Failing that, calling CQ seems like a productive thing to do. I want to be doing something that helps my score and I
As I read the rules, there is no multi-single category in SS. It's single operator, multi, or "school club". If you have multiple operators, you're "multi". If you're fortunate enough to also have mu
I log: KW = KW K = K ATT = 100 5TT = 500 050 = 050 1K = 1K. I "expand" cut numbers and write the numbers. If someone sends "5nn", I write 599. If I hear "ATT", I'll write 100. "1oo" is written as 100
My understanding is that you can submit your log in a single band category and make QSOs on other bands as well. The contest organizer would want your entire log so that he can verify contacts from o
I'm also similarly interested in a Crowne Plaza room, from Wednesday night. 73 de Dick, K6KR K6KR at arrl.net QRZ Gentlemen, If any of you have reserved a room for the Crowne Plaza for this year's Da
I'm coming in for CTU, but I can find something Wednesday night. If it's still open, I'm interested! 73 de Dick, K6KR Looks like my Dayton roommate just cancelled out for this year. I have a room wit
I always work them. I figure I might want their Q in a subsequent domestic contest. It doesn't take long. If there are multiple callers and I'm able to make a choice, their QSO shows up later in the