Please excuse the bandwidth, but I just found out this morning there was a problem with my ISP (now fixed) that had been limiting some email file sizes to a ridiculously low level. This apparently nu
I cannot see why the ARRL is "so resistant" to revising the rules to read either: 1. "You may use any CK other than your actual first year licensed"; OR, 2. "If you use any CK other than your actual
Shamefully, I confess I laughed when I read this one. TRlog is still the Top Dog of CW contest logging software, but I think grade school children in 10 years will be reading about "DOS" in their Anc
can be done. I've been saying this for years, and gave the WriteLog author a solution that would provide UNlimited SSB Message capabilities beyond the current 20 slots. It took over a year of pesteri
Methinks one reason you haven't seen anyone come close to winning yet is that those of us working to further perfect 100% voice file automation use haven't yet built our SuperStations necessary to pu
Today I found myself at the Candy Store (HRO) in Sunnyvale for a while, and talked with 3 hams who were there. Unfortunately, none were not CW ops ;-( The youngest one in his 20's was twiddling with
logs. I Wow...talk about a wake-up call as to really how narrow a niche the Contesting Community is within Amateur Radio as a whole! I'll bet many of the log submitters in these various major contest
Finally (but still on time :-) The LQP FINAL RESULTS are at : http://www.k6vva.com/lqp/lqpfinalresults.html Tnx again to all and congrats to the NCJ Subscription Wiinners!!! 73 and Enjoy Contesting a
rule that is THAT!?!? Huh?!? The AWESOME QSY rule was not designed for any disruptive or evil purposes. In fact, the rule has several Virtues: 1. Big Guns can't hog a single frequency for the duratio
On 12 Feb 2007, Doug Smith W9WI, replied: Oh oh ... that's not the way it's supposed to work, which could understandably cause some upset individuals. To the best of my ability, I try to always push
Steve. K0SR, suggested: starting Umh, you mean start about 2300 UTC for the February Sprints, but keep it at 0000 UTC (Daylight time) in September when we have more sunshine, right? I'll vote for tha
<annual suggestion> After reading many "I couldn't operate more than 30, 35 or 40 hours" type comments in 3830 posts, it's that time again for my Annual Suggestion to add a "36 out of 48 Hours" categ
An algorithm could be used to provide an "adjustment" factor that would analyze past hourly cumulative scores and bump up a new 36 hour SO score to approximately what it *should* be at 48 hours (to a
Based upon comments in support of such a venue, maybe THEE solution is not a separate category, but as N3BB suggested, to go the route of WPX, etc. and max the SO time at 36 hours. Let's see: WPX, SS
There is a practical solution to solve this problem. Just as NAQP & Sprint teams must "Register" before the event, any SO, M/S, M/2, or M/M entry seeking to submit a post-event log in hopes of winnin
This might be a non-issue if everyone's computer displayed 0 ("Zero") correctly with a slash as when done the good-old fashioned pencil/pen and paper way. 73 and Enjoy Contesting Fun Always While You
Randy, K5ZD, deserves an award for putting on his Creative Thinking hat vs. simply pee'ing and moaning about my "Annual Suggestion" post. This is more of a reality than most have been willing to admi
In further response to Randy, K5ZD's suggestions... And I'll commit to popping for 5 NCJ Subscriptions to be used as Awards the first time out of the gate. Precisely...what the concept of "change" is
Althought Jim and I have not always seen eye-to-eye at times over the past 40+ years of our FB friendship, he tendered some excellent suggestions and also asked the salient question of the day. The a
Tnx for posting the .wav files...cool. I do have two suggestions that will save precious time. Multiply several thousand QSOs by the time saved and you'll be amazed at the *potential* added QSOs bein