Hi Kelly, Very simple: unassisted means you can't receive spots, not that you can't send them. Ok...I thought it applied both ways. That's a problem right there, I think. Half-duplex assisted or unas
Mike, Good comments, as always, whether one agrees in totality with them or not. I know I'm nit-picking, but I could not resist. :^) How would you describe this behavior? Would you describe it the sa
The CM-500 can be difficult to find sometimes. Some say that the Koss SB-45 is pretty much the same, at half the cost. For those looking for a dynamic mic, instead o electret, the Koss SB-40 is the w
Hi Wayne, Just to clarify, most modern Icoms need an electret element. The SB-40 is dynamic, so a blocking capacitor is needed. One plus for the Koss is the lifetime warranty. I don't know if it cove
mic on one pin and mic input on another with either a wire jumper or small resistor between the two pins. Indeed. With both my IC-718 and IC-7300, looks like not wiring pin 2 should be enough to use
After a quick look at the Koss SB49 specs, it appears that the only difference between the SB45 and SB49 is that the SB49 has an in-line volume control. Well worth the extra $5 in my opinion. As a ma
Make it available to all, both participants and observers, or nobody. Ideally, competitive stations should use the scoreboard, for transparency, educational, and public relations reasons. If access t
You guys must be reading my mind. I was thinking about asking, but did not want to start a thread, but now I'll. LOL Long time ham, but very green on certain aspects of contesting. I intuitively call
Thanks, W6SX. Good idea. I use N1MM as well, but have not explored all the possibilities. I need to find the syntax for the IC-7300, then I'll edit the F4 macro. This CQWW CW was only the second time
This is how I 'see' it as well. One can monitor the frequency long enough to find out, I guess, but this speeds things up. I hope it continues to be used, at least until I'm more experienced. Also, a
I agree! I purchased the VA4 just weeks before the release of the VA5. Kicking myself one more time for the bad timing. LOL The VA4 is great, the VA5 is even better. I'm surprised this VNA does not g
This is interesting. The 4th place in the QRP 10M category scored 0 (zero) points. I hope he has the recordings to back it up. LOL Congrats to the contest management. They are doing a very good job w
Outside of contests, I'm 100% FT8 these days. I have been using the mode from day 1, making on-air contacts with the developers with a freshly compiled version of WSJT-X when it first went 'live'. I
With all due respect, the 'social aspect' of contesting is putting faces to callsigns at conventions, otherwise it's 59 ON or 59 04. This mailing list may be another one, but as with conventions, not
I agree. Mode mixing in contesting is not a good thing. Run them concurrently if you must, but score them separately. 73 de Vince, VA3VF _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
Simple, yes. Effective, not sure, unless you like hoarding callsigns. 1) It still had to be deliberately setup with the help of macros; 2) It won't QSY in search of other stations, or if the frequenc
I thought the radio in hamradio had to do with RF, not sensory faculty (hearing). Since my hearing is going downhill, my hamradio days are numbered, I guess. 73 de Vince, VA3VF FT8 is not ham radio i
Chris, It's a lot more comfortable to be silent, one is always right that way. Correct! No need to resort to aliens. There are better ways to try and refute a comment. This is actually an indication
I want to apologize in advance to those that will feel "betrayed" by the fact that this message is not about a new FT8 robot, so nothing for them to be indignant about. But wait, all is not lost...in
Jukka, How many attendees had heart attacks or nervous breakdowns during the presentation? I'm non-sectarian, and could feel my heart missing a couple of beats. LOL 73 de Vince, VA3VF == I just asked