Where does one find the "XML effort"? I'd like to see what everyone's talking about. Thanks and 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHF
Thanks Pete and David for providing the link. Allow me to introduce myself: I am The Lowest Common Denominator. I'm the guy you have to dumb instructions down for so that everybody understands them,
Hi Bruce, Many thanks for your reply. I'm reluctant to waste everybody's time with follow up questions, but I will this one time in case there are a few others who are just learning about this too. O
Not exactly, sir. In fact, Marconi's first trans-Atlantic transmissions took place in 1901 between Poldu, Cornwall, England and was received in what is now called Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundl
Let me see if I understand this. We all operate CQWW SSB (for example) and submit our results. Along with those results we send in a station profile...mine might say: - Single op (oops...nothing revo
That's why this idea is such a non-starter, Ev. Categorizing is the first thing you have to do to extract any meaning at all from the contest results. Call it filtering if you want, it's the same thi
I need a degree in math to win constests? I always thought I did poorly because I slept too much on the weekend! 8-) 73 - Ken _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list C
I think one of Ev's intentions is to make it easier for us disadvantaged hams to define that smaller hill so we can see how far up we are. 73 - Ken _______________________________________________ CQ-
Nice to see somebody finally taking the ball and running with it. Seems like a better way to see if the concept will work than a bunch of us (verbally) fumbling around. What about combining 1, 2, 5 a
I don't know about "viral", but... I gave VHF contesting a try for the last 2 or 3 summers and had a great time...when 6m was open. Otherwise it was a fruitless effort. I went to a lot of trouble to
David, K1TTT plugged W1VE's live amateur radio contest scoreboard (http://www.w1ve.com/livescores/) shortly before ARRL DX CW started. I signed up after I got rolling in the contest and found it was
As a VE3, I'd love to have a remote contest station on Sable Island (180 mi off the Nove Scotia coast) and another on the west coast of Vancouver Island (British Columbia) and operate from home. Oper
Sorry, no sale Paul. If I had a ham friend in KH6 who let me operate his station remotely in the next CQWW you'd have to turn your antenna towards Hawaii, you'd have to wait until propagation favours
To continue with my previous example. Working me in KH6 ia all about RF-based point-to-point technology. It couldn't take place without it. That's pretty harsh! Please note that my operating a KH6 st
You exchange contest data with the operator, and maybe get a warm, fuzzy experience if you know the guy, but none of it happens without the equipment (the station) and the location of that station m
I promise not to nit pick, blast packet or propose rule changes! My first impression is that more of what we read about contesting in magazines like CQ and QST should be geared towards beginners, to
I've been encouraging my 18 year old nephew to join me in a contest. I've been emphasizing digital modes mainly because I think they would appeal to his love of online chatting. SSB would be the next
I guess I was thinking of something else then. Well maybe it's high time they had one. Even if they don't, other venues such as Contesting.com might be better at providing timely information and quic
The "big red button" would be a good thing for those of us with personal ham radio websites to add to our own home pages. Any graphic designer types out there that want to make up a "big red botton"
Hi Dave, All true, but they were hams already and The Magic Of Radio means something to them. I haven't gotten that far with my non-ham nephew yet. I think that computers will provide the initial hoo