Those spots are probably less use than you might think. Many nodes, and many individual users, filter out spots from outside their immediate area, so stateside spotters often don't get seen by many d
and that is bad?? remember, during a contest, even a G is a new mult for everyone on each band at some point, and may be very hard to work for many on some bands. even a W is a new mult for everyone
many have asked, the general rule i give them is 'spot everything'. what i tell my operators is that 'if you type in a call while s&p, spot it'. it helps to fill up the band maps and keep them curre
to station its a objective members thereby my ah, but you forgot one important thing. The spotting network we have today started out as many different club networks that were designed by clubs to he
DX. rare station need a you have it backwards. This network was designed and built for contests. What you need is a new network dedicated to dx chasing. Let me take you way back... in the first days
be Internet suggests. that is a key point that maybe I should spell out in future analysis messages. While there are valid reasons for strange ip address traces, the pattern of deception is what rea
a 9000 on there's one good possibility... it shows there are probably more casual ops who don't keep computerized logs and make more qso's than they can easily check in their paper log by eye for du
the fcc has a way to report stuff like that. if you just send the link to rholling@fcc.gov he will either get it or send you the notice that has the reporting procedure in it. also on the comments ab
try if you want, but there are a couple things to remember. first, the truckers and even many of the base stations i have heard on 10m are very close together. the truckers that hang out around 2808
the really The 'proper channels': To: rholling@fcc.gov cc: cskolaut@arrl.org I would not go direct to the companies, it is more likely to work if you get the fcc to send them a nice letter like the
I have, but not much recently. At one point there was a start of a mail reflector for it and a group on the spotting network. I had a map posted on my web site of areas I had monitored them in. But
I am trying to summarize all my years of contesting here and find I am missing the cover sheet (remember those, paper with hen scratching on them, snail mailed to magazine after contest????) for the
How far back are you going to upload logs to LOTW? I definitely don't want to do old paper logs. And converting old ct-7/8 logs then signing them for my old call seems like a lot of work, and for at
Thanks for all the responses. From all the comments, and after comparing the last buro shipment I got for ky1h (small envelope) to the last one for k1ttt (large box) I decided to do all of the k1ttt
sorts this the info I got to report web sites and stores selling illegal radios and amps was: The following is the information you requested from the FCC Consumer Center. Thank you for your inquiry.
Its not the fact that we don't like packet, its that we don't like obvious attempts to get around a rule in some contests. Especially not when there is relatively easy to track evidence from ip addre
My station is available for most of the spring/summer contests. I am booked for WPX CW, NE QSO Party, CQ-M, and maybe IARU. If you are interested in trying out any of the other summer contests please
Is there someplace were a summary of ubn statistics is published? Best, worst, average, type breakdowns?? David Robbins K1TTT e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net web: http://www.k1ttt.net AR-Cluster node:
I hate to reinvent the wheel, don't have a lot of time to homebrew or put together kits, and don't know much about operating so2r besides what I have seen from a few guest operators. But I am ready t