He has all the right in the world to say it.. I have all the right in the world to ignore it as well (which I did). If Barry wants to comment.. so be it. Personally, I think such comments are childis
I wanted to make sure that EVERYONE understands I was talking about EO6F's comments being childish. NOT Barry's!! Barry's are fine. EO6F's comments were childish because they were poorly thought out,
As I remember from late 50s possibly early 60s, the ditty went No WAs ( Double-U-AAAs), No WBs (No Double-U-Bees), No Lids, No Kids, No Space Cadets, please.... de k3ft.. He had a number of them, var
I don't know what's become of 'The DAWG'. Ahh, but memories of Mike are fresh and strong even after MANY years. I knew of him early on after I got licensed. I lived in Baltimore and Mike was active o
What if the spotted stations couldn't handle the pileups efficiently, and their rate actually DECREASED after each spot (yes, that's right. cluster spots = more LIDS). Then.....(as Shaggy and Scooby
Zoli Pitman wrote "Yes, there is. The Contest Commitee can DQ these stations and make the public known that they were DQ'd because of self-spotting..." Currently, this is unworkable and unenforceable
"Shelby Summerville" wrote I will believe that at the same time I believe "Not within a thousand years owning a linear( Perhaps more statment might have been properly phrased as ' 'May own a linear B
Rick's point and Walt's post reference one item that we all have experience with. The 'SHAME' factor is quite effective at helping people to avoid wanting to try to stretch the rules, break em or wha
Hrvoje, Deciding NOT to participate in WAE since they dropped the distinction between assisted and non-assisted is a darn good reason NOT to participate. I wouldn't either since unassisted automatica
Anyone have any observations on band conditions for FD weekend? From our location (MDC, 900 feet AMSL, trapped 80-10M vertical, CW only op) we observed the following as we checked the bands in mornin
Note.. I'm taking the liberty of putting it into a different vernacular that just the cut and dried clinical stuff we are used to. Personally, it made it a bit more interesting and imparted a better
During FD2003 there were a LOT of the QRT class of stations on 10 meters! I tuned the entire band quite a few times and did not hear a LOT of those stations. No wonder we didn't work them! They were
Unless you are single AND don't mind waking up to the continually evident clutter. No matter HOW much you try, there will be SOMETHING unkempt/cluttered/strewn about. Usually the bedroom is amidst ot
Greetings! LoTW sounds quite good and I'm giving serious thought to uploading contest logs that I generate from K3FT. K1VU asked ONE question that I've been seeking an answer for - and as of yet have
Sorry to take up reflector bandwidth. For KE1FO.. tried to send private EMAIL. Rejected as your server said space unavailable. Perhaps full mailbox? Please email with good EMAIL address, pls. Have qu
I heard this from a second-hand source so I don't know if it's true or not.. but based on the comments it MAY be accurate. I heard that during a contest, when someone interrupted Jeff, he turned to t
It's no different than what Jay VY1JA does. Every so often, he'll pop up on the reflector and just let folks know that he'll be on for SS. He also gives a brief rundown of his expected op schedule, t
Greetings! A bit of a strange request. I worked a Clean Sweep during 2002 SSB and CW SS. Put order in for mugs. ARRL screwed up (N1ND confirmed their mistake) by sending a PIN not a mug. By the time
To the reflector gang. As USUAL.. you guys come through. JIm WX3B has VERY VERY kindly offered me his 2002 SS clean sweep mug. To Jim and the rest.. VERY MUCH THANKS! (and as the Swedish ham liked to
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