John, I've been using the older style MFJ voicekeyer (the model 432) with my laptop since 1997. I've rigged up the parallel port interface to trigger the messages from the logging program F1-F4 keys.
Tom, The comments about the MFJ-432 came from me in response to KK9A's note. My unit was purchased in March 1997. The manual says "Version 2B" on the cover. The manual included a schematic dated 11/0
Keith, It doesn't matter how your log is scored so go ahead and submit it. The file will be imported simply as log data and completely rescored after the checking is done. Dave Pruett, K8CC ARRL 10M
With regards to the 1976 "Contest Cookbook", a couple of questions: 1) Does anybody remember who wrote the book? C'mon - stretch those brain cells! No fair peeking at that tattered, old copy on the h
Joe, Better check your dates. I looked it up and according to the QST Contest Corral, the first CW Sprint held on the second weekend in February was in 1995, the same year that CQ WPX RTTY started on
Most of the AR activity in the past years has come from Stan, K5GO or his son Kevin, N5DX. Stan is busy rebuilding EVERY yagi after a bad Christmastime ice storm, and Kevin just got married last summ
A new version of the master US/VE callsign database containing only USA and VE callsigns is now available. This database is applicable for use by non-W/VE stations in the ARRL DX CW contest this week
This past weekend I noticed W/VE stations (actually, Ws for the most part) spotting other W/VE stations over the DX spotting system. (I'm not talking about K4MA, who I know was in 8P but spotting peo
Bill, The Yaesus and Kenwoods that have 8 pin DIN plugs are indeed a special size. The problem, I believe it the positioning of the pins across the side with the index notch. The Radio Shack connecto
I've only seen two types of 8-pin DIN connectors. The more common ones (like Radio Shack has) fits my IC-765 ACC jack on the back of the radio. I've even in a pinch melted out the center pin with a s
Brett, I'm pretty sure the connectors are PC-mounted, so changing them would be a bear. Not to mention, I doubt that the PCB footprint is the same. OTOH, who's to say which connector is "standard"? (
If I get on the air during NAQP, but don't work any FCG members, will the logcheckers examine my log and determine that I intended to and give me credit? Dave/K8CC -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.
Terry, Dick, WC1M once told me of his experience trying to use an Alpha 87A with a SO2R setup. His comment was that the 87A was not fast enough retuning to jump between two bands the way a SO2R op wo
I suspect the sampling time is a lot longer than this. While I'm not certain which microcontrollers are used in the 87A, due to the age of the design I will bet that their clock oscillators run a lot
Speaking as an owner of four FT-1000Ds, this statement is not at all true. I bought my first FT-1000D to get a better SSB radio than my IC-765s. It had occurred to me that perhaps a single 1000D coul
I have a fetish about reducing the number of cables. When I built my latest SO2R box in 1996, I used six conductor cable (3 individually shielded pairs) to provide MIC/MICgnd, PTT/PTTgnd and HEADPHON
The praise of the T4XC/R4C combo by W4AN and KR6X is accurate and highly deserved. During the late 80s the C-Line was my radio of choice. My station eventually evolved to the point that during this p
Jim, This is not correct. The "six bandchanges per clock hour" REPLACED the ten-minute rule. Eliminating the "stuck on a band for ten minutes" was the whole point of changing the rules. FWIW, I think
This would certainly not be hard to do. The LPT port has four input bits which would be enough if you encoded the bands into BCD. I suspect some people might be doing this already to drive TopTen dev
This past weekend in the SSB Sprint, I was first exposed to a new operating technique. You answer a station's solicitation for a contact and work him. According to the Sprint rules this means that he