Thanks to the many who responded to me directly... I should add a few things: first, I'm allergic to DOS-like programs; anything like that is a complete non-starter, which rules out CT, Win-Test and
Thanks again for everyone's input. FWIW, I've decided on N1MM for now. --Rick _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting
Does anyone know of a good source of tips for contesting strategies? It's still new to me, so I'm trying to work my way up the learning curve (on the SSB side). I'm looking for things like details on
Interesting. Any idea why an SSN of 21 was (apparently) used? If the analysis was done with a VOACAP-based tool, the NGDC SSNs are recommended, and the value there for Oct 2008 is SSN = 6. Using a hi
REC533, upon which Zoneprop is apparently built, is intended to be used to estimate long-term averages, not to make short-term predictions. Using short-term Kp and running frequent updates doesn't ch
I've decided to learn Morse, mainly with an eye toward contesting. I tried and failed many times years ago, using the approach recommended to me at the time - cassette tapes. I recently discovered th
I'm looking for a rotator for a custom 10m-high tower that I'm having built. The antenna will be a small OptiBeam for 40m - appx 45 to 60 kg and 13 to 21 sq ft (I live on a ridge about 300m from the
My interest is primarily SSB contesting on 20m; secondarily SSB on 40m and 15m and RTTY. No interest in CW at the moment (actually, I'm interested, just don't have the skill). I'm currently using an
Can anyone suggest a good way to estimate the incoming RF arrival angle for a given QSO? Are there any software tools to help in that type of analysis? 73, Rick ZL2HAM _______________________________
using stacked antennas to eliminate notches or somehow being able to quickly raise/lower your antenna as conditions require. Or perhaps using an antenna with tunable element lengths (SteppIR/UltraBe
I'm thinking about mounting an inverted-V about a half-meter under a multi-band SteppIR-type Yagi at about 10m height, with the Inv-V covering one or two of the same bands as the Yagi (probably 15m a
My view is that cheating is primarily a moral issue, and that morality cannot be "legislated." You can't force someone to be moral. Rules won't make someone more moral. The moral must be chosen; you
Why, then, are all competitive events governed by rules? Because, without rules, morality would not be a factor in the results. change anyone's morality. Morality is always a factor in the results,
hollow victory. WRONG. Those who massively cheat are THRILLED not only to "win," but even more so to have "gotten away with it." I guess that's addressed to me. Part of what I said was, "If a cheate
I've been using an SDR for about 6 months now, including observing up to 400 Khz at a time during a number of SSB and RTTY contests. I'm using a NetSDR with an FTdx-5000 and the SDR-Radio software. O
I don't think you need a new Cabrillo field for this. Instead, just extend one of the existing fields. There are many possibilities: The operators tag supports more than one callsign. One could be a
I made a short video related to CQWW CW that I thought might be of interest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4K2KvlDJ5I (best viewed fullscreen at HD resolution). It shows an azimuthal map of the wor
I guess I'm in the minority, but I'd like to voice my support for Randy K5ZD's suggestion to merge assisted and non-assisted. My reasoning: 1. Assistance works in both directions: When you're running
One way to help encourage US ops to turn their antennas in our direction is by generating more spots from this part of the world. The most effective way to do that currently is to run Skimmer Server
Let's extend this example a little further. What if those six operators share information with each other about your run frequency, and they all call you, but don't let you know what they're doing? W