Out of curiosity, were you on a hill in a populated area, and were your logging machines wirelessly networked on an unsecured LAN? During the prep for W1CWA's operations on Talcott Mountain, there wa
luck, it Of course, if you want to get at the "you win some, you lose some, and hopefully it all evens out" element...perhaps the answer to perceived unfairness in certain contests' scoring is to hav
[...] I can't speak for Ron, but I can offer a theory. I am a new ham. I've enjoyed playing in a few contests since I got on HF a few months ago, but part of the challenge I've faced is figuring out
The rule is saying that you have to take 12 hours off-time spread across no more than 3 breaks. If you take more than 3 breaks, your three longest breaks have to be at least 12 hours long. Examples:
That depends on where you are. Around here, those who wish everyone drove 75 mph would be most unhappy seeing police on the roads writing speeding tickets. :) -- Michael D. Adams (AB1OD) Poquonock, C
Honest question: does recording a QSO count as logging it? I have been operating under the impression that logging a contact means "making a record of the time, frequency, callsign, and information e
Well, I know of three teletype machines in use -- two in hams' shacks, and one in a radio museum. I hope we don't change the popular name to Baudot. That would remove a critical cue to remind me what
I think you could adapt Stew Perry rule 6 into a pretty good definition of "not assisted". One possible adaptation would be: You are "not assisted" if; * You identify a callsign and required informat
B&D adjacent to one another is probably OK. However I am frequently mistaken for AB1OB and AD1OD (as well as WB1OD and KB1OD). -- Michael Adams (AB1OD) | Poquonock, CT (FN31pw) | mda@ab1od.org ______
So there's the secret to WPX's success -- it provides a great cardio workout thanks to all that leaping about. -- Michael Adams (AB1OD) | Poquonock, CT (FN31pw) | mda@ab1od.org ______________________
I'm still a relative newcomer, so take these thoughts with an appropriate dose of salt. I think the reason that it makes sense for remote operation to be considered "cheating" in IOTA, but not in CQ-
In WPX, the only cut numbers I used were leading T's. However, there were times that I felt like not using cut numbers was excessive / discourteous to the other station -- the "when in Rome..." pheno
I'd suggest a slightly different phrasing: "For phone and CW, devices, utilities, or receiver features which process received signals to provide automated audio or text suggestions as to the callsign
I'd like to think I resemble that remark. :) Last year's WPX was the first CW test I ever attempted...9 days after my first CW QSO. I did use a CW decoder...and I submitted my log as an assisted entr
If LOTW submissions weren't authenticated by some means, just imagine how tempting it would be for someone, frustrated by the pileups, to send in an addendum to the 7O6T log containing those two or t
I hate to bring this up, but while getting ready to supervise a GOTA station tomorrow, something occurred to me: Isn't the idea of having a general class operator at the key with an extra class contr
Even though I accidentally ended up creating a checklog this weekend, I'm somewhat inclined to agree. I like some of the quirks in different contest when it's clear (either explicitly stated, or as a
Traditionally, the U.S. Postal Service was very jealous of its monopoly on mail service. Even though those postal regulations have been interpreted a bit more liberally the past few years, I have the
While I like it when running stations identify frequently, I have to ask: is this really something that needs to be addressed as a rule? Trying to prescribe style or good manners seems somewhat exces
It's worth remembering that other US territories are separate DXCC entities, explaining why they are separate multipliers in, for example, the NAQP. Personally, I agree that DC ought to be a separate