Hi Scott - the most likely way this can happen is if CW Skimmer gets confused and thinks a caller is the CQer. I've seen it happen before, very occasionally. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beaco
I'm addressing this both to RBN node-ops and to CQ-Contest, in the belief that there's something here for us all. The message is simple. Activity will likely go far above 7070, 14070 and 21070 this w
Last weekend, W1LWH and I operated a "classic" multi-single in the CW contest. He's a member of YCCC and I am a member of PVRC. In doing paperwork after the contest, I was surprised to discover that
Is there anyone reading this message who personally knows the family of Terry, AB5K (SK)? His ARCluster V6 is a uniquely useful tool for contesters, because of its elaborate filtering and in particul
I just bought 10 feet of RG-400U (supposedly Harbour Industries) through E-bay for $13. Belatedly, I learned it was coming from China. It's now here, but I don't think it is for real - it only has
Oops. I did some more dissecting on the cable, and I'm wrong about the shielding. That leaves only the absence of printing - this is advertised as Harbour Industries RG-400 - and its stiffness. Thi
Tonight on 40 D4C and CR3DX were dead zero-beat with one another, both CQing. I tried to tell CR3DX, the stronger of the two, but he just worked me and kept on going. I can't believe that would be m
73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. Ham Radio News Network
I basically agree that the role of the human brain should be the "bright line" in contesting on phone and CW. But RTTY already crosses that bright line so far as decoding is concerned, and nobody (s
Hi Mats - it's your call, of course, but in my 24 or so years on CQ-Contest (and on Towertalk, before CQ-Contest was born), I've seen these things come and go many times. I would encourage the moder
Looking back, do any of you greybeards out there remember where the name "reflector" came from? I much prefer it to "list" or "listserv" -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http
So fundamentally, we're using an older term, no longer quite appropriate, to describe amateur radio mailing lists. Frankly, I like that - given the low state of much internet "chat" these days, I'd
I find myself really getting into the CWTs these days - 2 one-hour sessions are fun without wiping out my day, and it's too bad the third session is so late here on the East Coast, but I understand t
Thanks, Kirk - raises an interesting point - I've been using VE2FK's call history file, and yesterday found only about 5 stations per segment that weren't in it. Almost turns it into CQWW. What's t
As a CW op dipping a first toe into FT4, I am wondering how a 10-KHz segment recommendation fits with, typically, a 2700-Hz audio bandpass. I have been spending my time with my radio set to 14.080, f
I'm curious - why is Telnet "a fact of history"? It seems to work fine for most of us. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity wo
I ran into a guy during SS who insisted on sending his whole exchange using cut numbers and "/" in lieu of spaces, all at about 30 wpm. Imagine trying to decipher EN/A/callsign/NE/section, all deliv
The one I got from the N1MM site had over 10,000. I was surprised by how many people weren't in it. My theory, at least, is that there's a little new blood every year, and a good thing. Too many c
I worked a number of stations with checks in that range. Some also had "S" as their precedence, which probably explains it. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeaco
I've frequently found in SS on Sunday that 24-26 wpm works better attracting the casual ops than 30-32. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting