At 09:53 AM 4/22/04, you wrote: Hi, Pete - I read about your World Contest Station Database in the ARRL Contest Rate Sheet for April 21, 2004. I went to the URL noted http://www.pvrc.org/wcsd -- only
The WCSD has just been updated with all data submitted through this morning. If your input didn't show up it is probably because you forgot to enter your callsign on the form; a few folks did that th
At 11:33 PM 5/10/2004, Kelly Taylor wrote: It would be interesting to compare the number of valid callsigns recorded in submitted logs in WW or WPX against the number of submitted logs. I suspect the
One place is --> http://www.digitalbadge.com/ But they are usually cheaper at conventions... $60 each. I should hope.... I can't imagine that many folks at Dayton bought them at that price. 73, Pete
At 03:41 PM 5/18/2004, Richard Zalewski wrote: My inflation calculator shows that a $13k radio today was a $2k radio in 1954. Not so far out of line is it? Of course I will not be ordering one unless
At 11:29 AM 5/20/2004, Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO) wrote: I disagree. The *casual* guy is the key to LOTW's success. Contesters and dx-pedetions are only 20% of the picture and certianly don't activate
At 09:42 PM 5/22/2004, Dennis Ashworth wrote: At 05:06 PM 5/21/2004, Didonna, Richard wrote: Does anybody know if PED is still supported or updated these days? I've been following this thread with in
At 02:25 PM 5/23/2004, Chuck, NO5W wrote: Pete may be refering to PileUp by G4ZFE. Not sure what its current status is. I used it several years ago and it worked fine but that was probably on Win95/9
At 11:15 PM 5/23/2004, Ford Peterson wrote: G4FON does a nifty trainer. I was working with him on getting it to be a Writelog simulator. It works pretty good. You can specify how many people can call
It's been a few years since I last did the CW WPX, and I didn't have a 160M antenna then. The question, basically, is whether it's worth spending time on 160 and, if so, what sort of schedule people
The overwhelming consensus is that, at most, you would visit 160 once or twice, in case any rare prefixes are single-banding there, but otherwise your time is best spent on 80-15 or 40-15(some folks
At 07:40 AM 5/25/2004, Thomas R. Williams wrote: Ditto WI8W's remarks. I'm disappointed that it was scheduled on the CQ WPX CW weekend too! I have a modest suggestion .... if GLQP participants hear m
Under what circumstances do you swap the roles of your two radios -- in other words, begin running with the S&P radio, and put the Run radio to work S&Ping? I'm not thinking about situations where yo
OK, the consensus is overwhelming -- both radios must be capable of RUN or S&P, for a lot of reasons. Thanks to everyone who reported their conclusions. Now all I have to do is beef up my second radi
At 08:52 AM 6/14/2004, WA8WV@aol.com wrote: 2004 WEST VIRGINIA QSO PARTY This Saturday, June 19 will be the 2004 WV QSO Party. Times are 1600Z Saturday, June 19 through 0200Z Sunday, June 20. Full in
At 02:32 PM 6/14/2004, Gerry Treas, K8GT wrote: They still had rooms at 2:30 pm EDT, which surprised me, so I got what I wanted. I also used the 800-2CROWNE number. Don't forget to mention the Hamven
At 10:38 PM 6/17/2004, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Initial subscription pricing is as follows: * Searching and access to the first five pages of each issue: Free The web site says it's the first *10* pag
At 03:01 AM 9/6/2004, jukka.klemola@nokia.com wrote: TL922 cooling is compromised. The socket of the 500Zs do not get sufficient air flow. Phenomena: the solder inside the filament pins melt. Cure: j
The PVRC web site recently underwent a very attractive facelift. In the process, the World Contest Station Database moved to the Reference menu on the main page. You can either access it there or thr
TRLog was the first to make it easy to make the other guy feel senile, by extending the master.dta file format so that you can store things like people's names and have them displayed when you enter