Author: nf1j@earthlink.net (Warren C. Stankiewicz)
Date: Wed Jan 9 16:35:09 2002
Well, the "urge" on some to remove contest results, net listings and = section news from QST has been lurking around Newington off and on at = least since 1990. I'm glad I left there when I did... I'
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:07:04 -0700
I still don't know how this directly relates to contesting, but here goes. Here lies the heart of the problem. Awards like DXCC, and Honor Roll, et al, are exactly that. Awards. It's a piece of paper
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:07:04 -0700
I still don't know how this directly relates to contesting, but here goes. Here lies the heart of the problem. Awards like DXCC, and Honor Roll, et al, are exactly that. Awards. It's a piece of paper
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:08:16 -0800
Wasn't there a cover shot on QST around the spring/summer of either '78 or '79 of someone in ZS running a monster array on 20? I can't remember what it was, but seem to recall it was fixed north. And
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:51:32 -0800
I haven't worked her in a while (not that it means anything), but Diane, KR0B, used to run a lot of multis up in MN... Warren, NF1J -- Original Message -- From: "Richard DiDonna NN3W" <NN3W@prodigy.n
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 03:01:00 -0800
Why is it no one mentions the true #1 secret of Contesting anymore? The last I remember, this was still a hobby... 73, on -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 07:00:15 -0800
Randy once again brings up the concept of trying to reduce contest time from 48 hours to something a bit more reasonable. It's an old and familiar subject; I think, Randy, you first started talking a
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:12:24 -0800
With all the discussion of how do we stop the twin evils of those who spot themselves, and those who use others to spot a station, combined with the inability of organizers to effectively deal with t
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 06:44:06 -0700
You know, someone brought up a good point about this that bears mentioning. They discussed how their financial institution delivered their account and password information. You can even argue that th
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:58:27 -0800
Maybe what we really need is, instead of packet cheerleaders, real ones. Then we can feel more like other "real" sports--hire a couple from the local high school to come into your shack on Sunday aft
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:46 -0800
There's some thinking everyone considers the SO2R route needs to ask themselves before they start down this shining path...for SO2R can be seductive. Maybe even sexy, if you can call sitting in a cha
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:41:18 -0800
signals on the air should be the focus. "More logs" is an incidental by-product. I've got to disagree with Hans on this one. The only measurable metric on activity is how many logs are submitted. Any
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:57:37 -0800
Hans, Ward, everybody: Are you sure on this one? When I worked there, and from pronouncements since, the Readex surveys (which ARRL has been using as a sort of bible for quite some time) has indicate
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:06:18 -0800
I sigh with you. Then again, back in the 50's and 60's, you could wire some things up point to point, and come away with a pretty cool gadget. Nowadays, everything's composites and surface mount. The
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 16:44:12 -0800
Uh, they're not the League. You are. They're supposed to listen to you, not the other way around. When your directors and vice directors come up for election, mobilize and vote. That's where clubs c
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:48:42 -0800
Hans' story of the new licensee's first contact is a truly sad one. Hans, have you been able to contact him since then and let him know we're not all like that? What a poor welcome to the hobby. One
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:59:34 -0800
And yet, I found that when I edited the exchange string to put a space between the number and the precedence, (such as "45 Q" rather than "45Q"), I got a lot less requests for repeats and fills. warr
Author: nf1j@earthlink.net (Warren C. Stankiewicz)
Date: Mon Jun 25 17:12:36 2001
Joe Pontek makes the point, " If you are part of the 75% that do not belong, you get what you paid for." And if you are a member, you're also getting what *you* paid for. If you don't like what you s
Author: nf1j@earthlink.net (Warren C. Stankiewicz)
Date: Thu Jun 28 18:25:23 2001
What still impresses me were some of the rates some people could put up before the computer made it's ubiquitous presence in every contester's shack. I think it was around 1991 or 92 when Carl ran an
Author: nf1j@earthlink.net (Warren C. Stankiewicz)
Date: Mon Jul 22 21:58:48 2002
Well, if folks are this upset, let's look at the political economic situation here (without trying to sound Marxist)... Who voted for this? Isely-W9GIG-Central Div., That's SMC territory, isn't it? B