Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:26:48 -0000
Well, I was going to ask about the velocity factor, resistance per ft, inductance, reactance and Q of a banana but I didn't want to sound un-smart. 73 -- Paul VO1HE _________________________________
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:53:22 -0000
It basically comes down to how badly you want someone to reply. When I first start on a frequency, or when the band is just coming up or going out, I want a long CQ string, either CW or vocal, to at
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:34:32 -0000
Not to start this thread again but, as one who was quite vocally (typingly, anyway) opposed to long distance remote stations, I have to disagree with that comment, Kelly. I am more envious of the op
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:27:30 -0000
I have been using these bulbs for a few years now without much problem. Now that the trend is to ban the incandescent bulb in favour of these low-energy types, will there be an impact on radio in the
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:11:02 -0000
Yeah, like I said, I have no problem with them. I have 4 here in my shack and they are dotted throughout the house. I am, however, noticing a lot of static on the bands these days, mostly at night. I
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:06:18 -0000
Isn't it still illegal to send SOS for a non-emergency? Maybe that's why. (Yes, I realize that the planet is in trouble, hence the "emergency", but you know what I mean) 73 -- Paul VO1HE ____________
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:12:55 -0000
Yeah, that might work but you should only get credit for the zone you're in and the country automatically. As one drawback I can see, single band stations are not guaranteed to be able to work all zo
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:53:58 -0000
So now, along with Super Check Partial, I need a database that tells me who logs everyone and who doesn't? Can I get one that tells me who's on LoTW and who's not and who QSLs and who doesn't too? F
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:20:49 -0000
Actually, he could be anywhere in Canada... just like in the US... although it is harder to get calls from outside your own province unless you provide a mailing address from the area you are trying
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:51:00 -0000
I have a VO2 call and, frankly, never even entertained the thought of operating it from here. What's the point? If that happens too regularly, the cache of the call is lost. 73 -- Paul VO1HE ________
Hi Laurent, I tried a 950SDX a few years back with the thoughts of purchasing it and had all kinds of trouble with it. Turns out the lithium battery had leaked and needed replacing. The radio did all
Anyone else having trouble with the realtime scoring website? I just get a line of code under the header and my scores won't load. Am I missing something? 73 -- Paul VO1HE ___________________________
Hi David, Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember the e-mail from K1TTT about that. Never clicked in at the time. It's working now. Thanks -- Paul VO1HE There's apparently a problem with the cookie
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:38:40 -0000
Hi Dave, As a relative new-comer to the contesting world, I've had the same experience as you. Big signals booming in and no reply. There are many factors that can contribute to this phenomenon. Here
A reasonably likely event is that some one calling "CQ ND" repeatedly would eventually be spotted as "begging for ND" with a casual ND operator then providing the contact. Seems to me like receiving
I disagree. If there is no provision in the rules governing the use of the cluster or "assistance" per se, then there would be no expectation that a single operator would enter as a multi-op as a mat
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:32:57 -0000
I have been trying to understand why a group as seemingly competitive as contesters would even think of spotting stuff for their rivals to benefit from. They spend small (or large) fortunes setting
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:32:06 -0000
Interesting. So it's almost like they let a superbug (cluster fever???) out of the lab and now everyone got it :) When will they ever learn???? :-) 73 -- Paul VO1HE _________________________________
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:07:32 -0000
To be perfectly honest, I am becoming less enamoured of the cluster as time marches on. In contests, as I mentioned before, I don't see why I should help my competitors (or vice-versa) by giving them
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:08:29 -0000
Hi Bob, I can't believe I've been swallowed up by this topic again (3rd year now I think) but here I am :-) Point taken but if that were purely the case then why do so many of the big gun stations se