If anyone has one or more TopTen A/B SS units they would like to consider parting with please send me an email off reflector; I would like to see if 'buy' makes more sense than 'build'. Tod, K0TO ___
The mystery tool is one that was designed to open cans, such as paint cans, with the non-looped end. The other end would open bottles that had "bottle caps" used to seal them. [An archaic form of sto
I want to line up on Randy, K5ZD's team, for this debate. His last sentence summarizes his thoughts [and mine] perfectly" I also endorse his P.S. and would add to it -- " in fact, it doesn't even occ
Having read with much interest the thoughts that have been written down and sent to the reflector, I am wondering if there is a way to have an interim solution on the way to the FINAL solution [no of
I am not sure this algorithm involving number of SS checks in the top 100 scores can be used as a 'truth' for this debate. ops. Try counting the number of checks I operated in the 1957 SS from the Mi
Although 'mortally wounded' by Dave's reduction of my semi-serious suggestion to its proper status, trivial, I support his thought about the difficulty in finding out what "using the Skimmer technolo
Some really interesting ideas Tor and a pleasant change in discussion format. I know you pass Randy's contesting activity test because I do find you in my contest log a bunch of times over the past f
Thinking about the matter of SO2R, Skimmering, and whatever else comes next in the context of how the entries might line up when reported, I think that I personally can tolerate whatever the rule com
Fantastic Product ! I will volunteer to write a review if you ship me one. 73, Tod, K0TO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists
Perhaps what is needed is a new Class rather than trying to resolve the debate about Skimmer and the existing ones quickly. Suppose we establish a new, Single Operator No Skimmer class. [SONS] Then t
Hi George: Some interesting information [from my point of view] in your email. I really agree with this: I noticed this almost immediately after I started operating from Idaho in the early 2000's . I
Sounds sensible to me Eric and Randy. Tod, K0TO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-conte
Yesterday I used a spectrum analyzer to do transmission scans of the six filters in a DuneStar 600 unit that I received recently. For those who may have an interest in looking at such data you can go
Based upon Pete's email to me I have added return loss curves to the original attenuation and insertion loss curves. The return loss curve for 80 meters show that at 3860 the VSWR is about 1.9:1 whic
Bill et. al. : I think that there is little chance that anyone can remove our personal opportunity to do the things you write of in your second paragraph below. The only thing that they can do is ham
I am interested in doing the same set of measurements on the ICE filter counterpart [ICE 419B] as I did on the DuneStar 600 filter. I have so far been unable to get an ICE unit and I find the curves
Bill: I am puzzled by why my suggestion about leaving the categories as is and simply identifying everyone who used some form of Skimmer seems so underwhelming to folks. If someone believes that Skim
Hi Al; I think you have a good idea about suggesting a one-year moratorium on the decision of whether or not to class 'local' Skimmer use as 'unassisted'. Although it will leave the issue open for a
Dave [and Dave]: I do not have the schematic. I do, however, have a set of scans similar to the ones I did for the Dunestar 600 that are waiting for me to complete the text and post on my web site. A
Today I posted the write-up of the experimental results I obtained when I measured the performance of an ICE 419B filter unit supplied by Rich, AA2MF. These results are at => http://www.k0to.us/HAM/I