On 11/21/2014 8:33 PM, FritzOAQ wrote: Tks to all who responded. You guys are great! I'm a little embarrassed to report that all I needed to do was use my 25-9 pin adapter hiding over in the corner t
I used to use 'fifty-four' for the check, but had lots or requests for repeats, so I also started using 'five four' for the check and had lots less requests. I think 54 and 64 sound a lot alike in th
If you think that the ARRL is dull from a DX location with no propagation to the U.S. try working it from an area of the U.S. with no propagation to Europe. Same with the WAE contest. With no propaga
Hi Mark It used to be that way with individual spotters, but with RBN, as soon as that rare one calls CQ, RBN picks it up and spots it. Then you, as unassisted, are competing with the assisted op's.
Especially when they are sending at 50wpm with over the pole flutter. I've fond the best thing to do if they are running is just keep asking for repeats until they slow down or send numbers. After ev
What I think is funny is a station that has a callsign like 'XX2014IARU' will use cut numbers to 'save time' :-) 73 Tom W7WHY It's not only a few EUs -- it's also US guys with big egos and the little
Why do stations still give the 'qso b4' message when someone calls? I called a certain ZL and was rewarded with a 'qso b4' reply. That station, or none with anything like their callsign, was in my lo
The difference here is that you noticed you mistyped the call and had it wrong. My instance was in the 10 meter contest this weekend when a ZL station gave me QSO B4 and there was nothing in my log e
So - the qualifying will be done assisted for 2 years and then not allowed in WRTC. What is going to happen to all those 'skills' the 'wise, assisted technology' operator has learned over the past 2
Don't think anyone complains about QRP (until it kills a run for a couple of minutes), but just don't put 'QRP' on the end. That is what comes through when trying to copy a weak station. Also, like s
Hi Pete You are right on this one. And if you depend on the cluster for people to figure what your call is, then it's you fault you are being duped. One way to make sure they have your call right is
I have a pair of Radio Shack cordless headphones that I really like. I wear behind the ear hearing aids and I can take them off and the headphones have a volume control that I can set for comfortable
I'll admit I had to ask for a repeat, but it was because my mind is programmed for 3 to 5 characters. After the 'jesus' I expected 'saves' or something as I don't understand french :-) Think I got it
HI All I would like to build a switch to switch in a receive antenna as my radio doesn't have a receive antenna port. I'd like to build a beverage for low band contesting. I have some 12 volt relays,
One thing I found here was that if I have too much RF coming down the coax to the 2nd radio, it would just barely move the movement in the watt meter when set to low power. If it is wiggling that met
Hi Rick What I did here when my Heil headset crapped out was to get a pair of Radio Shack cordless headphones. I took the boom mic off and put some Velcro on the part that connected to the headphones
You got a co-processor??? Wish I could afford one! 73 and Happy April 1st. Tom W7WHY 73, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://
Be a great idea, but could you copy CW at 100 WPM :-) 73 Tom W7WHY Somehow, it's a pipe dream. Happy Easter! 73, Gerry W1VE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-
Think I'm getting a good taste of RTTY Skimmer here. Every time I call CQ on 15 I get about 3 or 4 JA's all zero beat, about S-2 or 3 calling me at the same time. Send 'agn?' and they all call again.
Isn't 'excessive bandwidth' cheating? It is against the rules. Why wouldn't they 'outed' and be disqualified? I'm sure after 10 people tell you your audio is terrible, you should get the message. 73