The recent thread on CW speed is an interesting one. When you are running in a contest, you are marketing your station. "Hey, please come work me. In and out, fast and efficient. I am a competent ope
Frank, Agreed 100%... I was just offering my version of a marketing plan. Obviously, listening to the bands, everybody has a somewhat different approach. What I shared is what works for me. I did'nt
Hey Gang, This, again, is a most-intesting topic. However, I believe it has nothing to do with "ROTTEN OPERATING"... I hated CW when I went to get my license in Canada 26 years ago. I failed the 10wp
Some questions I've been asked over the years about contesting. Some have been answered in a variety of publications. Nothing answers them all in a single spot. Perhaps we need an "All About Radio Co
Hi All, Forget about logging milliwatts -- what about the guy who was giving Five Kilowatts as his exchange. I assume the robot will accept it, but don't know of a country where that is legal. 73, Ge
Very interesting, Jamie. According to a QRZ search this morning, the first two spots: are bogus calls, not even issued! So, I would say you have something here. 73, Gerry, W1VE -- Gerry Hull <windev@
Last weekend during NAQP SSB, I deceided to whip together a voice keyer using a very-high-quality voice font. I ran the whole contest without lifting the microphone. I was happy to see that it seemed
Guys, I've been messing with the band-decoder/radio switching issue for some time. Depending on which contest software you use, it's a pretty simple problem to solve, no matter what brand/age of radi
Thanks for all the great replies!! It seems that there is a lot of interest in the synthesized voice keyer concept. Here are some technical details: - I used Microsoft Speech, or, the Microsoft Speec
I HAD a real-time leaderboard site running (worked only with Writelog) that we ran for a season or so of contesting (CQWW, ARRL DX). I'd say 5 or six guys tried it, but did'nt seem like there was muc
Hey All, I have a room w/two queen beds for Thu,Fri,Sat nights at the Crowne Plaze for Dayton Hamvention weekend. If you're a non-smoker and want to share the room, let me know ASAP. N5OT was a room
Hey Mark, There's a funny thing about low numbers... You get repeat requests on them... This year, I started SS 4 hours late, at 8pm est... So, when I was at #1, many asked for repeats of my numbers
Hello Folks, I have a piece of free software available for download. It is a bandmap for Writelog, which displays spots directly on a world map, with superimposed greyline and/or propagation and/or z
Hi Terry, I am an Acom 2000 Owner. If you have set your Acom up properly, it takes just a few milliseconds to tune the amp. We did a multi-single @ K1IR in CQWW CW, who also has an Acom. On the Run s
Hi All, I've whipped up a little external application for WriteLog that does automatic fills on Name and QTH for the NCJ Sprint. It works just like WriteLog does, but it uses data from previous conte
Hey Derek, Any tool used indescriminantly can cause you to fail! You still have to copy the exchanges. This just saves on typing for those which are correct! Gerry I've whipped up a little external a
Hi All, My roommate from last year not going, and I did not make a reservation... Anyone out there willing to share? (Thurs - Sunday) 73, Gerry Hull, W1VE/VE1RM Greenfield, NH (603) 547-8327 gerry@w1
Hello All, I guess this is a popular question this year... I am looking to share a room at the Crown Plaza for Dayton... If anyone has a cancellation or a spot to share, keep me in mind. Thanks & 73,
Hi Gang, Please come by and view our "YCCC Does Dayton" video, with running commentary by Doug, K1DG. You'll need RealPlayer to view it. 56 kb/s or less connection: http://www.yccc.org/Dayton2001_56.
H-E-L-L-O! Is this not a hobby? Gosh, let's have some fun guys.... WhereRU has'nt been used for beat the competition, YET. Yes, let's innovate and build new applications.... Let the contest sponsors