My apologies for the off-topic post... As many of you are aware, I edit my club newsletter, and we've made a small tradition out of the April issue. It's an "ode" to the old "DX Hoggery & Poetry Depr
Larry, If you were there before the net in question started up (be it the formal net or the "pre-net" gatherings that often take place) then I'm with Scott on this one. If you were there first, then
Take a look at the following link: http://www.qrz.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=3&t=30539 After all the bashing we all seem to get from the various nets post-contest, it was refreshing to read t
W1AW for many years used to transmit CW code practice & bulletins on 1818, 3580, 7080, 14080, 21080 & 28080. Once the digital & other folks started "staking out" their preferred territories, and then
I miss Trey's old call. And for personal reasons... it's his fault I got this call back (I'd read in a QST Stray of some of the old Novice calls being re-assigned after the prefix change, his amongst
Sean, IMHO: If your father had no part in your actual operating, ie you operated solo, then you're SO. To me, "guest op" means that someone other than the licensee used the station -- with his permis
If someone chooses to decline to work certain stations out of political protest, well, that's his loss. But that in and of itself does not strike me as "unsportsmanlike conduct." His loss. It does sa
State & Regional QSO Parties are contests. I have no problem with a reasonable amount of announcements from the contest sponsors. What is reasonable? Off hand, I'd say one short announcement/reminder
I can only think of a few reasons why K1EA has converted CT to freeware: (1) He is discontinuing further development of the program as we know it (2) Sales of new and upgrade versions of CT have drop
I'm forwarding this as a courtesy to the contest organizers; please direct any questions or inquiries to them, not to me, as I can't help you! (Pa QSO 2002 Contest Chairman is Chuck K3CM k3cm@arrl.ne
Is one Orion worth two PRO2's in a contest? A rhetorical question until more of the Orions are on shack desks and actually in use in real heavy-duty (OK, even light duty) contests. However, having sa
I don't see how Cabrillo could be used to write a "hidden" file... I'm sure Trey & Tree will correct me if I'm wrong, but it sets out how to write a "standard format" undelimted ASCII text file that
Don, There's no easy way to do this. I could do it in about four steps. First, buy a QRZ.COM CD, then import the data (ascii delimited text) into you favorite database program (I still use dBase IV &
Isn't it just a might early to write off Logbook of the World? We've been waiting for it for years, and now that it's almost here and we can participate in the beta, it's already not effective? One m
Ward, I'm quite surprised by your post! The 46th Annual Pa QSO Party is once again sponsored by the Nittany ARC, as it has been for over 30 years. It will be held on October 11th & 12th, 2003 (2nd fu
Ted, I suspect you're going to get a LOT of different answers to that question, and I think it's safe to say that almost everyone has their own favorite program or means to do mass QSL'ing -- and eac
Doug, How do you know who you worked when the station hasn't ID'd for 5 minutes? There are many answers. But the simplest one of all is... You've been trying to work him for 10 minutes! Yes, I know,
Barry's comments dredged up an old memory... During the very early days of computerized contest logging (think CT 6.18 vintage) I was working stations in a domestic contest (no, I don't recall which
Derek, I suspect that if you worked HC8N, or for that matter any one station, 6 times in a contest, it would be an indication that you are not a unique. Although for the purposes of this discussion,
1. K3CM assures me that the '03 rules will be posted any day, and they will be to the same web site. No major changes that I know of. This year's Special Event Bonus station will be W3KWH, club stati