At 01:55 PM 1/18/04, W. Wright, W5XD wrote: Emergency and public service communications seem to be the thread of the article. That what it purports to be. I have a slightly different take on it. Thin
K3NA suggested: There would be less SSB contest activity pressure on the bands if USA stations were permitted to operate down to 3600, 7100, 14100, etc... Please, NO! We've got to have somewhere to g
Is WCCC really the Why-Triple-C? ;-) -Mike N2MG ... I didn't have the original text file easily available, but here is the 1994 NCJ piece, converted to a .jpg file: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2g8kb
Partly because we have a vastly different definition of "working". "DL1XXX, that your callsign?.... Again? OK, QSL the 5914. Thanks, Kilo 8 Mike Radio, Contest?" is not what much of the world conside
Regarding the statement "... gratis HF comms for wealthy yachtsmen who should be making use of commercial communications services." Sorry Mike, but that is an inflammatory statement that is without m
Absolutely agreed! In my mis-spent youth I spent 21 years wandering the seven seas on big haze-grey boats with hull numbers like DD-762, AOR-4, and CVA-59. Hardly a "wealthy yachtsman", and my shipm
If I was out on the bounding main I would sure feel better if I knew that somebody was keeping a 24/7 watch on a frequency like 14.300 or 14.313 (or a number of other similar frequencies) in case of
Patrick, You're off base ... nobody cares a bit about the financial status of the yachtsmen but their activities are certainly quasi-commercial and have NO BUSINESS on amateur frequencies. If there i
Joe, Please read what I wrote. The ONLY thing I criticized was the "wealthy Yachtsman" statement. I even snipped the other stuff out to try and ensure that was clear. I just don't think that such bro
What is the title of the Feb 04 QST article and who was the author? tnx Syl - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on profess
OP-ED, page 98 of Feb 2004 QST: "Finding a Place to Operate Phone on a Contest Weekend" by NF5B, Richard Webb elspider@bellsouth.net -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICI
I'm sure that's true. I can't count the number of times I've been listening on a 2m FM repeater and someone checks in with (what I'd call) a slight bit of noise...and amazed at the number of folks th
In Region 3, we probably have the same wealth mix on the high seas, but from WA7VNI's & K0HB's subsequent replies to K1MK's post, sounds like there is a difference in legal status of yachties & other
having not passed my CW requirement i can only listen to the HF bands. and listen i do. during this past contest, i heard the usually congestion in the mid-ranges of the bands, but higher up, things
On Jan 15, 2004, at 5:21 PM, KI9A@aol.com wrote: Take look at page 98 of the 2/04 QST.... More non-contesters wanting to limit us to less than 100kc of 40!! Plus the other bands. This guy is looking
On Jan 16, 2004, at 8:43 PM, Mark Beckwith wrote: KI9A steered us toward the February Op-Ed in QST proposing phone contest subbands. I read it and the author seems to be about as fair and balanced as
On Jan 17, 2004, at 11:48 AM, Joe Subich, K4IK wrote: Why NOT limit contests on 20M to below 14.297? Quite simply, there are plenty of "contest free zones." They are the "WARC" bands and the "opposit
On Jan 16, 2004, at 8:43 PM, Mark Beckwith wrote: KI9A steered us toward the February Op-Ed in QST proposing phone contest subbands. I read it and the author seems to be about as fair and balanced as
At 04:13 02/05/04, Bill Coleman wrote: He starts off trying to sound so balanced, that he does both nets and contests. A quick web search on NF5B shows lots of hits about traffic-handling and other n
The problem with the QST Op-Ed is this: when all the world is wringing hands about Big Brother taking away our frequencies because of a lack of activity, why in the world would anyone want to limit s