OK, Lyle. I guess we all have our pet peeves, but the replacement of "R" by "QSL" on CW really gets me going. Highly inefficient use of manual energy. 73, Joe K2XX ___________________________________
To me QSL means either acknowledging receipt of the night's formal traffic, or wants a card. So, if when I'm not on the net and someone says QSL the only possible answer is I answer cards received. -
In a contest exchange, QSL means I received all your information and you are now in my log. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Drive Bell Mountain Hays, NC 28635 -- Original Message -- From: "DAVID H
Not by any serious contester, it doesn't. In numerous domestic contests one who gives his contest exchange info followed by, "QSL?" or one who proclaims, "QSL" after he has received an exchange from
What's wrong with just plain "R"? I never have a problem with it though often I send "TU" - both a lot faster than QSL. - - - nothing like back when 10 was first opened to the CB'ers when every other
It still means the information has been received and you are in my log. Whether or not it is a good thing to do in a contest does not change its meaning. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Drive Bell
Gang, One thing I gathered from all these e-mails on the subject is: It's subjective. We should follow a set standard list (like Q-code) and adhere to it. This is like them phone ops making up their
David, Carl es Ron, Time has a way of changing things, its called progress, perhaps but not always. Hi Was a time when calling "CW TEST" had nothing to do with contesting whatsoever. It ment you were
Let's Have it! Paul Time has a way of changing things, its called progress, perhaps but not always. Hi Was a time when calling "CW TEST" had nothing to do with contesting whatsoever. It ment you were
One of my favorites: ZBM-2 Dave K8MN _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
Dave - Many years have passed since I heard ZBM-2 sent to another op. I was a CW operator in Resolute Bay.. Think anyone deserves it these days? (Hi) Don ve1bn@eastlink ca ___________________________
I hung it up professionally in 2000. By that time, no one in the Department of State was using either CW or HF RTTY. Everything is by sat or leased line digital and nearly everything is automated. Ev
In Pittsburgh, with all the tunnels going through hills into the city, we had QTI (going into the tunnel and you won't hear me for a minute or two) and QTO (tunnel out). 73, Stan, W4AG Let's Have it!
I definitely agree with that Ron . The cheeseie phonetics makes it tough on English speaking hams how about forgin hams trying to keep up in a forgin language . John kb2huk -- Original Message -- Fro
No HF, even as backup? Ancient history now, but I was in Tel Aviv on business in 1993 and all the embassies I saw had HF antennas on the rooftops. Interestingly, most were dipoles fed with 600 ohm op
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:50:11 -0600
At least one such station showed up in FEMA circles for domestic use. Some of those tend to use the B&W leaky dummy load antenna for rapid frequency change. (T2FD) ALE and picky equipment stability a
The State Department E&E radio gear used those B&W folded dipoles with the big resistor in the center. They worked relatively poorly but allowed us to operate on all bands. Transworld made/makes some
Quite a number of U.S. embassies had HF backup until the mid-1990's. Most of them in the third world have SSB "Emergency & Evacuation" gear, but none for the record traffic circuit. There's so much d