That's the point I tried to make a bit ago in a slightly different context: Should the running station delay the ID until the pile-up thins out, thereby rewarding the operators who stuck around the l
I sure hope trying to work one of those CW robots isn't going to be like trying to talk to one of those telephone robots! 73, Scott K9MA "Computer games have automated "players". They are used to enh
Personally, I much prefer the ads in the back, all together. I actually read them, as I'm sure do many others. Sure, many of them are repetitive, but sometimes something new shows up. It's my favori
As I understand it, Paul had a "single point failure". When the pulley failed, there was no backup. The main idea of fall protection is to eliminate single point failures, the idea being that multipl
I have just suspended myself from the harness, etc, just to see how it felt. If that doesn't work, arresting a fall will definitely hurt. A lot. 3) I think the ideal situation would be to have a safe
How about a temporary crossbar at the top of the tower, two pulleys, a long rope, and a counterweight? (This is NOT a fall arrest system!) Sort of like an elevator. The counterweight would be a bit l
During some glacially slow runs on 20 this weekend, I found it much more pleasant to mute the K3 sidetone when calling CQ. However, I still like to hear it when in a QSO. There are K3 commands to set
That works! (Thanks, Rich, Larry, and Michael.) Even when aborting the CQ with the ESC key, the sidetone comes back. I don't know about others, but I find listening to that CQ 10 times between QSO's
I just discovered that, if the CW repeat interval is set to something longer than the CQ message, the interval becomes start to start, rather than end to start. It is speed dependent. So, if at norm
Since Stew Perry and the RAC contest overlap Saturday, it seems inevitable that some will want contacts in the one the logger is NOT set to. And, RAC requires S/N from non-VE's. I'll primarily be doi
Thanks, Mike. That works but, as you say, it takes a couple seconds. Besides, I can see all sorts of ways I could mess that up. 73, Scott K9MA Sorry Scott My bad..was typing from memory (wasnt in the
I'm looking for a USB SDR receiver for use with N1MM Logger. So far I've identified the SDRplay one and the Airspy HF Discovery, the latter of which appears far superior. Any suggestions? 73, Scott K
Last weekend, 11 Europeans called me on 1804. Should I delete those contacts? 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k9ma@sdellington.us _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
Most likely the ones who called me were accidental: Just clicking on the spots without checking the frequency. One issue is that, if they delete the contacts afterwards, and I don't, I get the NIL pe
It is easy to do accidentally, especially if spots are not sorted by frequency. However, if multiple logs show that a particular station has done it repeatedly..... 73, Scott K9MA Why not DQ them all
Well, one could argue that it's not my job to enforce the band limits in another country. Also, it's possible some stations have special permission to operate there. Again, it's not my job to know th
They definitely should get the ticket (penalty). I don't think they should be disqualified unless there are a lot of "mistakes". 73, Scott K9MA It was easy to do in the old days, too. Just forget to
I would like to see other contests adopt that rule, just for the sake of mitigating urban noise. 100 km may be a bit far, though. I suppose one reason to classify it as assisted is that in SO2V opera
The skimmer spots aren't of much use if you can't hear the stations. In any case, I think remote receivers should be limited to assisted categories, in spite of the fact that I'm usually unassisted.
And then there was the 5H3 guy sending his call at about 50 wpm. By the time I finally deciphered it, he went QRT. 73, Scott K9MA I was on 80m Sat night and 40m Sunday night, with huge signals into E