Doug, In my opinion, internet email reflectors are mostly fact-free. And that's a fact. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op M
Doug, I've composed a half dozen public responses to your public scolding, and discarded them all after counting to ten. Since I'm not an official of any Radiosport contest, I find no requirement to
Jukka, Is this a case of "everything not specifically prohibited is mandatory"? IN MY OPINION, I have not seen any contest rule saying "Morse must be decoded by ear". If someone copies your exchange
Yes, Paul, I consider Morse code to be one of several "non-voice" methods of exchanging information over radio circuits. The term "data mode" is somewhat ambiguous, so I wouldn't call it that. It cou
I describe RadioSport to my grandkids as a "worldwide multi-thousand-player game of electronic splatball". Their eyes light up! It's all in the marketing. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his rad
I (inadvertently) converted a G1000DXA to 220V. You just need to change out the power transformer (in the control head) with the 220V version. My episode happened when my (110V) transformer failed an
I have always labored under the impression that contesting is a competition in which radiomen demonstrate skill at copying the exchange "as sent" and are rewarded on the accuracy of the information t
I know from personal experience that the G1000SDX uses a different power transformer for 220V, as do the other models in that series. They all share a common user manual, so I've seen schematics for
If you log anything other than "what was actually sent" you should lose the Q. The converse is obvious. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.a
No Captain Obvious, I wouldn't. The contest exchange calls for a CQ zone number, which I know to be an integer numeric value from 1 to 40. If XE1KK sends me a number in that range, it goes in the log
Negative. I'm not in the Mexican Whatever contest and I do not submit a log, so I can't be "NIL". 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.or
I am in the early development stages of a software package for hams called "Wallpaper Manager". The purpose of the application will be to extract from your logs the information regarding your attainm
Jose' In addition to the points you make, there are some other troubling points in the ARRL "statement". (The statement is issued in the name of the "Awards Committee", but in my experience such publ
It's a discussion we've had a number of times, Jorge. Some of us (certainly a minority, to be sure) hold the opinion that our logs should be carefully scrutinized by the contest sponsor, but that the
ARRL has somewhat softened it's stance, and tacitly abandoned its' unfortunate characterization "meaningless competition". It still will not score the HQ competition, but will share the HQ logs and c
Of course they'll know if you're cheating. The contest sponsor will DQ you. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op MWA - http://
K0RC eloquently scribed: I think that I agree with the first sentence. I, as a data sample point of "1", don't recall that I have ever read the FD rules. Usually my participation is to do a CW stint
I'm with AD1C on this issue. FD is supposed to be a fun operating event. At least that much is pellucid in the rules. So I adhere to the premise that anything not specifically prohibited is optionall
Carol, I don't know anyone on the NJ QSO party staff, and have no dog in the fight, but your nasty comments are WAY over the top. I suspect it's a purely volunteer operation by some well meaning hams
[tic] Why would that matter? Don't you just copy what is sent? [/tic] 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op MWA - http://www.W0