Sweepstakes, with it's lengthy exchange, is a test of "Radioman" skills, not "Computerman" skills, and consequently is my favorite contest. Like your situation, my "check" sometimes changes from one
I have on file a letter from "The Desk" which states that the check used need only be consistent for the entire contest weekend, but need not be consistent from weekend to weekend. 73, de Hans, K0HB/
I wear big honkin' hearing aids and draw a VA disability for severe hearing damage from 3V8-days. Someday I suppose it will become so severe that I can't compete. In the meantime you won't be "making
It should, but it doesn't. 73, de Hans, K0HB/W7 "Just a boy and his radio" _______________________________________________ WriteLog mailing list WriteLog@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
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Why would you make that bet? If I remember correctly, 99.9 is a "Contemporary Music" station. Is that OK with you? Or should it be on the Disney kiddy channel? 73, de Hans, K0HB/W5 -- From: "Dennis V
Great start, guys! A suggestion....... ...... how about a section named "Contesting Clubs" with subheads? 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-
"Way-back-when" FCC required such appendages. Old habits die hard. Humor us. A lot of us are enjoying our last couple of sunspot cycles. We'll be out of your way soon. 73, de Hans, K0HB http://k0hb.
The database doesn't care. It's just an inanimate collection of organized electrostatic charges on some server/disk farm. ARRL isn't in the business of database management, they're in the business o
$10K for a 72-footer. $20K for 92, $53K for 168. 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
With a little V8 in the glass to cut the taste. 73, de Hans, K0HB http://k0hb.spaces.live.com/ Search my log at http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?k0hb ___________________________________________
Second the motion, Paul. Somewhere in the mix of RadioSport contesting categories we MUST keep a preserve where "a boy and his radio" competes ONLY with other similarly inclined aficionados. We simp
This years KCDXC competition at Dayton was won by software. The winner over some world class Radiomen, by a margin of 20%, was "Skimmer". Detail at http://www.kcdxclub.com/pileup2009.html 73, de Hans
If there's no radio involved, then it's not radio contesting, regardless of the century it happens in. CQ100 is a computer game, not amateur radio, and the CQ100 contest is not radio contesting, it'
It came from our roots in traffic handling, of course. (You mean I'm actually supposed to COPY this stuff? Why can't I just mash the <f8> button?) 73, de Hans, K0HB "Just a boy and his radio" http://
See link --> http://software.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=947223 73, de Hans, K0HB "Just a boy and his radio" -- http://k0hb.spaces.live.com/ Search my log at http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/lo
In order to lower the noise level about "recommendation" versus "rule" in our discussions here, all contest sponsors should agree with the following Universal Rule to be implicitly appended to their
Speaking tongue in cheek is not specifically prohibited, so is therefore mandatory under Rule XXII. 73, de Hans, K0HB http://k0hb.spaces.live.com/ Search my log at http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.c
On reflection, I'm not inclined to endorse that preference. I think that the spirit of innovative competition should be encouraged in the rules, and that testing the boundaries is a healthy and comm