at what point will QST no longer be sent thru the mail and only be available on-line? then they can "publish" a 400 page "magazine" each and every month and i can print out any article i wish. won't
I have been doing some thinking....uh, oh! Perhaps the answer to this line score thing is to offer a QST subscription in two forms. One would be the traditional hard copy in its present form. The oth
I spoke with two of the reps from the ARRL today at the Tampa Bay Hamfest and mentioned my idea about the possible on-line delivery of QST. I also mentioned that this would allow addtional lines scor
The smart op will work the interloping station then indicate he is open for calls. easy! .....and some people think SO2R is easy. That's the penalty you pay for being a poor SO2R op....the loss of yo
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In a message dated 12/14/04 11:37:35 AM Greenwich Standard Time, afrugoli@verizon.net writes: It has really helped me learn about propagation, weird openings, who's where on what mode etc. I'm a fair
..........and in the late 80s, early 90s WC4E was always number one or two in the ARRL 10 M contest with an A-3 at 37 feet. I've got a big gun station, but have been there and done that from a small
<< CT was once wonderful but it's way past its use-by date. >> Not so. I and many other top ten contesters use this program and it's counterpart, NA. It does everything I want it to and is perfect fo
N2MG: Regardless of whether these collisions in our shared spectrum are deliberate, mistakes, or caused by stupidity does not seem to matter - they get Contesting in trouble and we should be aware of
On the other side, non-contesters frequently run Amtor or Pactor on top of the higher frequency 40 CW contestants, either because they did not listen to the frequency or because they think they can w
,,,,,,,,,,,and lets not forget the all the 'Chads' ( 30 or 40 of them from FCG) that occurred in the NAQP several years ago. One fellow was rather adament about not working anyone with that name duri
Since deleting the completed contact by the run station because of a computer glitch is a random act, it should affect all stations by the same percentage through random ocurrance. Although deleting
......................................... Uh, maybe antennas, but definitely the operator prowess. With my big towers and stacks, I could only come up in the top twenty or so in the NAQP last weekend
<< Hardly. It was due totally to my own stupidity, and presumably we are all not equally stupid. My guess is some of us are stupider than others. Therefore I think the statement: >> What I mean to sa
<< Specifically, that a serious guest op who has someone help him (e.g. fix an antenna) DURING the contest has a significant advantage over the op who must do it himself. >> Just to play devil's advo
<< Why would making SO2R a seperate category "inhibit competitive operating practices"? >> Why in the world are we still debating this issue? When I came back into contesting a lot of the guys had st
<< I think Bill understates the cost requirement. If you are considering a jump to SO2R, you probably have already come a long way in building your SO1R station. If your going to do SO2R, you may as
<< Splitting hairs does not remove the fact that while skill is involved - as it is in most aspects of contesting including the preparation of the station before the contest - SO2R provides a quantit
<< Packet is a 'trick of the trade' -- it has its own category for single ops. >> Packet is NOT a trick of the trade.....It IS getting active assistance in S/P ing for multipliers from another human
If the issue is information in the standings and guys want to labeled with an star or an exclamation point for SO1R or SO2R that's fine with me. It's not a whole lot different from the way some of th