ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- RTTY activity is low in the 40 meter band because of international sub-band allocations outside of North America. To the best of my knowledge, CW has no such lim
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Trash or treasure? All in the point of view.:-) Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com htt
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Has this changed recently? Maybe I missed it, but the JA allocation used to go up to 7045 kHz, didn't it? Bill, W6WRT ___________________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- It depends. The guy who "just took it over" may have propagation to an area the previous guys did not. It behooves him to listen carefully before taking it over,
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Take it a step further... RTTY is REQUIRED to be there, unlike CW which is allowed anywhere in the band. Between 3 and 30 MHz RTTY is allowed only in the non-pho
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- A holding penalty at the wrong time can cost the game. Does that happen in contesting? Should it? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Truer words were never spoken. a 48 hour contest provides the opportunity for a lesser-equipped station to overcome that limitation to some extent. Not a guarant
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Because on nearly all reflectors, commercial advertising is not allowed, meaning that employees of the company should not be posting messages posing as reviews.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- One of the best ideas, EVER. Sponsors, are you listening? Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Isn't the small amount of equipment at the Colorado QTH part of the "transmitter"? You can't transmit without it, can you? Bill W6WRT ___________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- There's a big difference: A packet spot from a remote station only provides call and frequency info. A remote receiver, on the other hand, allows you to actually
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- True, but there is a reason why people generally resist having the envelope pushed, and that is the resisters generally want to maintain competitiveness. In near
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Agreed, but I wonder about the exception some contests have about the property limits of the station owner. Is the owner of Texas' King Ranch a ham? :-) Bill W6W
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Well, sure. You also would have done a whole lot better if you had RX's all over the globe, including each country in EU. So what? This isn't ham radio, it's som
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I suspect the rules in the UK are the same as the US: You are required to transmit your callsign. GUUD is not it. Bill W6WRT ____________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: <snip> -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Your post would seem to fit that criteria pretty well. Without doing any of your proposals, the bands are already full whenever a major contest is on. Do
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Point taken, but that is a cultural problem, not a contesting one. Kids prefer computers over ham radio for any number of reasons. As I understood the question,
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:06:52 -0500, "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net> wrote: <snip> -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Nudged?? Perhaps so, but my experience back in the '50s was just the opposite. B
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:17:28 -0700, "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Too late, Tom. My plaque for 2007 World First Place arrived today. Better luck next
I have a dedicated DOS computer that presently has a CRT type monitor and I would like to replace the monitor with an LCD type. Will LCD monitors work that kind of computer? Thanks in advance. Bill W