ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The difference is not ridiculous at all. In one case you are calling CQ directly to the mult you want, in the other case you are asking a third party who knows w
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Wisdom is often a rare quality but Art has it in abundance. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The prosign "AS" already exists. It means "wait", is already well known and is shorter than any Q-signal. Let's go with that. Bill, W6WRT _______________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- What does "galvanic isolation" have to do with any of your questions? Are you building a battery? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- As I recall, the original poster wanted to lump assisted in with the multi-op category, not with unassisted. His reasoning was that "assisted" means one or more
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- This problem is invariably caused by a different ground potential between the two units. An opto or isolation transformer will "fix" the problem, but there is a
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The single point is at the wall outlet box for your AC wiring. This is where all your power supply and chassis grounds should come together. Please excuse me for
We're getting a bit off topic for a contest reflector, but on the other hand, a lot of contesters do operate in order to get QSLs, so maybe it's not too far off. Wouldn't it be nice if there were a s
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- It's fascinating that you find the major problem in contesting to be something that applies EQUALLY to all contestants and gives no advantage to anybody, and yet
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- You're soooooooo close, but you get only half a cigar. I propose there should be two classes, one strictly limited and regulated much like WRTC and the other whe
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- At 0000 hours everyone's score may be equal but the competition is not. You are wanting to eliminate the zero pointers as a means of overcoming geographic disadv
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The RTTY Roundup is in a few weeks. You should have no trouble finding Nevada. Good luck. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailin
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Does anyone with a long memory recall whether it was QRP or RTTY DX which first staked out 7040 as a calling frequency? I would think whichever was second should
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Please enlighten the unwashed masses. What is a DTD? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.co
I can never remember which band to check at which time. How about this: Check 10 meters at 10 minutes past the hour. Check 15 meters at 15 minutes past the hour. Check 20 meters at 20 minutes past th
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Is there a rule that says they are not constrained? Otherwise the ARRL opinion above makes no sense. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- In my original post I didn't suggest any check time for 40 meters and lower frequencies because they are always open to somewhere, just a question of distance vs
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Or if you prefer a less stringent moderator, there are two amplifier groups on Yahoo: ham_amplifiers and rfamplifiers Both of which have some very knowledgeable
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Two great FREE programs: N1MM Logger for contesting DXLabs suite for general logging Between the two they will do everything you want and more. Both have excelle
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Just to be sure we're talking about the same thing, is a "CFL" the same as the fluorescent bulbs that are a screw-in replacement for standard incandescent bulbs,