It's all about having fun, yes making a lot of Q's is fun, but, how many of you operated the old Novice Roundup? Max 24 hours of time allotted to operate yet a 10 DAY operating window. I remember it
How about a Rookie Class? Where you can only operate two SS's (sounds like a snake) as Rookie, and if someone else works the rookie they are worth double points. Helps the rookies only compete agains
"R" as a rec? Just thinking out o the box. how to bring in new people. I have started many a new contester. Thng is they never ever tried. They would turn on their radios, and hear all the commotion,
No, that wouldn't work. How about the guy that got started in the VHF/UHF world of Amateur Radio, and has 90% of the time been one of the all he does is public service stuff for the past 25 years. bu
Very easy Go at the top of the browser choose, Choose extentions Install Ad Block Plus. and you'll never ever see any again. it even stops the commercials when watching a U stream vdeo too, How I hav
Now That I LOVE! The last 6 hours of the FULL SS make a SSS Sweep Stakes Sprint. Such a cool idea, especially for those that can no longer physically do a single op 24 test. or those that physically
I love this soooo much even if the ARRL should not adopt it, would there be some other group willing to manage it? So we could do it anyway? Could you imagine, suddenly six hours from the end the ban
I have a Heil "Proset" headset with the phase switch. It does indeed make a difference. I know it has a stereo jack, but does anyone actually have a schematic for this thing? I contacted Heil but nev
Why Not? It's not like they did not impose operating restrictions in the past. "A large part of the U.S. 160 meter band was allocated on a primary basis to the LORAN <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOR
Of course copying what is sent wouldn't be a fix to this, Nah! Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 2/25/2013 7:37 AM, Hank Greeb wrote:
Plus if the band is not open to that area of the request, And you should know if it is or not. Yet the person really begs for the band change, do it just like a dupe,, say OK, he goes away and tries
Thats an interesting question.. How far of goofy spacing can one go and get good readings? Our club call W9ET is cool, but have found on CW to get less "?" or requests for repeats we usually have to
When operating at a different location from what is on your license, especially when out of your own country, we used to sign differently. When did this all change anyway? I've been out of the hobby
Exactly, case in point State QSO Parties! Like This weekend is the Wisconsin QSO Party http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm For a state QSO party, it is amazing the level of activity! It is like SS SSB w
Sounds pretty good. The clarity and speed sound good. I wonder what is still missing tho to sound better ummm like flow wise, where it has a better "Flow" and less choppy sounding? I wonder what woul
Carpal Tunnel injuries from the constant twisting of the VFO knob? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 3/9/2013 2:06 PM, Tom Osborne wro
Distance is complicated and requires extra programming, how about the maidenhead grid squares as in my case EN I am EN43xo to be exact Any contact I make with another EN is 1 point With any square th
Yeah demanding a internet connection to operate a contest works. YUP look at the participation level of the Rookie Roundup? It was supposed to bring back the old Novice Roundup. Yeah that worked real
Hi Stan, What? Is this aspect of Radio going to work out like 11 Meters? CB? You can enforce the rules, so if there are people breaking the rules, instead of enforcing the rules, and find and punish
On 3/19/2013 12:27 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote: Many of us, me included, do not want the two combined. In my opinion, once that were to happen, the traditional single ops would be forced to use spotting if