Anyone know anything about an update for supercheck partial prior to the contest? Email to K9TM gets no response. Tnx, Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frank
Andrei, If your goal is to create a lot of confusion and piss off a lot of people, sign NP2D. If you want to operate the contest within the spirit of the rules and good sportsmanship, you should sign
Funny guy! Would be a real shame to bust the call and lose my zone 5 mult. Doug, if I need zone 5, I'll look for you, then we can run the 6 bands :.) 73, Barry-- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@min
During the contest, I noted a W1 station doing a lot of spotting of stateside stations, many of whom were his fellow YCCC members. As a result of this, one of my fellow FRCers started spotting some o
I will filter out the US spots now. In the past there was no reason to do so. Spotting one's own club members is similar to selfspotting, which is prohibited. It's a fine line... Also, if you knew th
Doesn't seem like rocket science, does it? But it must be... For a handful, it makes sense, as they know they have the big signals and get right through right away. For the rest of us, it is pretty d
Wayne, As the not-so-old saying goes, "don't let the terrorists win." Don't let a handful of miscreants ruin it for all. Also, don't forget, there's more pirated Microsoft software out there than any
My favorite is the Sony MDR-W08 which I use with my Yaesu FT-1000D and 990. They weigh 13g (0.5 oz) and I can wear them all weekend, no problem. As they are inside the ear type of phones, they probab
There has to be more to it than the absolute distance to Europe, and having sunset 20-30 mins earlier on the coast. I remember when I lived in NH, about 1 mile from the ocean, EU was LOUD on my attic
Jeff, This is a twist on an old saying: A QSO is the final courtesy of a QSL! I don't blame Steve one bit. How many of the QSOs you make in a contest are active contesters? Maybe half? Why are the ot
Sorry John, I don't agree with you. If I ask "QRZ is the freq in use," get no answer, then ask a second time just to make sure someone's not in the middle of an exchange, and get no answer, then the
Someone at the hotel left their room for about 45 seconds, and John just took it. He had some help from a guy who is bigger than he is, who believes showing one's power is all that is necessary. .) <
The first time I listened, and listened again, I didn't hear a thing. I went back the next day and tried again, and it was obvious every time, just listening thru my $10 computer speakers. Did anyone
I find www.qslinfo.de to be very helpful. 73 Barry -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA FRC alternate: barry@w2up.wells.com -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.co
results? I used to, until last month. Just let my CQ sub. drop after umpteen years. I was thinking of dropping it a few years ago, then found out about a magazine discounter in CA offering CQ for $8/
<snip> Bob, What does CQ provide for me? One issue per year which I read the contest results (CQWW CW). I don't care about the others. I do enjoy reading K1ASomething's column. That's about it for CQ
Another option is building something yourself. In my opinion, that's part of the fun of station design. I built a little box that switches receive audio (including subreceivers), and when radio A is
Hi all, I find that the headphone output from my sound card does not produce enough audio, when used with PED, RUFZ, etc (yes, I have the levels set at max. via the sound card drivers). I'm looking f
I'll second the motion on the 990. I use it as my second radio for SO2R (FT1000D is radio 1) and very happy with it. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA FRC alt
Regarding my short article, "An audio controller for SO2R contesting" on p. 13 of May/June NCJ, a few errors crept into the published schematic: 1. There should be no short across the relay coil. 2.