Computer interfaces are a godsend on 40 and 80. That's my answer to save us.
I never touch the split button on my rig anymore, I just hit the "-" key and
enter the correct fequency (if it wasn't in the packet spot) and let the
computer do the rest.
I would love it if contest logging sofware authors would implement a way to
inhibit trasmittion of at least computer generated stuff (cw and voice
messages) if the transmit VFO is set outside a bandplan designated by the user.
And when you change to 40M or 80M and tune the vfo below the preset
frequencies, automatically turn the split on and set vfo B to a frequency in
the phone band. Seems like it would be possible.
73 de Al, KE1FO
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From: jfunk@adams.net
Sent: 3/8/2004 4:52:16 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] saving us from ourselves
>
> Greetings, fellow combatants....
>
> If one had not had anything else to do this weekend (it WAS only a phone
> contest), it would have been instructional to have spent a bit of time
> listening in the 40 meter band and logging callsigns of stations calling on
> the wrong VFO. Obviously, a lot of us are either sleep-deprived or not
> familiar with the equipment we are using, or both. Yes, I've done it.
> (Don't *think* I did this weekend, but...)
>
> Question 1: What tips are out there for avoiding this? I think we could
> use some.
> Question 2: Is it true that a couple of OO notices during a contest
> constitutes grounds for DQ?
>
> Just curious.
> 73, Jim N9JF
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