[CQ-Contest] Network cables

[J.P. Kleinhaus]

>With no wires, it cannot pick up RF....

Umm....yeah, it's a RADIO receiver albeit operating at 2.4GHz.
Has anyone tried these things in an RF saturated environment?

J.P. W2XX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net>
To: "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" <n5nj at gte.net>; "tony field" <ve6yp at shaw.ca>;
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Network cables


>
> On 9/23/01 9:19 PM, Bob Naumann - N5NJ at n5nj at gte.net wrote:
>
> >Regarding 100 vs. 10mb - the 10 mb is more economical and is certainly
more
> >than enough for a home lan environment.
>
> Technically, 100 Mb Ethernet requires a higher qualify of cable (cat 5).
> However, I have wired my house entirely with unlabeled 4-pair wire (I got
> it surplus when a business re-arranged their offices and tore out all
> their existing network and phone wiring). I run 100 Mb with NO errors or
> dropped packets. Not even when I am transmitting. Note that I don't own
> an amplifier, so that may help.
>
> The price difference between cat 3 (10 Mb) and cat 5 (100 Mb) cable is
> small. Wiring for 100 Mb gives you an option to upgrade.
>
> The price of the network adapters (if your computer doesn't have built-in
> support, which many modern units do), is under $50 for 10/100 Mb
> Ethernet. You can't even buy 10 Mb cards any more -- they aren't worth
> enough to sell. If you know someone who supports a big IT department, you
> might be able to get 10 Mb cards for free as they swap them out of
> services for 10/100 Mb.
>
> Another alternative is to consider wireless 802.11b Ethernet such as that
> available from Lucent, and remarketed by Apple, Farrallon, WaveLAN and
> others. With no wires, it cannot pick up RF....
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
>
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>From Travis Fitzgerald - VA3WN" <va3wn at rac.ca  Fri Oct  5 01:12:55 2001
From: Travis Fitzgerald - VA3WN" <va3wn at rac.ca (Travis Fitzgerald - VA3WN)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 20:12:55 -0400
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Availability of Contest Logs
Message-ID: <001f01c14d32$7c316500$41d93dcf at b1cppb42>


Does anyone know of a site or archive where I might be able to download =
full contest logs (in standard format, *.adif, *.txt, anything =
CT-compatible) from any of the bigger SOAB stations?  I've learned most =
of what I know about contesting technique from the post-contest writeups =
by fellas like K5ZD, but there aren't many contesters in Northern =
Ontario and I'm not a member of a contest club per se, so there isn't =
anyone close I can bug for information.  A log from a serious station =
would really help show me how/when to make band changes, go S&P, etc.

Alternately, would any serious SOAB be willing to forward a log for me =
to look at (preferably for CQWW tests)?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

73 Travis VA3WN


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