[WriteLog] Com Ports

[Ron St.Laurent ND5S]

The guy that told you to move was wrong and has not read the newest rules
for this particular contest.

Ron ND5S

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McDonald" <jim at n7us.net>
To: "Dennis" <roofus at sbcglobal.net>; <WriteLog at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Com Ports


> Dennis,
>
> I don't have any slots left in my 4-year-old Dell, so I use the only
> built-in COM port for RTTY with MMTTY with a RigBlaster Plus, and I use a
> Comtrol/Rocketport USB-to-4-serial ports box to give me rig control,
control
> of the 87A amplifier (a frill, since the amp is right in front of me),
rotor
> control, and a TNC port for packet, which is rarely used.
>
> If you have a PCI slot, there are PCI cards with multiple serial ports.
>
> Jim N7US
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis" <roofus at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <WriteLog at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 9:09 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Com Ports
>
>
> Me again,
>
> I have been reading the mail about USB to com port adaptors.  I have a new
> DELL computer and it has 1 com port and 8 USB ports plus a couple of
others
> that I have no idea what they are.  My ICOM, KNWD, TNC and Rigblaster all
> use com ports and that comes to 4.  If the USB adaptors don't work what's
> the answer?
>
> How about a contest question.... I am playing in my first contest CQWW160
CW
> contest.  I have never been on 160 but reading the rules it says "The DX
> window is dropped for both sections" and I took this to mean the DX window
> 1.830 - 1.850 was ok to use for the contest. Well it was wall to wall
> operators and I found a spot at 1.831.770 and started to call CQ.  It
didn't
> take long for some one to stop by and tell me to get out of the DX window.
> I did but there were OP's every place in there calling CQ.  Not being a
> contester I don't know what I did wrong. wrong?
>
> The new guy,
>
> 73, de Dennis AB8NI
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