If CQ magazine can't afford to pay people and turn a profit, with a USP( =unique selling proposition, for the non-native English folk) like CQWW, perhaps they should go the wall; I think it's called
Jeff It may be necessary to set transceive on or off ( try both!) in the set menu, and it might be necessary to set poll to off in the logging software. Took me a while to get mine going. 73 Clive GW
Whenever I have checked, my "runs" have followed the classical Poisson distribution. Of course if the run is very slow or very fast, then this may not be apparent, but in my case it is not unusual to
<In the spring, I picked up a used IC-756PRO, having used a pair of them at VE6JY in the phone SS. I loved them as phone radios. This past weekend was the first real test of the radio in a competitiv
Pete A terrific idea, but probably doomed to fail from the start. I'm not sure what the "my sandbox" syndrome is ( common language??), but perhaps this is the same as N.I.H, being not invented here?
Hi list Slightly off topic. please excuse me. For several years I have used a Nissei PS1225 switch mode PSU to power TS870s and various other gear, with no trouble. However, recently a shack re-jig m
Correct address is iaru@arrl.org 73 Clive GW3NJW I would like to know too! I sent in my cabrillo file just a few days after the contest. Now when results are out I am not even in them. When I write t
Sorry iaruhf@arrl.org, too many mince pies! Correct address is iaru@arrl.org 73 Clive GW3NJW I would like to know too! I sent in my cabrillo file just a few days after the contest. Now when results a
FOC Marathon is NOT a contest, just a club QSO party. However, we are a bit noisy! The BW ( Bill Windle) QSO party is held a couple of times a year, and is open to all who love CW (is there anyone wh
<Yeah, but fortunately they're not on this list. ;-) When is the next Bill Windle QSO Party? > Well this one is and I'm really loud! Next BWQP is Saturday 10th June. See you up there? as OM Bill used
<The recommendation was to nap only 15 minutes, no more or less and you must sleep immediately after the coffee."> If I could do that I wouldn't need the coffee ;-0 73 Clive GW3NJW __________________
<It was the TS-930 that used LSB on cw.> Correct, and e.g. the Yaesu FL and FR combo of the 70s which started it < I'm sure everyone likes to tune from high pitch to low pitch, rather than have a sta
Nope it's a way of life 73 Clive GW3NJW This is a HOBBY, right? 73-Chuck KI9A _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting
<I fell asleep ON the key(er) once. I woke up to the sound of "dah-dah-dah-dah..." To this day I have no idea how long I was asleep with that going on. :) 73, Zack W9SZ> Zack. You are not the first t
Paul Don't even think about using 572Bs in contest duty, they are just not up to it. I had an FL2100Z( pair of 572Bs), and the anodes would go cherry red in no time with repeated CQs, even at ouir 40
Yes 73 Clive GW3NJW I'm not totally against a 746 Pro, but I saw all the reviews on EHam and the biggest complaint was transmitter failures. Did Icom get that fixed? Mike - K9MI Mark Beckwith wrote:
Yuri is right, it happens. Tree is right, ain't nuttin you can do 'bout it. As Yuri implies the NIL rule often discriminates against SOs to the benefit of MS and MMs. I had a NIL in CQWW a couple of
<With regard to some of the mean-spirited postings, on this subject, an old English saying might apply: "Me thinkest thou protesteth to much"> Sorry OM, a busted quote, you lose three QSOs! "The lady
I suspect, that for most of the respondents, the problems are two fold; certainly that is the case for myself. 1. Lack of keyboard skills and/or 2. Poor memory retention/ translation. re 1. For those
Anyone know if they're still in business? No reply to several emails over a month or so on this side. tia 73 Clive GW3NJW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Co