Those of you that know Rush Drake, W7RM, have no doubt heard him talk of having two antennas on 15 meters attached to two separate rigs. When he lived at Foul Weather Bluff, near Seattle, one antenna
Dick: Your points are well put, and generally I agree with you. It seems archaic to disallow use of technology that we have available to us, because someone wants to be hollier-than-thou in how a log
Jim, Since I wrote the original 'quote', I'll respond here with a couple of comments. You are absolutely right that the contest community has been comparing logs to data bases for years. That is PREC
Doug: For more than 40 years I've been contesting from places all over the world. To suggest than a post-contest scan and massage of a log sheet, whether hand written or computer generated, is wrong
Those of you that know Rush Drake, W7RM, have no doubt heard him talk of having two antennas on 15 meters attached to two separate rigs. When he lived at Foul Weather Bluff, near Seattle, one antenna
Dick: Your points are well put, and generally I agree with you. It seems archaic to disallow use of technology that we have available to us, because someone wants to be hollier-than-thou in how a log
Jim, Since I wrote the original 'quote', I'll respond here with a couple of comments. You are absolutely right that the contest community has been comparing logs to data bases for years. That is PREC
I promised myself I was DONE with this thread....having stated my views already, but it continues to stir:....see below: de K5MM: de K5MM: It is ABSOLUTELY OK to tape record a contest and play it bac
Ed: Your comments are interesting, and certainly they do apply to some aspects of contesting. I would offer that circumstances are most often DIFFERENT and thus require different responses to them. W
(Comments regarding K7SV posting on signing call sign after each QSO, see below).......... Now Larry........ It obviusly depends on who the "hunter" is and who is the "hunted". If I'm operating from
Gentlemen: Bill, W4AN (and super-op at K6T in WARC contest) has clearly earned the right to speak on this subject -- many of course should listen to him. I would suggest that Dick Norton, N6AA (and d
I promised myself I was DONE with this thread....having stated my views already, but it continues to stir:....see below: de K5MM: de K5MM: It is ABSOLUTELY OK to tape record a contest and play it bac
Ed: Your comments are interesting, and certainly they do apply to some aspects of contesting. I would offer that circumstances are most often DIFFERENT and thus require different responses to them. W
(Comments regarding K7SV posting on signing call sign after each QSO, see below).......... Now Larry........ It obviusly depends on who the "hunter" is and who is the "hunted". If I'm operating from
Gentlemen: Bill, W4AN (and super-op at K6T in WARC contest) has clearly earned the right to speak on this subject -- many of course should listen to him. I would suggest that Dick Norton, N6AA (and d
Gents: Barry, W2UP, suggests changing the date of CQ-WW-CW to one that does not routinely fall on AMERICAN Thanksgiving. Why in the hell do so many of you guys jump all over him for SUGGESTING that?
Hi Robert: Your question certainly DOESN"T fall into the "sucky, etc" category. My point was that the contest was invented by the Americans, is sponsored by the Americans, is run from America, etc. J
Humor at N5AU Several years ago when Gordon Fogg, N5AU, had his station running big time...when K5FUV was still in Texas...a humorous event occurred at the end of a DX-SSB test. 9Q5 station, on 20 SS
Scott, W4PA, commented on keying left-handed as show at the end of this message. Here's another opinion: ** There is NO reasonable logic that I know of which indicates that "the brain already is alre
Scott, W4PA, commented on keying left-handed as show at the end of this message. Here's another opinion: ** There is NO reasonable logic that I know of which indicates that "the brain already is alre