Neither the east coast station nor the or west coast station. The QRG should be surrendered to a black-hole zero- or nine-lander. 73, de Hans, K0HB/4ID -- ___________________________________________
2100Z is 2100Z. Nothing's changed. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/
Is there any serious Sweepstaker whose station computer clock is set to local time? I keep mine on GMT (that's UTC to you young fellas) with "daylight time" setting locked out. Local time is irreleva
Hi Jim, I got my first amateur license in the mail just 6 days before I went into the Navy. Naturally, they made a Radioman of me! There was only one time zone in Navy radio -- ZULU. Old habits are
By golly, I do believe that they're on to something there. I never thought about it before, but now that it's come to my attention it clearly is a lot warmer here in Minnesota during DST. When DST i
Man, he has EARS! I listened to a couple of my Q's, and on one of the CW ones I had to back up and listen again to make out my own call sign. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- previouscontests I can barely imagin
I don't know about the TS870, but the IC 775 requires an RS232-TTL level converter. Icom sells the CAT-IV or something named like that, but I think a google search probably would turn up an easy home
I also got tired of the fragile and hokey Bencher, about 10 years ago, and bought a Kent iambic dual-paddle key. It's not "elegant" like some of the expensive keys out there, but well designed, heavy
Why is it a "sham", Jim? (Yes, I read the jeremiad by Marshall Emm) Any key which produces good readable code would be acceptable, depending on our personal preferences and habits, to us radiomen who
We'll have to disagree about the "little or no value". I spent a good part of my life using Morse to make a living (I'm a Master Chief Radioman, US Navy, Retired) and can send Morse with any implemen
The rule seems to be "I >>AM LOUDER THAN YOU<<. I >>DESERVE<< to have this prime QRG." Your subject line is absolutely accurate. 73, de Hans, K0HB --Original Message-- _______________________________
What if I'm calling "CQ VY1" and someone answers "VY1JA is at 14.005", am I now "assisted"? 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@conte
Since you sign your original post "Sweepstakes Contest Manager", I expect we can take that as an official answer. Now then, supposing I had an Icom 7800 (don't I wish!) and when operating at 14.025 I
That's not accurate. The 'user' is responsible that all transmitted energy is contained WITHIN the authorized band. In the USA, the rule is: "§97.307 Emission standards. . . (b) Emissions resul
am I I do it routinely when getting down to the "short rows" on my mult checkoff. If I need Nebraska I call CQ Nebraska. I also do it if I hear a needed mult in S&P mode. For example, if I hear VO1x
The "harder exchange" is precisely what makes it a GREAT contest. You have to actually COPY something, which gives Radiomen an advantage over computer operators. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________
though. WriteLog (for one) allows you to specify the length (in 'n' digits) of the serial number, and pads the number with the required number of leading zeroes. For example if you specify 'n'=3, th
Hank, I think (dangerous at my age) that the "assisted" category is for single operator stations which obtain operating "intelligence" (callsigns, QRG's, etc.) >>from the efforts of other operators<
Anyone here use the microHam II as a DVK with WriteLog contesting software? Could use some tutoring to get ready for Sweepstakes phone weekend. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- __________________________________
that In line with that radiogram header paradigm, since SS is really a --series-- of messages sent, perhaps it would be more realistic if each message had a potentially different check (just like a