Hi All, A rig question and I am hoping there is some experience out in contest-land which may be shared. I am planning to add another ICOM radio to the shack. I am a happy user of an IC775 and would
Well said. I could not agree more. Keith GM4YXI (GM7V) Small towers, SO2R (but inept), packetless shack Comparing packet to big beams and towers is nonsense. The bottom line is there is only one pers
I have been known to do this sometimes. I actually recall a few years ago (but apologies if I am misquoting him here) Fred, K3ZO , an operator whom I much admire and respect, saying this was what he
I rather regret dragging Fred into this! I agree 100% with your comment: no right of ownership is/was assumed. If someone comes back I'm off. Barry W2UP, however makes a very valid point and I can se
Hi Jim, If I am getting a lot of dupe calls I ask myself: Is there a bum spot out on me on the cluster? Am I unintelligible....crap signal, sending too fast? Am I not signing often enough? I worked C
Hi all, I see more and more mention of contest recording on the reflector and elsewhere. I am clearly several years behind the times with all this but really want to catch up and record my contests.
Hi Jim, I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment but it was my impression that not enough guys on the NA side were listening in this area. I spent a lot of time calling CQ around 7102-3, listening
Hi Craig, This comment does not directly address your question but may be of interest to you and the wider audience. To fit in with some business meetings etc I had to travel by air from Glasgow to B
It is interesting to observe the 'drift' on a subject as the number of postings increases.....our version of 'Chinese whispers' I guess. My Bencher attracted attention due to its odd X-Ray profile. O
Chris GM3WOJ wrote recently on the UK contest reflector: 'I subscribe to the school of thought that the DX Cluster has 'de-skilled' our contesting (and DXing) to a noticeable degree - it's use should
NO THANK YOU Not again! I know this is repeating the same old story but I cannot let this pass. Yes, people are abusing the cluster Yes, people are DQed when caught Yes, I agree that the publicity sh
This particular thread is becoming an annual event. So be it. I generally don't rise to this bait but on this occasion I must. I love contesting. I love finding and working multipliers. I don't have
Yuri, Gedas should be congratulated on his work. No single working of a mult can be considered damning. We could all innocently 'find' a mult that just happened to have been spotted. It is the PATTER
Guys, I have been following this skimmer debate on and off for some time with an increasing feeling of horror and dismay. I haven't had the time or desire to interject but this is a short post. Surel
Eric et al, I am not sure that the question of whether or not the skimmer has a material impact on scores is the issue? It seems to me that it is more a case of how this new technology is perceived a
So how do we determine it's actual impact? We allow it's use for a time so gauge that impact. If Skimmer users start dominating classes, then it might be time to direct it's use to one category or an
Doug, I agree 100%. This seems to me to be the core of the debate. ANYTHING which finds, identifies and displays potential QSO partners in a way that the SO without this particular technology could n
Hello all, I'll rise to the bait! Been trying to get antennas organised for the weekend as time allows. Spent all last Saturday trying to find out why my trusty but not rusty C3 had poor SWR on all b
To be fair to K5D, my impression was that, this weekend, they did a lot less 40m CW than they might otherwise have done. I presumed this was a recognition by them of the potential problem you describ