As an old Doom player from the dark ages, of course I acknowledge that computer gaming exists on the Internet. I feel that what is unique about radio sport is the competitive aspect of the communicat
Rick, haven't you just put your finger on what's wrong with this picture? How will ARRL do all this if N1ND is totally swamped by what he has to do now? Where will they get the personnel resources fo
You'll want to follow http://www.hamvention.org/. Not much there now, except a denial that the Hara Arena is scheduled to be razed, and the assurance that the Hamvention will go on this year as usual
... with the issue of QST coverage of contest results in today's Board meeting? 73, Pete N4ZR Sometimes a tower is just a tower -- Season's Greetings 2001/2002 - http://www.ad1c.com/2001/ Jim Reisert
I think Ken makes a good point. In the period leading up to the Board meeting, there were a number of messages from the ARRL staff regarding their willingness to trade enhanced contest article conten
Hi Jeff -- I'd gladly volunteer to help any way I can. I don't care much for your intro title -- sounds too defensive. Instead, maybe a foreword explaining how the book came about, and then into a po
I looked at the ABC statements in the last couple of NCJs where they appeared (I think annually) and my impression is that circulation is quite level at about 2300. Now I think that's shamefully low,
Unfortunately, I've had the sense that the last few issues have been padded even to arrive at the size they are. The few technical articles have tended to belabor obvious issues at unnecessary length
While pulling together some statistics for another purpose, I came up with the following that may shed some light on the issue of new blood in contesting. QSOs, of which 30,513 were on CW. Of these,
It's also worth mentioning that the RTTY WPX contest is 30 out of 48 hours, while the dense CW activity in the Sprint on 40 will only be about 2 hours. That said, I'd suggest a gentlepersons' comprom
Mine too. This looks like one of those algorithm conflicts, where differing formulas for setting contest dates cause them to collide some years but not others. Looking at the calendar back a few year
A few random thoughts after last night's most-fun-ever Sprint. I was surprised at how many stations sending big serial numbers haven't mastered the CW format, causing confusion on their frequency mor
Fortunately, this isn't figure skating or some other sport where the role of the referee is pivotal and highly subjective. 73, Pete N4ZR Sometimes a tower is just a tower -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http:/
Me, too. I don't know if I'm typical, but I tend to hang around on 20 looking for the last few juicy mults, and usually get into backscatter and single CQs by the time I leave. I would welcome more a
systematic, stratified fashion..." It only included licensed, domestic (USA) members. "Responses have been weighted in tabulation to accurately reflect true population proportions." The weighting was
And then there was the guy who gave me 168. I assume he thought it was a serial number contest, and people had not been very helpful in pointing out the proper exchange. Fortunately, if I recall last
My personal preference, as a consumer of QSOs with big and little guns alike, is the following: When the running station doesn't get my call right, I send: "N4ZR (slightly longer pause) 599WV" or if
At various times I've also found that grounding the computer case carefully to the station bus solved the problem. It also seems to me that a few turns on a toroid, even with good shielded cable, wil
This is definitely the case. Some can even be bought with a series inductor in each lead as well. They impose some speed limitations, but not presumably anything that would affect a 2400 baud radio c
YESSSSS. If everyone did this, then the repetition would be a signal that something was wrong = a miscopy or whatever. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org --