I think that we're all over-sensitive to this issue. It's certainly nothing that we should be taking sides on, nor should there need be this many messages discussing it, and I apologize for prolongin
I have not used the Proset+ on the air, but did look closely at it this weekend in Dayton. The Proset+ is quite different from the regular proset. One major difference is that it includes both the HC
Tyler, Your focus on the noise reduction is a good one, but your other observation strikes a more familiar chord with me: "How anyone could be so serious about microphone audio and not give a darn ab
to a tin can. Gerry - what headphones have you used that have caused this? In my experience, the opposite is true. When I switch from my Heils to my Kenwoods it is such a relief to not hear all of th
Before this spirals out of control any further, please note that WW3S indicated that he made an error in his math while looking at his report. There were no USA multi-multi's who did not log him nor
I don't think that "forthright correcting" is what is needed. A "kinder, gentler" approach is what's needed. Those of us who can operate, need to demonstrate the proper way to operate, so that these
There are some books around, but the best way is to listen and emulate the technique of those who do it right. Listen on the air to many of the guys who are commenting about this here. Find them on t
QRATE works with any ASCII file, including Cabrillo. Use a command line like this: RATE YOURCALL.LOG RATESUMM.TXT 17 Works great! 73, N5NJ -- Original Message -- From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett@alum.m
Kenwood has sponsored ARRL plaques for years - along with many other smaller donors. -- kharker@cs.utexas.edu WM5R Club Laptops http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/ --
The receive antenna mod allows you to connect seperate receive antennas. N3OC's (nee WA3WJD) mod is excellent to do this. The single SO-239 is for transmitting. Use an external antena switch. For com
I operated for not quite half of the contest, but I noticed a very high number of erroneous packet spots. What is going on? Was this on purpose or what? To make matters worse, it seemed that the only
there The assertion that "weekend operators" lives are ruined by contests is absolutely absurd. Us contesters know that there are really only 6 weekends where the fone bands are overrun by contester