Ok, great ! I cant find the correct letters on my keyboard a lot of the time , now numbers too ?? And then I have to take my eyes off the keyboard to get an S-meter reading ?? What if when he calls m
I made 900 qsos in the SS SSB last weekend... One problem, I was using a very old PC with CT, as my normal PC was sick and being repaired. At the end of the contest I did the normal SAVELOG and then
Thanks for all the input guys... from the responses I received , I was able to get a good idea of was correct or not. Dont know just what happened , but that PC is now used for games.... I went thru
Those poor operators you heard , were just that !!! POOR OPERATORS !!! Nothing else , the cluster didnt MAKE them call all the time, they personnally decided to do so ..... They have no pileup skills
If you needed ZONE 37 , and the station was gining 59937... Why wouldnt you call ? You would be wasteing operating time while you waited for him to ID VA3DX __________________________________________
Shame here Bill, I am still in the SHAME file. John VE3EJ helped me out with his analyzer and my harmonic is gone completely with the stub. I can run a KW now and a friend who is a 1/4 mile away can
That " might " have been me , I was on 14196.8 After a dozen or so W's had called me and I had wasted time telling them their error, I got tired of that and just make a quick qso. Not my fault they s
Sorry that should have been 14146.8 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
My main contesting amp is down to a problem with the main variable LOADING capacitor... Alpha 76A The 1981 manual shows pictures of it of course , but no values etc etc Are there any Alpha parts sour
Sure , in a contest I will look at the S meter for every qso and give the report ., even if the qrm horrible I will ( guess ) the almost accurate report. va3dx What a hoot! Damn it, I miss Victor-Vic
Almost ONTARIO However war of 1812 fixed that one ... _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq
Made a big difference here going from a 48' Delhi to a 72' Trylon tower ...... After 70' I would not think of any big gain until 100' However that would be on real long haul stuff, 100' might be to h
This correct... anyone outside of Florida that is in the FQP will appreciate anycall/county .. By adding the county abbreviation , it immediately says that he is indeed in Florida. Also it allows me
The rules state that , the callsign is part of the exchange. If you dont send the way the rules state , then you should be disqualified... Play by the rules !! Glenn VA3DX ___________________________
I suppose on the contest website where the rules show an example of the contest exchange : this bit of info shown , should be disregarded by those who feel they want an advantage over others... I don
Loved it when someone would ask for my suffix... VE3ICR " I cant remember " Glenn also VA3DX since 1993 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.c
Operating aids that would help me make more qsos.... A dog walker Someone who would prepare dinner and bring it to me Servant to bring coffee / tea whenever A shack washroom A working telephone scree
VE7"KFM" and KF8O have had an on-going battle on 14275 for years They are both anti-contesting I would suspect that one of these folks was behind this. Glenn va3dx ___________________________________