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1. [CQ-Contest] Audio hum (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Fri Mar 3 17:27:48 2000
I discovered another way to get hum into transmitted audio. Try to prevent hum by driving your rig's mic input through a cable with an isolation transformer. Then place that isolation transformer so
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-03/msg00039.html (6,824 bytes)

2. [CQ-Contest] SO2R category would accomplish opposite of its intent (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Sat Jun 3 21:12:15 2000
If it is true that SO2R operators have a scoring advantage over SO1R, and if a new category were introduced that said something like "only one radio used for transmit", and if SO1R is allowed to list
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00095.html (8,269 bytes)

3. [CQ-Contest] Log checking--report of collateral damage? (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Mon Mar 8 13:57:56 1999
The reporting from the SS log checking is a wonderful=20 change for the better. In contesting, more information=20 is always better than less. So, even though my own=20 report shows I copy CW too poo
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-03/msg00120.html (9,060 bytes)

4. [CQ-Contest] PSK is to RTTY what SSB was to AM (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Wed Apr 21 08:52:26 1999
Its a little hard to get used to having to look at the screen to know if anyone came back to your CQ. Several times I looked up at the screen and saw that I was sending CQ in someone's face. I rememb
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-04/msg00189.html (7,507 bytes)

5. [CQ-Contest] Apr wpx and busted q--Font with slashed zero? (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Thu May 6 09:29:23 1999
Does anyone know of a Windows True Type font with a slashed zero? Either free or for a price. The only built-in Windows font like this is the one named Terminal, and its not a True Type font so I nev
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-05/msg00088.html (6,684 bytes)

6. [CQ-Contest] Apr wpx and busted q (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Thu May 6 12:18:58 1999
There is a down side to the declaring that fixing a log after the contest using a recording is unethical. If you send me your exchange at 35WPM and I know its on the tape, I'll QSL it make a note in
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-05/msg00099.html (9,693 bytes)

7. [CQ-Contest] CW Sweepstakes Correction Press Release (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Fri May 14 15:46:22 1999
--Original Message-- in Hope nobody takes this too seriously. Wayne, W5XD -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-05/msg00262.html (6,908 bytes)

8. [CQ-Contest] Log file formats (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Tue Jul 13 19:32:11 1999
Everyone has their own perspective on this problem. Here's mine: Every contest sponsor considers itself in control of the acceptable file format for logs submitted for its contests. This is a perfect
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-07/msg00018.html (10,194 bytes)

9. [CQ-Contest] Log file formats (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Tue Jul 13 19:32:11 1999
Everyone has their own perspective on this problem. Here's mine: Every contest sponsor considers itself in control of the acceptable file format for logs submitted for its contests. This is a perfect
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-07/msg00143.html (10,119 bytes)

10. [CQ-Contest] SS Checks (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Wed Oct 13 18:40:11 1999
Do the rules REQUIRE me to send the same check on CW as on phone? I HATE the use of databases. So I definitely send the same check all weekend long, but I generally do NOT send the same check from on
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-10/msg00038.html (7,600 bytes)

11. [CQ-Contest] motivation for ARRL M/S rules? (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (Wayne E. Wright)
Date: Wed Jan 14 17:42:25 1998
Can anyone offer the rationale for the "6 band changes/hr" rule in ARRL m/s? Having not participated as an operator in multi/single, I had this mental model that the m/s category was an opportunity t
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00290.html (7,948 bytes)

12. [CQ-Contest] M/S octopus question (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (Wayne E. Wright)
Date: Thu Jan 15 17:45:22 1998
I was a bit surprised to find in the responses to a question I asked about multi-single rules that they are designed to outlaw the octopus. I fail to see why the "one signal at a time" rule wasn't go
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00330.html (8,522 bytes)

13. [CQ-Contest] NAQP-a different view (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (Wayne E. Wright)
Date: Wed Jan 21 02:47:22 1998
If "two radios" is a separate class, then what class am I if I run one transceiver and one receiver (remember those boxes that came with with no mic or key jack?). Clearly I'm in one radio category?
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00481.html (7,612 bytes)

14. [CQ-Contest] Simple definitions (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (Wayne E. Wright)
Date: Fri Feb 27 10:46:10 1998
<< Single Op: One radio..... period. Single Op-Two radios: One op, two radios. Multi Op-Single Radio: As many operators as you want, one radio...period. Multi Op-Two radios: As many operators as you
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-02/msg00317.html (8,310 bytes)

15. [CQ-Contest] Frequency theft (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Wed Mar 11 13:10:47 1998
You're Micheal Jordan playing baseball. You don't expect opposing pitchers to put nice fat strikes down the middle of the plate just because you're the greatest basketball player in the world? If you
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-03/msg00173.html (7,677 bytes)

16. [CQ-Contest] pot contest log correcting--redesign the contest (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Thu Jul 2 16:18:01 1998
One solution is to design the contest such that undetected cheating is impossible. Like what N6TR and company did with the internet sprint. Here is a contest that doesn't have the problem: 1. Part of
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-07/msg00016.html (8,921 bytes)

17. [CQ-Contest] Token to make log doctoring detectable (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Sun Jul 5 15:41:20 1998
I don't think its impractical to teach hams new concepts! How is it that everyone knows what it means when they hear "5NN" on the air? Answer: over the years everybody has run across it and now know
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-07/msg00062.html (7,835 bytes)

18. [CQ-Contest] pot contest log correcting--redesign the contest (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Thu Jul 2 16:18:01 1998
One solution is to design the contest such that undetected cheating is impossible. Like what N6TR and company did with the internet sprint. Here is a contest that doesn't have the problem: 1. Part of
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-07/msg00299.html (8,964 bytes)

19. [CQ-Contest] Token to make log doctoring detectable (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (W. Wright, W5XD)
Date: Sun Jul 5 15:41:20 1998
I don't think its impractical to teach hams new concepts! How is it that everyone knows what it means when they hear "5NN" on the air? Answer: over the years everybody has run across it and now know
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-07/msg00320.html (7,835 bytes)

20. [CQ-Contest] PCI Anything Cards ??? (score: 1)
Author: w5xd@alum.mit.edu (Wayne E. Wright)
Date: Wed Dec 3 04:22:30 1997
"all CONTEST software is written for SoundBlaster" -- not. There exists CONTEST software written to the Windows multi-media API so it runs on just about any sound hardware you might plug into a PC. I
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1997-12/msg00042.html (7,666 bytes)


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