~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As I interpret it, single ops who use spotting assistance must enter under the MO class. 73, Bill W6WRT _____________________________________________
From the ARRL's Contest Rate Sheet: West Mountain Radio (http://www.westmountainradio.com) has a new rig control product, the "RIGtalk USB Rig Control Interface." New laptops and PCs often don't have
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This has been beat nearly to death, but I see it's still twitching. The essence is "If another ham else is feeding you spots, how can that possibly b
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But you will have to purchase your own wall covering! :-( 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@conte
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have one of these pieces of junk. If you need to generate spurs all over the HF spectrum this will do the job. An excellent dust collector, however
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Destroying" years of records is the least of my worries. I compete against who's playing now, not someone from long ago. Contests have always been u
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beaten, but far from dead. Nobody is against SO2R, only against combining SO2R and SO1R scores together. 2R is a huge advantage comparable to going f
I agree with all you say, but you still don't explain why 1R and 2R scores should be classed together. That's my only issue. I'm all in favor of 2R (or more) operation, just not together with 1R. 73,
For what it's worth, I think the ARRL *should* repeat the pages in every set of rules. Having to jump back and forth is silly and worse, confusing. What is their purpose? Saving electrons? If they wa
You are likely right, but I wonder why the resistance to change? The only reason I can think of is not very complimentary to the 2R ops. 73, Bill W6WRT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok, here is a set of rules which would do the job: ONE RADIO CLASS: 1. One transmitted signal at a time. 2. When the TX
Yes. If you can copy two signals on two different "channels", you should enter as 2R. I hate to use the word "channels" with amateur radio, but it fits. A RTTY channel is no more than 300 Hz wide. So
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may be right about #3 not being workable and it may not really be necessary anyway. The important thing is in your last sentenc
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have found that MMTTY is rather sensitive as to the nature of the com ports used. When I upgraded to an XP machine I continued to
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I see your priorities are in order. Carry on! :-) 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some things to try: 1. Change the monitor refresh rate. This won't stop the radiation but it may move it to a frequency that does n
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Try 20 meters between 14080-14090, especially between your local sunrise and local noon. 40 and 80 are not too busy during non-cont
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Easy. Right click on the file. A menu will appear with one choice being "install". Left click on "install". Enjoy. 73, Bill W6WRT _
If anyone needs to add one or more com ports, here is a single-port PCI card for just $9.99 including free shipping in the USA: http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/productdetails.asp?submit=&item=15-124-01