My understanding is that SO2R goes into SOE just like it always has. SO2R has not been allowed in SOAB for as long as I can remember. I didn't see anything in the PR that changed that. Let's relax an
So, Bill said auto stations have never "bothered" him. I suspect like the rest of us he has experienced numerous occurrences of auto stations appearing on his current QRG, but he has never let that b
hey Diddlers - The countdown to the RTTY Roundup next month begins now, and a private email I received today prompts this email. I am the QST article writer for the Roundup and as such am always look
Now that's the spirit! ;) 73 jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff@gmail.com Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/twistedoak _______________________________
Two good points, thanks! - jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff@gmail.com Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/twistedoak _________________________________
BARTG is in the process of revamping the rules. I had an offline chat with Simone about the new power rules and unless I misunderstood, only HP stations get elevated to SOE from now on. Also, the ele
With all of the practice sessions we now have before contests, this seems like perfectly normal and expected behavior. ;) 73 jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff@gmail.com Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://w
Please share this post with your local contest club. The RTTY Roundup is a week and a half away, on January 7-8, 2017. Everything you need to know is right here: http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup I wr
hi Shel - The question was directed to me, and in my position as a mere article writer, I answered with the knowledge I possessed (and that W0YK and K6UFO amongst others have drilled into me). But yo
Ed may be traveling. I will dredge up last year's schedule and edit and post. 73 jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff@gmail.com Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ Facebook ~ http://www.fac
(Plagiarized from Ed W0YK's post for 2016 - wk6i) 2200-2230 UTC, Friday, 6 January 0200-0230 UTC, Saturday, 7 January (Friday evening NA time) Same time and same drill as in recent years. This coming
If you have said it all on 3830 or in your log Soapbox, or here on this reflector, then I have your stories. But if you have cool photos or more to say, please send them to me at the address below. Q
Somewhere along the way, in the past few months, I picked up the impression that one of the contest loggers had this exchange "style" as a default, and that that is why we are seeing it more. I know
It sounds more like a training or a documentation error, because the folks doing this are doing it consistently. Either the tool is too easy to misuse or the "how-to" is not directing them to the cor
I've seen it. I have done it. He probably saw or heard you in there but a stronger station kept winning. Finally at some point he looked at his decoder windows and realized your call had printed, and
**This is NOT the Dayton Contest Dinner!** You may register here, everything is pretty much the same as last year: http://www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-contest.html Please plan to be here, I'm s
**This is NOT the Dayton Contest Dinner!** I will be cutting off advanced sales soon, please do not be disappointed. http://www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-contest.html Remember, there are no tick
I was reviewing the draft of the 2017 Roundup results and I realized I had never put out a call. The following major plaques do not have a sponsor: W/VE Single Op, Low Power W/VE Single Op, Low Power
What Ed W0YK said. But also... When I am running, I appreciate seeing my call in the received exchange, because 1) I know they are responding to me, and 2) it lets stations who can't hear me see that
Call me superstitious, but once I have everything playing well together before the start of a contest, I don't shut anything down until after the end (except maybe the monitors, by switching them off