"ZZZZPK " .es.it.net
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"knickebeinjammer" wrote:

: what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting detail


yes.... :-)


i'm trying to find it too...
but all i can find in my shack are radios and coax leading to aerials !!


Isn't that convienient! That just happens to be exactly what you need to
use IRLP!!!

"Martin, VK2UMJ" wrote in message
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"ZZZZPK " .es.it.net
wrote in message ...
"knickebeinjammer" wrote:

: what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting
detail


yes.... :-)


i'm trying to find it too...
but all i can find in my shack are radios and coax leading to aerials !!


Isn't that convienient! That just happens to be exactly what you need to
use IRLP!!!

Of course, you also need a kind Amateur who has a computer and a broadband
internet connection, and who has donated his/her own time, equipment and
knowledge to provide a service for the rest of us.

I have four computers in my shack/living room, one of which is connected to
the HF radio and is currently providing an SSTV repeater on 7033KHz.

Kate vk4xyl

ZZZPK wrote:
"Ashley VK3HAG" wrote:

: 1st International IRLP Contest 2005


next...

first international telephone contest.


competitors to ring up as many internation phone numbers as possible.
exchange greetings.


itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.

A lot harder on HF though isn't it?

QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ --

Micky

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Micky Taker wrote:

:
: itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.
:
: A lot harder on HF though isn't it?
:
: QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ --

yes...


by the way.... hows your poetry going ???



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shouldnt that be COUNTDOWN TO MULTI_BAND CB ?

"Micky Taker" wrote in message
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ZZZPK wrote:
"Ashley VK3HAG" wrote:

: 1st International IRLP Contest 2005


next...

first international telephone contest.


competitors to ring up as many internation phone numbers as possible.
exchange greetings.


itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.

A lot harder on HF though isn't it?

QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ --

Micky

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Damn right it is a LOT HARDER on HF.

Dan/W4NTI

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote:

: Damn right it is a LOT HARDER on HF.
:
: Dan/W4NTI


ah Dan...

please dont mention words like HARDER on this newsgroup.

It might scare people into thinking that some sort of effort is required.

"ZZZZPK " .es.it.net
wrote in message ...
"Dan/W4NTI" wrote:

: Damn right it is a LOT HARDER on HF.
:
: Dan/W4NTI


ah Dan...

please dont mention words like HARDER on this newsgroup.

It might scare people into thinking that some sort of effort is required.


Hi Hi...thats a good one....Oh well...back to the CQ WPX Phone fray. Condx
not so hot, ten and 15 good to South America. 20 ain't picked up yet.

Dan/W4NTI

Dan/W4NTI wrote:


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Damn right it is a LOT HARDER on HF.


Nah I can talk to the people I talk to on HF just as easy as I talk to them
on VHF :-)


G-S VK3DMN

"Micky Taker" wrote in message
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ZZZPK wrote:
"Ashley VK3HAG" wrote:

: 1st International IRLP Contest 2005


next...

first international telephone contest.


competitors to ring up as many internation phone numbers as possible.
exchange greetings.


itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.

A lot harder on HF though isn't it?

Of course it's harder on HF, but given I don't yet own any HF gear, except
the 27MHz CB, I can only make contacts using 2/70cm amateur band. Without
IRLP I would have only made contacts woth VK3, VK7 and maybe VK5, with IRLP
I've worked VE, ZL, K, JA, YI, and I look forward to working them on HF in
the future.

Of course, making a DX Contact on CB 35 LSB would be harder than making an
IRLP contact, but as IRLP is the only method I have of accessing hams
outside VK on the air, then I will use it.

Or I could try making contacts with hams via HF, using CB..wonder how many
hams I'll find there?

QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ --

Micky

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