Another good day at the PO box this morning; a fishing magazine and the
latest CQ. First time in a long while that CQ beat QST to Raleigh.
Front cover photo of KB4HU in his neat shack. NO additional details
inside! (all it would take is a short phone call to gather some info)
Contest related items: Results 96 CQWWDX CW Contest; 40 Meter
Double-Extended-Zepp Antenna Shows Its Versatility (everyone else refers
to this as the extended-double-Zepp, or EDZ); CQ WWDX All-Time Phone and
CW Records (separate World and USA listings); Doug's Desk - Remote
Antenna Switching Made Easy; Contest Calendar - CQ 97 Contest Survey,
Measuring Contest Ethics (OK everyone, let's get those surveys in to
John, and answer those questions honestly!); and Propagation - DX Contest
Special.
Other interesting items: Review of Kantronics KAM Plus Dual-Port
Terminal Node Controller; Pizza, Brownies, and QRP; VHF Plus - EME;
Wasington Readout - Vanity Station Callsigns (answers to your questions);
and more.....
Ads: Cushcraft has pictures and specs for their new "Big Thunder" X8 and
X9 antennas on the inside-front-cover page (kinda looks like a TH-11);
Surplus Sales of Nebraska's ad says "Catalog 8 is here!!" (well, I
haven't received mine yet!!!!); and those Zeit radio-controlled clocks
are getting cheaper, now $79.95 (down from $149.95 back in March).
Remember, only 38 more shopping days till the CQ WWDX SSB Contest.
73 and good reading,
Henry Pollock - WB4HFL
Raleigh, NC (home of the new NHL Carolina Hurricanes, won 1st game!!)
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