Made a quick stop by the PO box on the way to work this morning and found
the latest issue of QST.
Front cover photo of a 40 Meter shielded loop receiver/antenna; and
inside, a feature article on how to build it.
Contest related items: Results - 97 ARRL International DX Phone Contest;
Sporadic E - A Mystery Solved, Part 1; TiCK - The Tiny CMOS Keyer 2;
How's DX - Now! (more on the NCDXF/IARU beacon system and a PC based
tracking program); Rugged Coil Forms and Weatherproof Enclosures
(building your own); An Average Op's Guide to Contesting Fun; Product
Review - Yaesu FT-920; Hints & Kinks - An Extension Ladder Support for
Antennas; Digital Dimension - Improved CW Reception Using "Stereo" (re
K6STI's DSP Blaster V2); and Rules - 97 ARRL November Sweepstakes.
Other interesting items: The 40M SLR - a Shielded-Loop Receiver; MFJ - A
Silver Anniversary Success Story; Catch A Falling Star (meteor-scatter
communication); Jamboree on the Air - JOTA 97 (dates are Oct 18 & 19); A
Portable Ground Plane for Mobile Antennas (looks like a much cheaper
version of that Alpha Delta Outpost Tripod/Outbacker Outreach Antenna
seen in ads earlier this year); Product Review - Drake SW1 and Radio
Shack DX-394 receivers; and more.....
Ads: Icom's ad for the IC756 says "New Even Lower Price"; Cushcraft's
new Big Thunder X7 and X9 antennas; Alinco's new slim mini-HTs (2.2 x 3.7
x .41 inches!) (just the thing for walking down the beverages or checking
out the rotor during your next multi-op); full page spread on the Kachina
505DSP PC transceiver; new inside picture of the Alpha 87A; and more
.....
Remember, only 36 more shopping days till CQ WWDXC SSB!
73 and good reading,
Henry Pollock - WB4HFL
Raleigh, NC
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