I need an email address for the Northern California Contest Club or a good contact person/address. 73, Bill WD0GVY I would like to nominate Doctor Bafoofnik to be the moderator. I think he would be o
OK I'll bite, whats the part number you give for....a mic sock wind screen? TIP of the day .....a couple of years ago I had a M/M effort going and my dog decided to play with a skunk. She came runnin
I hope your Holiday season is going along nicely. In reference to my awkward mail address, I have been working on getting a much shorter address. jay@dunestar.com Should be online this week. Sorry fo
Hello Guys, I have a question about the WPX contest. My call is WG7X and with this call, I always thought that I would be a popular fellow in the various WPX contests. This has not been the case, eve
Author: k4bai@worldnet.att.net (John T. Laney, III)
Date: Tue Apr 9 23:21:02 2002
Hello all: After receiving a large number of requests for SWL confirmations for alleged QSOs between myself or others that I handle cards for, all QSOs being with K3WWP, I have confirmed with John, K
Well, with one computer set to local time, another computer on Linux, a third computer with the wrong date, everyone trying to run CT in windoz, a triband yagi with defective traps, a generator that
A couple of years ago I made 2nd harmonic coaxial shorting stubs for a DXpedition using a noise bridge and what I think is conventional procedures. We thought they worked great but when I actually ha
Great report Dick. I am of the same opinion, the only way to compare antennas is to be able to switch between them. At one time I had a Hygain antenna that consisted of two linearly loaded elements o
Author: k4bai@worldnet.att.net (John T. Laney, III)
Date: Sat Jul 20 09:54:34 2002
This is an interesting question and deserves an answer. I doubt that there are any zero point QSOs intended for the contest. If /MM contacts were not permitted, it would be impossible to work some of
Author: k4bai@worldnet.att.net (John T. Laney, III)
Date: Sat Jul 20 11:53:48 2002
Hello all: To borrow from K4OJ, just three hours until the annual Georgia QSO Party kicks off. It appears we will have 8 to 10 mobiles out running our 159 counties as well as other fixed and portable
on Kelly, I think that the 940 was the last truly competitive radio from Kenwood. I don't know what happened, but the folks at Kenwood have not been keeping up. There has to have been some sort of de
Re: Proposed Q signal QNQ for please do not QSL. Please try to pick another signal since QNQ already has a very well known and defined meaning used daily on CW traffic nets. Also, it would be helpful
Hi Rex and others: I asked this same question before the contest of the sponsors and they do not accept logs via e-mail. They want you to use their summary sheet (which you can download from their we
John: I am pretty sure you are wrong about 28100 and above. You are absolutely correct about the 200 watt power limit in the old Novice band of 21100 and above. 73, John, K4BAI.
On 15 meters, Ed, you would have more of your SSB signal out of the band on LSB than when you are on the usual mode of USB. What you have to really watch on 15 meters (and 20, too) is the upper limit
Author: Larry Makoski W2LJ <Makos327@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:22:50 -0400
This coming weekend will be the August version of the Flying Pigs QRP Club International's monthly Run For The Bacon. The Sprint will be held Sunday evening from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT or for those
Thanks to the efforts of Georgia QSO Party Chairman, NE4S, the results of the 2005 Georgia QSO Party held April 9-10, 2005, are now available on the GQP website: http://gqp.contesting.com/. Plaques w
Author: Larry Makoski W2LJ <Makos327@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:41:44 -0400
Please keep in mind that next Wednesday night, 9/21 (9/22 UTC) will be the next NAQCC 80/40 Meter Sprint. This time the special category is to welcome newcomers to CW contesting. The top score submit
Author: Larry Makoski W2LJ <Makos327@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:41:02 -0400
Fellow Hams, This Sunday night, the Flying Pigs ARC will be holding the September Run For The Bacon. This is a two hour QRP Sprint. Here are the particulars: When: Sunday night 9/18/05 from 9:00 to 1
In every multi-op contest that I have done at W8JI and W4AN in recent years, we had lock-out systems to prevent "extra" stations from transmitting at the same time. At the M/M station, NQ4I, we have