Very red faced here! Sorry for error. It was, of course, Saturday. Unfortunately I didn't realize my faux pas until the bands sounded awfully quiet at 8 a.m. Sunday! I'm afraid I'll be buying lots of
Tim and others, I believe your interpretation is right on the money and I'm glad this came up. As a CAC member, I believe that this is an item that slipped through the cracks. I don't recall any disc
I find about 10% loss--some bands a bit less. I understand one direction is sometimes less than the other, but have not tried to switch cables around. They are VERY effective, but there is this loss.
<< We have done a similar analysis on the 6Y4A, 6Y2A, 4M7X logs (which were all M/M events, generating around 16-18,000 QSOs each CQ WW CW). Kenny, Interesting comments. I'm curious how many 6 bander
I am of the opinion that many who participate in this great reflector do so because they like to write not contest! If you're serious about amateur radio, how can you not support the ARRL? If you're
<< Second, remember that several updates/changes were made to the NAQP Rules effective with the 2000 contests. MOST IMPORTANTLY, the maximum transmitter power level has been reduced to 100 Watts and
<< Tennessee is not unique with this limitation. How about you other states out there that comprise a whole section, but the 175 mile circle catches only a handful of active contesters?? OK MI OH KY
In response to W2CE's comments Bob, I'm really sorry to see you go as I (we) all appreciate the many part timers that make the contests successful. If you read all the postings on this, however, you
Dan, I believe you will have problems with the 2nd receiver! My experience with antennas on the same tower (in my case) is that you will need band pass filters on both radios. I believe it is the pri
Aw, Dave, many of these can really be interesting and fun! I think more and more state groups are getting serious about making these work, by diligently working on getting most of their counties on t
<< That's not the point of SOA in SS. The point is for all the small-medium pistols who want to get a Clean Sweep, and the mug, broom, t-shirt, or whatever goes with it, and who also want to be hones
<< That's not the point of SOA in SS. The point is for all the small-medium pistols who want to get a Clean Sweep, and the mug, broom, t-shirt, or whatever goes with it, and who also want to be hones
Really sad to hear about our old friend, Dale Jones. Gator was correct, Dale's call in CA was W6GEN--that's the time I got to know him. He was there working for General Dynamics as an RF Design engin
John, I very much enjoyed (and appreciated) your comments on this issue. Let me add another little hooker! I have two C3 in a phased stack--both rotatable individually--at 53 and 110'. Because of guy
Although there have been several good responses to AA8U's inquiry about this, I haven't seen anything about sidemounting AND ROTATING TH7's in a stack. I had good luck with a pair of TH7's on Rohn 55
Lots of interesting threads on this--everyone's situation unique! I have 110' Rohn 55 in a fairly tight location--two guy points only 53' from the tower. I needed to clear a garage and (obviously) mo
While paging through an "E & B Marine" catalogue, I happened upon the now famous "Loose Tension Guage" for $39.99 plus shipping. The part number for the 3/16" to 9/32" one which we've all been talkin
Decided to try this for 160 this season, but have a few questions for anyone who might have tried one. Picked up some neat "hollow" wire with kevlar liner at Dayton--very light, but #14 size. Have th
Jon, Several years ago Mike, N0BSH and I did, as you say, a multi/single op / single band CQWW from W0AIH. Mike did 10 and I did 15. The contest folks said no! Mike's score was in the top 3 or so, mi