Author: "James R. Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 21:42:24 -0700
Sean - You won't fit an 80/40 inverted vee if the ends are only 35 feet apart. If you have an included angle of 90 degrees, about the lowest you want to go, you will be able to have 24.5 feet per leg
Author: "James R. Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:23:52 -0700
Sean - This may help. For a 90 degree included angle, that is the angle of the two legs connected to the feedpoin, the inverted vee will have these dimensions: /[\ C / [ \ C / [ h\ / A [ \ Pardon the
Author: "James R. Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:46:26 -0600
Kirk - Good question. I keep my station notebook in my logbook. Whenever I change anyting I note it in the log. I note the construction, tuning, and performance details of any new antenna. This inclu
Author: "James R. Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:54 -0700
Bob - When A has confirmed with B, I move up a kHz or so and call CQ, hoping that station B is search and pouncing up, will hear the CQ and reply. This works more often than you would think, but it i
Author: "James R. Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:45:53 -0600
Bill - If you are at 173 East longitude, aren't you most likely the easternmost North American station ever in the NAQP, not the westernmost? -- James R. Duffey KK6MC/5 Cedar Crest NM 87008 DM65 ____
Author: "James R. Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:52:50 -0700
The rig here never went over 5 watts. 390 Qs and 68 multipliers. I would not mind someone continuouisly monitoring the power used here, nor would most QRPers. We are for real. Most hams in the contes
As a casual QRP contester, I ask no favors in a contest that you would not give any other station. Listen and try to work me, if I am weak, try to get the fills, and when you feel you have spent too
Igor - Thanks for you reply: "When I hear in the contest someone signing /QRP I first reply with his call without /QRP. If then he insists by repeating /QRP I give my call /QRO and insist on his repe
Mike - Thanks for your reply - "I suppose this discussion is all fine and good but how many of the "/QRP" sending types do you figure are reading postings on CQ-Contest?" There are probably more than
I am a casual contester and have been on and off since the Novice Roundup of 1966. So, there is a good place to start. Many of us made our debut into contesting as part of the old Novice Roundup. It
Trent - In your look for freeware CW Decoders, look at CocoaModem. It has an excellent CW decoder. Nowhere as good as a human with hours and hours of practice, but among the best in machine copy that
I wonder if this was the same op who lectured me with similar profanity in 1994 on using /5 in my exchange during the CW Sweepstakes contest? It was my first contest from this new QTH, and having be
The March QST arrived yesterday with the September VHF contest results. The entire contest results, including the individual line scores, are not up on the web yet. One of the rationales for disposin
Paul - I am calm. But I am also frustrated. It is a calm frustration. It seems to me that all contest entrants should be made aware of their score and where they stand with respect to other competito
Ed - Thanks for the reply. This would appear to be somewhat in conflict with the FAQ posted when the publishing of line scores on the Web instead of QST became formal policy: < http://www.arrl.org/co
Thanks Sean for posting the results. In my second rove, I had a big improvement in my score over the June contest, although I am still below the competitive stage. I need to work more at it. - Duffey
Tom and Steve (and anyone else out there who has an opinion) - Can you take some time to explain succinctly to someone who is relatively new to serious contesting why it is important to post promptly
"I also have personal first hand knowledge of 4 different guys who operated from locations other than where they submitted their log entry. Again my feeling then and now is SO WHAT. The reason for "S
Rick - You asked: -- Since the Koch technique has you learning at full-speed from the beginning, what's a reasonable speed to aim for? What's the range that you might see in a typical contest? The 22
Well, for one thing, it will satisfy my curiosity. For example, if I am sure that I worked you, and got a NIL from the log checkers for our QSO, I really want to know what is in your log when I thoug