When I sense the timing is not right - i.e. their response is a bit too late, or early, I purposely only send a partial call. If the station doesn't correct you, it's pretty certain he was calling s
I put together a long article and some photos of the 6Y0A 160m QRP effort. Go to: www.k2kw.com and click on the "6Y0A 160m QRP" link. Should this claimed world record hold, Team Vertical will hold al
Comments From 3830 Guys, If you really want to see some changes in the ARRL 160m Contest, please write N1ND and tell him so. Just this week I was corresponding with Dan about this very issue, and I d
Please read my original message again. There is nothing in there about changing the rules. Maybe this is clearer: DX entries are currently listed in the line items in the back. All I am proposing is
DX Holiday, "The Ultimate DXpedition Resource", has moved to a new server. DX Holiday is a site that lists QTHs around the world where people have operated on DXpeditions, and provides information on
The Northern California Contest Club is pleased to announce: **3rd Annual International DX Convention Contest Dinner** The dinner will take place on Friday, April 20, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. (cash bar open
The results and photos of the 6Y8A DXpedition University (DXU) trip can be seen at www.k2kw.com. DXU was the first of it's kind to offer a training ground for hams wanting to learn the art of DXpedit
HI Pete, 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). Basically what we found was on any given contest, b
John, In our logs, there is a fair amount of variability. For 6 banders to occur, conditions must be good on both 10m and 160m. When we first started looking at our logs in 1997 (6Y4A), 10m was not r
The Northern California Contest Club is pleased to announce: **3rd Annual International DX Convention Contest Dinner** The dinner will take place on Friday, April 20, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. (cash bar open
Guys, If you want to quote rules, you are missing the one that fundamentally applies here. Go to the end of the WPX rules under XV. DISQUALIFICATION (2nd para): "The use of non-amateur means such as
Time is short - make your reservation now!! == The Northern California Contest Club is pleased to announce: **3rd Annual International DX Convention Contest Dinner** The dinner will take place on Fri
Visalia Contest Banquet We're getting down to the wire. If you haven't made your dinner reservations by Wed, April 18th, you will probably miss out on the fun! Call our reservation hotline to sign up
This is your last chance to buy tickets! We have to sign a contract with the hotel Wednesday Morning guaranteeing the number of dinners. If you arrive on Friday asking to purchase a ticket, there is
A slot has opened up for the 6Y1A M/S operation in the WPX CW Contest from Jamaica. It would be nice to find another serious contester who is the "right fit" to our group, and could join us at the la
Marty, Many people use the Pelican 1650 case. But the foam that can be purchased from Pelican is NOT dense enough foam IMHO. We get a high-density custom foam insert made locally, which runs us anot
You can get shipping cases for just about anything... it all depends on the dimensions of the equipment. The internal dimensions of the Pelican 1650 case are 28 L x 18 W x 10.5 H (this is without fo
AA has gotten REALLY tight with excess baggage etc. I've never been successful with them in getting waivers. And these days it's hard to squirm your way around anything at the gates anymore... often
When looking at the WPX CW results, it appears that at this time of the cycle, the main activity on 80m is from Europe. In Europe, are there specific times when people QSY to 80m and work each other?
I had originally planned on operating at N6BT's QTH, but when Tom put up the 6m antenna, he discovered constant S9 line noise, which pretty much took care of any hopes of operating at his place. I wa