No huh involved. You might be a *real* 5 by 9 but if he's got a 40 db over or more adjacent signal (and who doesn't?), you will probably need to repeat some info. Happens ALL the time. Those who can
Yes! The WRTC2000 will be held in beautiful Slovenia and sponsored by Tine, S50A, and all the contesting boys. Here's a tentative schedule from Tine: Wednesday, July 12th arrival to 4 P.M. picnic at
As someone who loses my power occasionally, my main criteria (criterion?) was price. I got a 2.25 kw Coleman at Home Depot for about three-hundred bucks. It's noisy but works FB. Regulation is by mec
Just a guess but it looks like the equivalent of the 10-minute rule without having to be on a band for 10 minutes. That is, with the 10-minute rule you could make 6 changes per hour. You can still ma
I understand that 60% of Windows users are still using Windows 3.x. Apparently many of the corporate users haven't taken the leap yet. Me included. Too many heartaches/headaches in going to a new ver
Sorry I missed it! For the biggest contesting event and party ever held, be sure to be in Slovenia for WRTC2000. It will be incredible. Start planning to be there. More details as they develop. 73, S
It was competition for editorial pages and a different editor (AA2Z used to do it). 73, Steve K7LXC -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-RE
First, an immutable law - costs go up. CQ's costs have increased (paper took some BIG jumps a couple of years ago) and they are still absorbing some of the increases. They've layed off half their st
Right. If you pick your own battle, you have a greater chance of success. I can't beat Tree, Trey, Ralph, etc. on HP SS but I can be competitive in LP SS. How true. Look what VE3BMV did with single b
Spoken like a true East Coaster. Whereas a funky dipole on 40 can work the whole East Coast, those of us on the Left Coast can only pray to work a few Q's on 40. This is particularly true on SSB wher
I think that they are over half now. I'd be really interested in the situation in Japan that has over a million hams with the vast majority in the codeless ranks and only a very small minority (10% o
The rules only reflect transmitted signals. I think a rx is not considered a "radio". Perhaps changing Gary's categories to "transmitters" would make it very clear. 73, Steve K7LXC -- CQ-Contest on W
Sounds like a good reason for upgrading and getting a shorter call. That's what ALL those other folks did. And please ALWAYS give your full call. It makes it easier for the station being called and s
This is a sales situation/challenge. What you don't talk about is the process (the steak, the equipment, etc.). What you DO talk about the SIZZLE! This is the fun! The challenge! The thrills! The WOW
I don't think you need to apologize. I wish more people had the gumption to do it. Let's call a spade a spade. And maybe it'll result in this particular problem going away now that EVERYONE knows abo
The reason given at the time was that the 30 hours was a dis-incentive for guys to go on contest DX-peditions because they spent all that time, money and effort for a 'short' contest operation. Givin
What would be the old meaning? Cheers, Steve K7LXC -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
takes cleaning Huh? They couldn't clean the drapes the OTHER 51 weeks during the year? Considerable change in the ceiling wiring? They'd done just that every other year in the past. With all due resp
Greetings, fellow contesters -- Here's a message I just received from our friends in Slovenia. Home page for WRTC-2000 has been loaded. All information about WRTC-2000 in Slovenia will be published o
After months of work, I'm proud to announce the availability of the N0AX and K7LXC publication, "HF Tribander Performance - Test Methods & Results". Seven different tribanders are put through their p