i understand having a receiver that you have on in the background, that's not SO3R - that's just having a receiver making noise. SOXR means actively using the radios. Running on #1, S&P on #2, and ho
you missed April 1st by a few weeks. please tell me this was meant to be an April Fool's email that got delayed... what if i'm of Irish origin and now live in the States... do i add a bunch of Ameri
enough of the geo-politics, i am in the process of putting up a 50' tower and am looking for some advice. my plan is to put an A3 on top with wires for 40m and 80m. i enjoy SSB contesting and hope to
i just made the move from the 746PRO to the 756PROII. if i only had $1000 to spend, i would have gotten the 756PRO. i don't have many hours of contesting under my belt, but the 756PRO series is laid
i sort of got my license for the sole purpose of contesting. i went to a Field Day site and checked out the activity. one of the operators explained that it was a contest to work as many stations as
while working the MD QSO party yesterday, i was viciously attacked, both verbal abuse directed to me and any station i tried to work. i was on 7.239.5 for 3 hours calling CQ - at 1922z, at least 2 st
As a new ham, contesting is an interesting side of the hobby/service. I am currently only a Technician, but am working on upgrading to General in the next few weeks. I worked the SS as a guest op at
i received a tremendous response - thank you for your insights and comments. there is no doubt, i am hooked on contesting. i WILL have my General in time for the ARRL 10 meter contest coming up in ab
K3FT has a point regarding the measured pace of the QSO. for several hours i listened to the QSO's while logging and it was very obvious that to make the contact, the voice had to be even and measure
my contesting research is progressing (at the expense of CW study) and i have a few questions that might cause a holy war. what makes a good contest radio? - ssb and cw modes are the one's i'm intere
thanks for all the feedback on my questions. when asking about what makes a contest radio, i was looking more for features that make contesting easier, not that i was looking to replace the 746PRO. b
i look at the spotting clusters as a shortcut when S&P'ing. if i see a mult i might need, then sure, why not got for it. if it turns out to be incorrect, and i already worked the station, i should kn
woohoo - this saves me from having to do it all, now i can just feed you some of the info i have been gathering that this doesn't cover... -Steve Hanlon KB3KAQ When I started contesting about a year
i bought teh $6.00 headphones from Mouser 6 years ago. i still use them today and they feel good on my ears. i had the sony studio monitors, but broke the arm. i've gone thru numerous hi end headphon