The boys at J7A will run a five hour contest simulation starting at 0000Z, 2/20 (Thursday night in the States). The will operate in Multi-2 configuration, starting on 15M and working their way down t
"It's best just to say it was totally unexpected and had nothing to do with amateur radio. Dana does not wish any more than that said right now." Tom, K5RC -- The world's top contesters battle it ou
Bill's obituary and guest book can be accessed at: http://obit.trimblefuneralhomes.com/obit_display.cgi?id=118234 Tom K5RC -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of
Life moves on. Tomorrow I will turn over duties as Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to a great friend and colleague, Lt. Gen. Jeff O
W7RN (K5RC) 656 x 69 in 7 Hours. Storey County What a set of interesting contradictions. All contacts were made on 20m, but only 25 on CW. All states but ND and WV called in. All VE provinces except
Please, I am just forwarding news posted in the ARRL Letter because Scott is one of the finest members of the amateur radio and contesting community I have ever known. Let's not start another politic
- Making skeds before the contest. - Sending emails 'reminding' people to work me in the contest. - Warming up a frequency 30 mins before the contest. (I will get on and tune around a bit and work so
Many years ago I wrote a futuristic article for NCJ that predicted that all logs would be fed to a central data base in real time. The participants would receive, in real time, a global map showing t
seeing _________________________________________________________ IMHO, packet is not unfair, it is just undesirable. We are getting farther away from being radio operators and closer to being technog
/QRP is to get you to log them that way. It will never happen at my station. /QRP is not recognized by the FCC as a legitimate portable designator. It makes no more sense to me than signing /QRO. If
As one of the "fathers" of the NAQP (a manifestation of K5LZO, K7BV, K8CC and me to replace the ARRL CD Parties), I am incredibly pleased at the level of activity we achieved last weekend. It has met
I have had a 40 meter beam since the seventies and felt like I wouldn't be competitive without it. My 40M beam is broken (again) so I used my full-size 160M Delta Loop on 40 in both modes of NAQP. I
I was wondering if there is strong sentiment for adding one more tally box to contest results "Single Op at Home Station?" Notice I said nothing about different categories, just a top ten of those wh
Wow, great responses! I got the blood pumping to help you guys through the cold winter nights. About 85% of the responses were supportive. Of course, there is no one answer that accounts for all the
To throw a fly in the ointment, sometimes breaking with conventional wisdom has its advantages. Although W7TTT breaks all the rules, It is REMEMBERED and that has proven to be more important than swi
Worse conditions is an understatement. Most of the time I needed an Ouija board to hear the mobiles. 20M CW was often covered with the broadband "radar" noise or pure white noise. What is that about?
Absolutely a pain in Nevada. It drove me nuts during the Florida QSO Party. Aside from the "buzz", there were periods of white noise that covered big parts of the CW band. With the FQP mobiles so wea
Conversely: 1. Life is too short for QRP 2. If you use QRP, you become accustomed to disappointment 3. "/QRP" is not a legal portable designator and will never appear in my log or on a QSL card from