Give him a break. He just got married and started a new job. Tom, K5RC -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --
I asked ARRL if there was a way those of us who cannot participate in direct communications can support the effort. -- You can mail a contribution to ARRL designated for Ham Aid, a program that will
Due to changing priorities of health and work, we are starting a 9 month program to downsize and sell our 10 acre mountain-top QTH, hopefully to another ham. The 6-tower winning contest station will
The 7th Call Area QSO Party has officially been launched and will have its first running on May 6-7, 2006. We have a full compliment of enthusiastic state coordinators who expect it to become a premi
I just received an invitation from The Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno. They have designated the weekend of November 19 "Super Sweepstakes Weekend." In their promotion they are giving away $40,000 in
There were many similar complaints over SS CW Weekend on the PacketCluster about SS going all the way to 7001. Haven't the whiners ever heard of 30M and 17M? They are great bands and free of contesti
First thing you got to do is get into the menu and make sure the EDSP TX Audio is OFF (Menu 4-4). Then you can spend hours playing with the 7-7 Menu trying to get the audio to sound to your liking. T
While not exciting, our Club Call, W7 Radio Nevada, is the most effectively elegant phone call sign I have ever used. My all-time favorite, however, is W9 Ragtime Cowboy Joe, closely followed by N6 H
That call used to be very active in contesting, but I haven't heard it for several years. Anyone know what happened? Zim (K4FU) is still active most days around 14.025. Unfortunately, his 84 years an
I hope we were just having some fun with the clever phonetics and some of you did not take it as a mandate for competitive contest work. The only time cute phonetics have any advantage might be rag-c
Discuss your personal preferences with George at Inrad. He'll tell you the exact configuration you need. Tom Taormina, K5RC Virginia City, Nevada Home of W7RN & K7RC Contesting from the Comstock _www
Today I received one of my QSL cards returned via the Incoming ARRL Bureau. The card was stamped "Silent Key." I sent it in 1981 in response to a QSL from the 1980 Ten meter contest. I'm just curious
Just added up the QSO's from K5RC-K7RC-W7RN both modes of SS and we had 4,938. This was down from 5,790 last year, a 15% reduction. Sorry, gang. BTW, including SS, CQWW and ARRL 160, the station has
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I thought interlocks (octopus) were outlawed after K5LZO and I used them in the 60's? Tom Taormina, K5RC Contesting from the Comstock W7RN - K7RC _www.consultpr.com_ (http://www.consultpr.com/) _____
For years I have been threatening to have new clamp sets machined to replace the horrible pot-metal clamps supplied by Create. The winter has just begun and my lop-sided (very eccentric wind load) C3
Let's start the year out with some real controversy, stimulated by the thread that is just now dying down about QRP. Let me start out with a disclaimer. I know some really fine ops who engage in QRP
Part of the Visalia experience is flying into SFO or LAX and hooking up with one of your contest buds and sharing the ride and the fellowship. I did it for years when I lived in Texas. The trip can b
C'mon guys. There are station owners and there are guest ops for a reason. I like building stations much more than I like operating 48 hour contests. I've been doing it for 30 years and will continue