Unfortunately, George doesn't seem to make a 1000 Hz wide filter for the 8.83 MHz IF in TS930/940/950 series rig. The 950 has filter bank selection switches for the 8.83 MHz and 455 KHz IFs on the fr
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You hit the nail on the head, Jon. Towers weren't ugly when everyone needed them to get TV reception. Now that this is no longer necessary, they are considered eyesores by the urban lemmings who have
The really annoying thing I found this weekend were the stations who were only identifying every 5 or 10 minutes because they had a steady diet of packet assisted stations feeding their pileups who k
Well, Nat, he has everytime I've heard him, but of course since he was signing his call everytime when I heard him, I didn't have to listen to him very long before I knew who he was and could work hi
I would expect that the lower loss cable would be better, Dink. What does George's data show? I don't have his book. N6VI made some stubs for W6UE's SO2R setup from LMR-400. They work very well, but
Stubs actually alternately create an open circuit (at the operating frequency) and a short circuit (at the harmonic) via reflection. They don't actually absorb the harmonic. In the absurd limit as th
One of the guys I work with who is a ham used to work on Kwaj. He has a picture in his office of the 3 element 40 mounted on a telephone pole only a stones throw from the water line. BTW, this remind
Well said, Mike. Go read some of the general ham radio forums sometime. Contesting doesn't always have such a stellar reputation among the general ham population. Anything we can do to improve relati
What we really ought to do is go to a grid square based format like the Stew Perry Contest. Keep the multiplier structure the same (the software can figure out the DXCC country and CQ zone from the c
Sixty miles doesn't produce any tangible geographical advantage on 160 meters, so I don't see it as a problem. If on the other hand, somebody had a remote receiver 1000 miles from his home QTH, then
Mal, How do you know that the people posting the spots are planning to enter the Stew Perry contest? In any given contest, there are people who are just handing out QSO who don't plan to send in a sc
Thank you very much for your opinion Mike. You have hi-lited the problem very well. The rule of the land today is anyone can break/bend any rule as long as a justification can be dreamed up. You are
The unusual thing about radio contesting is that you can participate in a radio contest without actually entering it. I am trying to think of a good sports analogy, but I can't think of any, Yuri. Pe
Just for the record, when I made my comments earlier about non-entrants doing whatever they wanted in a contest, I was referring to activities which could not be construed as disruptive to the rest o
Randy, Here is what I think should happen: 1). You contact the ARRL contest desk and report your allegations. 2). The ARRL contest desk opens an inquiry into the allegations. 3). The ARRL sends a let
Personally I am happy to see that there are some young contesters out there who are enthusiastic about the hobby and that some of the old timers are encouraging this by lending them their stations an
Whoa, slow down Ken. I have several good friends of mine who are considered the 'crème de la crème of the contesting community. I have watched them operate, worked them, and in several
Very sorry to hear that, Vlad. I wonder if these 55 or so bad QSOs were the result of some operators with overactive imaginations (I think VU2BGS was coming back to me with a report so I will put him
For once I agree with you, Mal. Using the justification in one of the previous emails that contesters don't need to follow conventions because its not in part 97 is just plain STUPID!!! How the hell