Not if you used it. Not any more than using a Cushcraft MA5B would. No. It's not Tribander-Wires, it is Tribander and Single Element Antennas. If you actually had a Rhombic to use on 40, 80 and 160m,
Yes. It would. The antenna has one element (heck, it has one wire), and you are foregoing the tribander entirely. TS with no T. The rules say nothing about the gain of the antenna. Only the number of
It occurs to me the easiest way around the dilemma of 1D stations not being able to work other 1D stations for points is to never operate 1D. Find a way to use emergency power for your rig and operat
I totally agree with you Zack. Field Day is the most fun out in the field, whether you are sweating in a parking lot under a tent being bitten my mosquitos or in your RV with air conditioning. Howeve
The very same reason I do it on CW and RTTY -- it's fun! Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man eve
As a some-time operator at NQ4I over the last 10 or 12 years, I can understand half of this. At a M/M, if a band is open, you've got at least one or two operators on the band. One will be running, th
As a little pistol, I don't have many moments where I'm running and I see a sudden increase in rate. So, I remember them. After the contest, I often put my call into DXSummit or DXWatch and see if I
I think if you model CQ respondents as a very simple stochastic process, where the arrival of a respondent is a random function of some probability p (basically, a Poisson process), you will find it
When I've operated at the NQ4I M/M, we always took the position that we were getting a lot from the DX cluster, so we ought to be giving back as well. I typically ran on "mult" position instead of a
It's not you. The situation is already beyond frustrating. On phone I generally go ahead and work them and then ask for their call. Sure, that takes more time, but it's a false economy for most stati
[ Description of station calling CQ TEST deleted ] Thank you for bringing to the attention of the contesting community the existence of contest operation interfering with ongoing emergency communicat
I didn't get that at all from this fellow. And he wasn't just some net operator grousing about interference on a contest weekend. He had bona fide emergency traffic on frequency. Who knows. It may ha
It's not unusual for me to run into situations in a contest where I note something that needs to be fixed. Like in NAQP where I obviously logged someone's name incorrectly on another band, or have so
Thought question: Suppose you did keep a log during the contest, but also made the aforementioned recording. (Tape is so antiquated, my friend, we'd do things digitally these days) Would it be OK to
Catching up no one mentioned Peter Gabriels On the Air ? Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man eve
I dont do this, but during SS Phone 2015, I noticed that a LOT of people were doing this. I put it down to peoples innate politeness. No big deal, but it does slow things down. Bill Coleman, AA4LR,
I won the SouthEast Division of SS Phone Low Power back in 1989 from Georgia. Yes, that was the year that hurricane Hugo passed through, so didnt have to worry about any pesky PR or VI stations. Bil
Sa Bo Ree. Japanese syllables dont end in consonants, except n. The things you learn watching hundreds of hours of Japanese anime. Whats funny is that the Chinese, Korean and Japanese clearly share
Does this mean these stations will be idle during these contests? Or are you and Frank going to put on some great single-operator efforts? Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Web: http:
Thats the important thing. Stay safe, and have fun! Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly