Thanks to all who responded with great info. The consensus is that even with the variables, the duty cycle will not likely be over 50% at my regular contest speed of 30-35wpm. The reason for my quest
Greetings John & the group, The antenna in question is the PreciseRF HG3 QRO, an MLA loop, advertised at 1500W. When I dug into the actual specs, it's 50% duty cycle for CW at 800W, and 25% duty cycl
Hi Pete, I totally agree. Similar experience here with EU vs FOC ops. Also, when 10 was open, I got called by a few 10-10 ops in their QSO Party (I have a 1010 number but was working the EU test). Gr
Hi all, I need to order an 8 pin plug that mates with the female plug on the ICE419 Bandpass Filter set. I know these are old, but I'm hooking them up for FD. Thanks and 73, Darrell AB2E ____________
Hi Jim, Thanks for the info. Actually, not new but stored in a box from an old QTH so just thought I would make use of it for FD, 100W only. I found that regular 8 pin DINs do fit. I know they are no
Quite amazing really. Quote from Terminator: Judgment Day The Terminator: "The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defe
Hi John, Are you using N1MM+ ? I just setup the contest, and under Associated files if you download the new list created today it has all of the special WRTC callsigns. 73 Darrell AB2E Does anybody k
Hi Lee, At my old QTH 7yrs ago, I had a Sixpak hooked up using an A/B switch. For the secondary antenna on the Sixpak, probably the cheapest (and easy) solution is something like a Top Ten Devices A/
Hi all, Long post - hit delete key if not interested. The costs of production of any printed media has risen astronomically. I believe QST addressed its using lower-gloss/thinner paper (i.e. cheaper)
Hi Bud & everyone, I can't speak for any one time or frequency, as I didn't track it. At VP9I, twice on 15m in the afternoon, I had 2 stations, one no call sending a serial number and 599 , and anoth
Carol, You have to change bands either via N1MM when interfaced by clicking on the band you want, OR just the radio, press either Band down (the arrow facing down on the left side of the upper left b