Interestingly enough, WRL was also one of ChatGPT's suggestions. So per W3WN we should probably disregard it. Dave AB7E WRL has on-line contest logging that will work with literally anything that c
Funny you should say that. About a month ago I decided to see how many zones and countries I could work on FT8, just for kicks. I hit a hundred countries and 39 zones in less than two weeks, and zo
Why?? A suspended wire vertical would be a lot smaller than 1/8 inch and would work just fine. Dave AB7E I cannot imagine making a 40m vertical or any other HF vertical or half wavelength element
I think in some cases that has been the only way that the authorities would give permission for operating on otherwise severely restricted nature preserves ... minimal possible human footprint. Dave
Nobody will ever change Paul's stance on this subject that he expresses at every possible opportunity. Lots of folks have tried for years to do so. Dave AB7E On 1/7/2026 10:30 AM, Ron Koenig wrote
I agree with most of that, but the problem with Paul is that he never just expresses an opinion ... he ALWAYS puts forth everything on this subject as an absolute statement of hard fact, and he does
"hard facts" For the record I used to debate you for years on this subject, both here and in private discourse, and in spite of your comment below it was at great length and with honest effort to be
I wax and wane on how much I like (or don't like) FT8, but other than the obvious SNR benefits for both sides, FT8 can offer two other advantages for a DXpedition: 1. From the caller side, as long a
Paul publicly asked for a response from me to that link. I responded privately, but since you bring it up again below is the full text of what I replied to him: And with that, I'm going to abide by