I had two instances of one-way propagation during SS. While running on 20, I kept hearing K5RC putting out his call sign right on my frequency, but he never made a QSO, and never replied to my severa
I have a extra two-bed room on the Concierge floor of the downtown Doubletree Hotel (easy walk to Crowne Plaza) Thu-Sat that is available. Barry, W5GN Merrill Consultants Dallas, TEXAS www.mxg.com 21
In about 1985 both (or maybe all three?) manufacturers of plastic blank trifocal lens had a maximum intermediate lens height of 7mm, which meant I could see about half vertical my 14-inch monitor. Wi
I'm not against a low power Multi-Single category, but I don't think that's going to increase the number of stations to talk to, and that's what the Run stations need - new blood to talk to. We need
I set off neighbors Fire Alarm during ARRL SSB (three times, they kept a log, and let me know after the contest - how about that for neighbors!) but CT did not keep my TX frequency nor does it let me
I have occasional RF interference into my computer, especially 10 meters, high power, high SWR caused by a big jump in frequency without retuning the Matchbox. I would have selected the station from
With regard to phonetics, use what works. Never use SPAIN (it's spelled Espagne, and you'll get logged as ECHO). And for non-native-English speakers, the use of phonetics familiar to them always outp
I just got a really well done reproduction of the 1926 ARRL "The Radio Amateur's Handbook", subtitled "A Manual of Amateur Short-Wave Radiotelegraphic Communication", that certainly went beyond its s
If I could have had an east coast receiver last night, I could have given out at least another dozen 80 meter, 3-point QSOs to OK/OM stations in their contest; they can hear my KW and sloper, but the
Unfortunately, I'm going to have to miss my first Dayton in decades, to get our home ready for the surprise 25th Wedding Anniversary party Memorial Day weekend that my sister has sprung on us. I have
K8AJS has pointed out that my analysis is incorrect, but only for stations that had no phone QSOs. Those stations, which can be identified because their QSOtotal and QSOcw values are the same (and ar
Very interesting analysis, Jose, and fairly persuasive. But I wonder if you can tell how much of that 40 meter period was S&P vs Run for the two stations? Was one spending most of their time trying t
Slightly off topic, but here in Ireland, I've just recently heard references to "the seventies, eighties, nineties, and the NAUGHTIES" for this decade. 73 Barry EI/W5GN ______________________________
Having had reasonable success with the Diamond CP-6 Ground Plane antenna, which I used in IOTA and CQ WW SSB, and having noted that antenna in my 3830 postings and comments, I now have a different op
Now that I've finally got the long wires on 160/80 up and working, and the BigIr playing well on 40 (even back to the states at 3pm EST), all of a sudden, my Icom 756 PRO III died; it was in receive
Jim, MM0BQI hit the nail on the head; it was the external connection that had failed, and all is well in radioland. Barry, EI/W5GN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l
I saw the goodness of SGP when operating WPX SSB last year as EI/W5GN with lousy antenna and low power, and the challenge to the European operators for whom English was a second language, struggling
Wouldn't you rather for me to just call you ten times in a row, with each of my and my friends callsigns, give you 10 QSOs, and then repeat for the next guy that can hear me? Isn't that a lot more ef
Even with ICOM mods, my 775DSP had significant key clicks that never occur with my 756PRO II or IIIs, so I only use it for SSB. Additionally, the 775 output power can put you in High Power. Barry, W5
Not even close to largest antenna; both NAA Cutler ME and NLK Jim Creek WA had (have?) miles of antennas for 14.7KHz for submarine communications. 73 Barry, W5GN ex K4CSY/MM Submerged _______________