For those of you who are interested, I have published two more 'chapters' of my serialized story about my trip to VE1JF at http://www.k6if.com/ . Chapter 4 is all about the SO2R setup for the contest
If you want to hear how you sounded in VE1-land, drop me a note. I will email you an mpeg 3 (MP3) clip of your QSO with VC1R, and enough surrounding QSO's so you can judge how loud you were. Thanks t
I've published my 'immediately after the contest thoughts' chapter of the K6IF as VC1R @ VE1JF story on my web site. Also, because I was swamped with requests for MP3's, I've published my recording o
If you can use WriteLog, I strongly recommend the MK-1100 keyer that goes with it for SO2R control. Fully automated mic, PTT, keyer and headphone switching, with support for Latch Headphones. Availab
In a previous post, Barry said that This brought to mind a question that has been bugging me of late: what I perceive as an increased tendency to send only partial exchanges in contests. For example,
I vaguely recall a thread on this in the past, so my apologies if this is a repeat. I have recently isolated my rotor controller box as the source of a long standing "feedback" problem in my shack. W
At http://www.k6if.com/wpx03/time_index.html there are audio clips of last year's WPX SSB. There are several periods of fairly high rate. Listen for example to the file labeled 12:10, 9th down from t
This question is most apropos to those of us on the U.S. west coast I think, but I'm interested in opinions from all over. In WPX, for those of us in W6 land, stateside Q's are worth 1 point and DX Q
I assert that the best bargin in contesting amps in a clean used SB-220 with a Harbach fan. They run about $550, plus the fan. The problem is that with 100 watts driving it, an SB-220 with good tubes
In my continued search for cheap full output amps, it has become clear that Alpha 76 and 374 amps with 3 8874's are available for around $1150 or so in good shape. Does anyone have an opinion about t
Looks like I will be in London on the Sunday of WPX (next Sunday, the 26th), with nothing to do. I'd love to hear what a DX contest sounds like from the other side of the pond. If you know of a stati
Having gone through a similar process over the last couple of years, I have some strong feelings about this question. I assume that you are interested in contesting :-) Your number one issue is anten
Ok - so the goal here is to increase my competiveness for medium duty contest use. Primarily in domestic contests like Sweepstakes and the CQP. I am near S.F. in 6-land. My "main" antenna system will
Just got my SS phone log check back - thanks much to N6TR and N5KO! Interesting tidbit. Of the 7 exchanges I broke, 3 weren't actually errors - at least from my perspective :-) In each case, I got th
I am going to FG for the 10M contest this year. Being the planner type, I want to be as prepared as possible. Since I have never operated from the Caribbean before, I need all the help I can get to u
Ok, I admit it. I can't copy code very fast. Maybe 15 wpm, on a good day, if I know the format of the exchange. But I got on for SS CW to help the club, and now I can imagine getting on in a very cas
My apologies for this slightly off-topic post - but I'm going a bit crazy and this seemed like the most likely crowd to be able to restore my sanity. A couple of weeks ago, I found (on the web) the s
Last year, I asked after the fact for feedback on comparative 6-land station strengths during the California QSO Party. It seems like the ideal chance to get real world thoughts with lots of 6's acti