HIGHLIGHTS OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 24 FEBRUARY - 02 MARCH 1997 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. NO OPTICAL FLARES WERE REPORTED. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX REACHED HIGH LEVELS DURING
Many contesters are probably used to the old 30 day rule for the ARRL DX Contest where logs were due 30 days after the SSB weekend. The current rule is 30 days after EACH contest weekend. ARRL seems
On Tuesday 8 April the FCC issued another large wave of new vanity callsigns, including many club calls. You can get to the listing via the PVRC homepage at: http://www.pvrc.org Go to the organizatio
Hi Billy - You folks in the Contest Branch are doing a terrific job! Listing claimed scores on the ARRL Web page is a significant step forward, providing another avenue for increased enjoyment of the
Hi Terry! You and any other contesters are welcome to the Annual W3LPL Open House and PVRC/FRC/NCDXA joint meeting, this Saturday June 21st from noon to 6pm. We expect several hundred contesters and
Hi Don - I'm pleased to hear you and Wade are making the trip! I've heard from several other distant contests who also intend to join at least 200 PVRC, FRC and NCDXA members at the W3LPL Open House
Hi George - Great to hear that you will join 200 other contesters and DXers at the W3LPL Open House and PVRC/FRC/NCDXA joint meeting! Thats a fabulous nightly rate you have gotten at one of our best
Hi Gary! Here's the info you requested W3LPL RECEIVING FILTERS Receive-only filters optimized for minimal in-band loss and very high rejection of frequencies below 75% of the filter center frequency.
Hello Con! Good luck with your 'LPL Filter project! Ceramic capacitors should be okay, but I've never used them myself. Silver micas should be available for much less than $1.00 each, but I've purcha
Hi Carl! ASCII graphics leave a bit to be desired... In this version I've used asterisks to show each electrical connection. You will find that these are terrific filters! I often demonstrate the 20M
As the CQ WW SSB and CW DX Contests rapidly approach, the W3LPL multi-multi station once again has several "empty seats" to be filled. Baltimore-Washington Airport (30 minutes from my QTH) has many c
Bud, "Can you imagine a fisherman going out with only one bait?" Thats a great K4ISV quote! Good luck in CQ WW Bud! 73 Frank W3LPL donovanf@sgate.com -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_
I'll be in Sydney next weekend (Nov 8/9), and Canberra on Nov 10/11 if any of the VK1s and VK2s on the reflectors care to meet a visiting American! 73 Frank W3LPL donovanf@sgate.com -- CQ-Contest on
The 'LPL CQ WW CW Team is looking for two seasoned CW operators for CQ WW CW in four weeks. Four guest ops joined the 'LPL CQ WW SSB Team -- K5GO G4PIQ OH2MM and ON7ZV -- and I'm sure they all had a
Author: Frank Donovan <donovanf@sgate.com> (Frank Donovan)
Date: Fri Aug 12 14:15:35 2005
A few days before the ARRL CW DX Contest, I received a phone call from Hawaii from yet another member of the King family, Steve WB2Q. Steve is in the US Air Force and was assigned to Fort Meade, MD (