Contesters, I have everything I need for a parasitic 40 meter 4-square but can't find design info. I want to try this antenna as my marginal cost will be zero. I have 4 33' verticals, an Ameritron RS
I second and third that motion. If no one wants to process logs, the "honor sprints" would work just fine. 73, Ron KK9K _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
Tonno, I am an average CW contester as far as speed goes. I am comfortable up to 35 WPM for easy-to-copy calls and exchanges. My problem is with difficult calls at high speeds. When tuning I frequent
Just read K5LXP's antenna launcher article http://www.qsl.net/k5lxp/projects/Launcher/Launcher.html and was wondering if anyone has tried using a paintball gun for the same purpose? It seems it would
Contesters, I am shopping for a new pick-up which will be used, among other things, for a mobile contest set-up with a truck camper. Are there any makes/models/engine options to stay away from due to
John and all, The problem with the Eds is that a lot of them don't put enough space before and after. I got confused (not hard to do) with a lot of Eds by initially copying Red or Edwa?? or some such
Again from the Early 70's 75M, with a very un-PC religious twist: "No lids, no kids, no space cadets, No Quakers, no Shakers, no Breakers" Ron - WA9IRV
Jim, Tree, Tom and the rest, Let's keep our eye on the ball. Contesting is a knowledge-based skill set. By networking, visioning, and strategizing, utilizing an integrated E-solution deployment, we a
Contesters, I will be in Aruba the week before the ARRL CW (Feb. 21-22) and would extend my stay if I could find a place to operate. The Aruba ARC website isn't working. Can someone give me some star
Yeah! I'll second (and third) Scott's motion. I planned my annual snowmobile trip for the weekend of Jan. 31 since it WAS major contest-free, and that can't be changed since 5 other guys have it on t
Gents, I regret putting my personal anecdotes in my first post. Any individual's personal convenience or inconvenience is irrelevant. This is a simple fairness issue. Those of us with lives outside r
Roger, I tried fruitlessly to inject some common sense into the issue on the Topband reflector. It is a very simple. NA stations, with rare exceptions, shouldn't CQ in the window as described in the
Simple - they shouldn't be in the window for the 160 contests. Neither should Pr or 6Y, or anyone else running QRO in the Caribbean. Its not a matter of rules, its a matter of common sense and courte
Last night I was running and beaming west, and I was aware that a "O" (K, H, N, ???) was cqing on the same freq. I could just tell he was there because I could occasionally hear an east coast statio
Kurt, Why don't you try CQ 160 DX format - all the guys with unmodified Yaesu's can CQ endlessly with 1500 watts and the rest can try and work each other in between them. That would provide some real
Topbanders, Three or four times I started to CQ after a couple quick "?" and was answered by something like "pse qsy - JA** on freq". So, I dit-dit'ed and QSY'ed. If I was guilty of anything like Lee
Fellow Contesters, Maybe this should go on TowerTalk, but since contesters have the best stations, I thought I would ask here: I have upgraded my lightning protection and am pretty sure I have all th
Been QRT for a while but getting the bug again, and the first phone contest I operate I'm using: Knight Knows 9 Knaves!!! Ron KK9K _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l