One thing missing from the discussion about CW speeds is that CQWW is a top-of-the-line contest. You don't teach people how to contest or how to copy well during CQWW - similarly you don't teach peop
If you know a good candidate, the ARRL is trying to hire a QST Technical Editor. http://www.arrl.org/announce/jobs/ -- Tom == e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.
Foreign members of ARRL can contact Rod Stafford, W6ROD at w6rod@arrl.org Rod is a past President of ARRL and currently serves as International Affairs Vice President. He doesn't have a direct vote o
I wouldn't recommend that you write to so many different people. I know when I get input on ARRL issues I pay the most attention to that received from New England, since those are the people that ele
I'm told that a couple of the last few issues of the NCJ were 40 pages instead of 48 pages because there were not enough good articles submitted to choose from. If you know of a good writer, or are o
Actually, ham radio has divided into lots of interest groups over the past 20 years, and instead of standing together we often fight among each other. Take a look through the QST Section News column
A location: 1) with as few neighbors as possible (my nearest is 300m) 2) not near overhead powerlines (nearest is 1000m) 3) an open topography (I have no hills higher within 10km) 4) a small hill is
I think the number is still around minus $600k. Instead of cutting Section News this year, there will be other cuts in QST. Even though we've postponed action on moving detailed contest scores, those
I've noted a couple of mostly minor corrections to Ford's detailed notes below. -- Tom/K1KI Over the last 20 years, QST has been roughly 50% advertising and 50% editorial content, and the number of p
Hi Gary - The paper the NCJ is printed on is actually better paper -- and more expensive -- than QST paper. It's just not coated. As for other costs of printing, I know K1RO and other in Newington ar
YCCC is planning to field at least two CW Sprint teams this weekend. If you'd like to join one of them let me know, especially if you're from the Northeast (or Eastern Canada). As with W4AN's effort,
Some excerpts from messages N4ZR and I exchanged last month... == e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Ph
Jim - if we did that, the results would be meaningless to us. I think you may have succumbed to the "black hole" syndrome... :^ ) From the survey appendix: "The survey sample of 1200 was selected in
Guess I didn't say it clearly enough. It was weighted by license class of the person/individuals returning the survey. The survey company used what was in their FCC record instead of what was reporte
No one seems to have answered Bob's question... Official Observers are not focused on reporting intruders within ham bands. For more info: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/org/oo.html The ARRL Monit
This was posted on the RFI reflector on contesting.com earlier today and it seemed like an excellent summary that might be of interest to people on cq-contest as well. -- Tom == e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org
Since K4OJ is doing such a good job of marketing the FQP, I hope that each time you see a message from Jim (and others) encouraging activity in the FQP that you also think about the New England QSO P
Let's keep the discussion to contests and contesting issues. I've declined a couple of messages that had to do with the FCC's plan to drop CW - there are plenty of other places for that discussion. I
I think you've all beat Logbook of the World to death now. AD1C provided a link to a reflector that focuses on LOTW. Let's move on to some other topic. Thanks! -- Tom/K1KI ___________________________