For years the vicious vengeful self anointed self appointed owners of frequency 14,300 have spewed out threats and actual retaliation to contesters that "dare" them any QRM. They are not concerned if
The place to go is definately KP2 or KV4, not KP4. Not only is it rarer than KP4 but I have a QTH ready for anyone who wants to use it. Chip Margelli K7JA back in the 70's won both first place scores
Sure does! A heck of a lot more than my RG-213 can handle! The irony is that part of the Netherlands Antilles is in 2 pointer North America and the other part in 3 pointer South Amercia. However, tod
Are you suggesting is that I (KV4FZ) operate as NP2/KV4FZ in future contests to avoid confusion? I am in the Virgin Islands and KV4 at least used to be a recognized prefix for this place. Maybe we sh
Ron, Great advice. I just also want to add that all but a few of the 2X1 calls that begin with KP2 are held by people living on the US mainland or in other parts of the world. So there you have it. I
Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>(by way of Bill Tippett<btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:07:30 -0400
Dear OM, I have been hoping to donate my shack to a contester from the Gulf area that lost everything but still would like to operate in one of the upcoming contests. (I have been there with 5 hurric
Mark, N5OT four principles on remote stations are right on point especially in today's age of great broadband connectivity and latency improvements. Where the op is located should not be the issue, w
Either way the ARRL 160 Meter Contest gives you only 2 points for N8S (assuming it was on) and only a PAC Section multiplier if you did not work KH6. For such a rare entity as Swains, Desecheo, or N
Thanks Henk, I have used Ham Grid and found that F6FVY (Google Earth) is right and gives me FK77QR but Ham Grid is way off for the exact same coordinates and yields FK87HR. So I am going with F6FVY.
This is my first post on this reflector and I do so with caution but extreme concern that contests at least stay somewhat competitive in all categories. I must admit in 50 years of enjoying contests
Mike be sure to check with a Rep. Dom consulate so you can get your equipment in and out without having to post a big bond. Also if you are going for a CW contest just think how exciting it would be
There is a remote station (NP2P) at my QTH which uses a DSL and mostly fiber to the mainland hub. Afer experimenting with several ISP's using Wi-Max connections and hops I found that all were unsuait
There are many examples of how a unilateral claim does not a country make. Haiti claims Navassa KP1 as its own territory, Dominica has claimed Aves Island YV0 as its own, and what a mess we have now
It takes courage to stand up for what is right. But the vacillation to evil is easy. Herb Schoenbohm On 10/22/2014 4:27 AM, Stan via CQ-Contest wrote: It takes courage to change decisions like that.B
"Simple solution? Clearly indicate that this is within the spirit of the contest by making it a permitted practice......" I hope we don't get carried away with this idea especially during the upcomin
I use here a retired Dynair 12X1 passive video switcher. One nice feature is that each unused RG-6 cable which runs to reversible two wire Beverages is terminated. With feed line length equal to 1/2
John, For a two wire Beverage with two separate feed-lines (eliminating the need for a relay a the feed point) it is important that the unused feed point is terminated in the feed-point impedance to
There are others in the record book essentially in perpetuity. The fact that CQ Contesting still posts some of the biggest malefactors, i.e. the low band QRP world records of an infamous station in K
Felipe, With all due respect to your unique position I would think that many would like to know what kind of antenna design devised by anyone, even Eric NP3A "with a degree of antenna design" extant
Kelly, Field strength measurements, meticulously adopted by the FCC long ago, for AM broadcast stations, are more than mere speculations. The are accurate enough to verify the power levels required b