Extraterrestrial presence trying to communicate with us while we still have enough sunspots for 10 meter propagation? --Dave K3ZJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing li
Jorge, My understanding is that the combined issue is intended as a once-only event to catch up with the backlog. On the CQWW Contest Facebook page, the 2013 CW results are said to have been submitte
I have an Alpha 374 that I keep as a contest backup. Very reliable (I guess, only plugged in once every year or two to test) but the paint on the wrap-around cover is "sticky". I know some people hav
Extensive interview with CQ Editor Rich Moseson W2VU released yesterday by HamRadioNow. http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0136.html BTW, I've had my March-April digital edition since Monday, app
The Ham Band was mentioned, I would say that several of their selections are useful in the middle of the night to get a little more awake. A couple of selections have videos on Youtube but each song
There are a number of products on the market that promise to guard your credit card(s) and/or passport with a reflective Tyvek-like envelope. Google "walletguard" or look at products on Amazon. I hav
Kim, After reading your email I thought that surely if EU stations labored under such a disadvantage that they must rarely achieve first place world scores in their chosen category. So I looked at th
If laid on or under ground, as many as possible and lengths don't matter. If elevated, need to be resonant, but assume this is not your case. For excellent info on radials, see: http://www.antennasby
Tod *et al*, I used the Flex-6500 in two SSB contests single-op this spring, one in Europe and one in the U.S. I both ran stations and searched-and-pounced for many hours. I used my work laptop, whic
My copy of NCJ arrived July 2 by normal means. But I was disappointed with it, inasmuch as it seemed to just print a compilation of what had been on the WRTC2014 website for many weeks. Nothing subst
Most obvious is that Wintest is the predominant contest logging software in Europe and has a stellar reputation. There were more WRTC contestants from Europe than anywhere else. Also, Wintest immedia
I only addressed Wintest in my earlier email. I do note that last year OZ1IKY distributed to the Danish Contest Academy set-up directions in Danish for N1MM as well as Wintest, so anecdotedly there a
My LCR for 2013 10 meter contest is on ARRL website. Dave K3ZJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
3830 serves a useful purpose for the vast majority of contests that do not timely publish all claimed scores. Of course, significant numbers of scores always are missing because the operators do not
Hi Timon, With multiple towers available, I would keep my 40 meter antennas off any tower with 15 meter antennas -- whether monobander 15's or tribanders. Too often 40's disrupt the pattern of the 15
I'd like to second W3LPL's request. K3NA's articles are "must-reads" for contesters with multiple antennas/towers. Another "must read" for single tower stations as well as multiple tower ones is K1CC
K3LR has 4-squares on the high bands (in addition to a multiple OWAs etc.). _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.c
Hi Tim, I thought you might be lurking here. You addressed using the 4-squares for receiving. Two more q.'s: (1) how do they compare to beams for transmitting (on higher bands,10-15-20) ? (2) how do
Jim, Good stuff, thanks! I also recommend K3NA's article on adjusting SSB audio chain. While specific to Orion, the principles are adaptable any any rig. http://www.k3na.org/articles/Transmit%20audio
Jim, With regard to transmitted trash and technology, at the ARRL Centennial convention this summer NR0V received the ARRL Technical Innovation Award for developing his "Pure Signal" software. It run