No, but King Spark will be used. It will not be necessary to tune around: NSS will be EVERYWHERE. K1TN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.c
CW contests use International Radiotelegraph Code 1.0, which I have not had to update or upgrade in 58 years. I downloaded and installed the 1961 version and it worked the first time. It has never be
openings for most of the contest, but everyone sat on 50.313 using FT8. The QRM was so bad that making contacts was slow going. Think I finished with 40 grids or something like that. Given the size
Re the comments by others, below, I disagree. Discussions about the FT modes absolutely belong on this reflector, because the FT modes are an existential threat to shortwave amateur radio that some o
To paraphrase George Orwell, All operators are equal, but some operators are more equal than others. K1TN -- I have been at a station where we had parallel earphones. Some operators were logging QSOs
Scientists -- just moss-covered eggheads. The jury is out. Those "scientists" can't even agree that the "sun" even exists. Light comes, light goes, who knows? What is "llght," anyway? My cat can see
Feed with balanced line? Thumbs up! Use vacuum relays? Thumbs down. I'm SHOCKED that DX Engineering or MFJ haven't already designed a remote switch box, to peddle to unsuspecting suckers for $500 min
Sorry, my FCC license doesn't say anything about operating on Five Meters or transmitting on DMR. on TG lists soon. Please be sure to enter 31021 if you enter it manually. My apologies for fat finger
John Nelson, K0IO, died Sunday, August 4, 2019, at home in Kellogg, Iowa. He was 72. He was a low-key guy, below the radar, so probably not well-known in the contest community. But he was an active c
For me, the pitch is WAY too high on that demo, by many hundreds of Hertz. I've always tuned for a very low pitch, whether with 15-year-old hearing or 70 and always thought that most CW ops did, too.
I think QST magazine's two pages for each segment of the ARRL DX Contest are just fine; a Top Ten box for every entry category. ARRL contest line scores are memorialized in full in the on-line score
I agree, Pete, W4KFC was a fine operator, albeit one with a fantastic geographic location, a big signal, a state of the art Collins receiver, and good ears. But was his brain wired for SO2R? Could he
Will someone let me know when the audio book is available? Or the Nifty Guide? Or maybe plug-and-play instructions? Is Reader's Digest still a thing? Cliff's Notes? Maybe an Archie comic book. K1TN -
I did pretty serious tower work for more than 20 years and quit at age 44. By the time I had got suited up in that equipment in the K1IR video it would have been too dark to get any work done. And wh
By all means, buy and read "200 Meters and Down." A book still in print and read 80 years later is very special. The author, Clinton B. DeSoto, born in 1912 in Ogilvie, Minnesota, was licensed as W9K
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January 2020 QST editorial, page 9: "we will offer NCJ and QEX in digital form to everyone as a new member benefit in early 2020." Giving something away when you can't sell it is a hell of a business
"The number of Sections needed for a clean sweep in the ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) will rise to 84 in 2020, with the addition of a new Prince Edward Island (PE) Section. Radio Amateurs of Canada
Some rich capitalist should set up a remote-capable station at Italy WRTC 2022 and sell indulgences to operate. Italy is way too hot in July to actually spend 24 hours in a tent anyway. K1TN ________
BUT ... getting penalized three QSOs because you mis-typed a single letter or number builds character. -- >"Working such a station can negatively impact your score as some participants will remove th