"A golf course is a waste of a perfectly good rifle range." Golf courses should be dual-use recreational facilities, with golfers and rifle shooters using them lengthwise, and pistol and shotgun sho
Who is now the consensus choice for doing quality repairs and modification work (key click, AGC, noise blanker) on FT-1000MPs? 73, Jeff Maass K8ND _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Absent any plausible explanation for this scheduling stupidity from the New Regime at the Hamvention, my bet is that they didn't want to rent all the chairs. They seem a cheap bunch. Did someone say
Ron: Interesting, but that wouldn't explain the same stupid action in assigning forum rooms last year. As for me, I'm not going to buy a Hamvention ticket this year. I'm going to Dayton for a club me
Let's not blame ARRL (or Heil) for the Hamvention's assignment of DX and Contest Forums to tiny room 4 rather than the traditional large Room 1! Remember that this first happened last year: no ARRL
Radio Shack has them (RCA Male, SO-239). Better, replace the stupid RCA jack on the Alpha with a BNC or SO239. It was a braindead choice in the first place! 73, Jeff Maass K8ND Caribbean Contesting C
G'day Dale! Just goes to show, a poor decision will propagate! Thank goodness no one of consequence has done it in new amplifier for at least 25 years. Yeah, it works. But. I *really* want my RF path
I have posted some of my photos from the 2003 CQWW CW Multi-2 operation at Signal Point (PJ2T). Ops for CQWW CW at PJ2T were W0CG/PJ2DX, K4BAI, K8MFO, S50R, W8WTS, N8BJQ, and K8ND. http://home.columb
A very tight Multi-2 competition for the 2003 CQWW CW! Here's a band-by-band listing of PJ2T and CT9L, for comparison. It's clear that our points-perQSO value was a bit higher, overcoming their highe
Barry: I like the now-discontinued Sony RF940R 900 MHz headphones. They are still popping up on ebay, and I've bought my last three pairs for between $25 and $35. Biggest problem with these are the e
Mark: Well, maybe less distance than you imagined from my post! My Beverage switching box "lives" in my basement, so it's only perhaps 30 feet away through walls and floor. I've had good coverage as
I flew AA to/from Curacao in November/December with much equipment (W3NQN filters, relays, headphones, preamplifiers, pennant transformers, hardware, etc.) in my suitcases, checked and carry-on. I ha
Scott: The TSA folks know that they have no liability for damaged items whatsoever, and so have no incentive to treat your valuables with care. Probably the best defense is to make the packaging easi
Rag: TSA = Transportation Security Administration, the USA agency that checks luggage etc. at USA airports. http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=7&content=090005198005def5 73, Jeff Maass K8ND Cari
I will try to do better next time. I was busy working this past weekend, so I couldn't spend as much time spotting PJ2T as I would have liked. One PJ2T spot an hour seems like a pretty half-hearted e
I think the better (unanswered) question is **why** do you draw a line? Where's the harm, where's the foul? Why would such a rule be any more necessary than providing bicycles to freshwater fish? 73
Actually, PJ2T has submitted a revised score, lower by about 400K points. It hasn't made it through the 3830 claimed score posting robot yet(which has a special process for revisions). It was posted
Some photos from the ARRL SSB DX Contest PJ2T Multi-2 team of AE9B, K8ND, NW0L W0CG/PJ2DX, and WB9Z are on the web at: http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/Radio/ARRLSSB/PJ2T_ARRLSSB04.htm 73, Jeff Maa
I've had a similar pair of Telex headphones for 25 years, but can't use them any more, since they are monophonic, and all the current radios I use require stereo headphones to differentiate receiver
The Svetlana 4CX800A is the most cost-effective full-power amplifier solution around, with a new tested pair available for under $140 and capable of 1500W output all day 160 - 10. There seem to be en