I generally agree with K1ZM's conclusion for a number reasons. 1. What Jeff said. 2. I'd like to avoid the eventual demise of big-league contesting. I'd much prefer to be bringing new, younger, stron
I liked the WN3VAW "DX Sprint" idea when I read the title of the email. But I don't think Ron took the opportunity to step "outside the box" in his thinking. 24 hours isn't a Sprint. A Sprint is 4 or
I like you Mid West guys a lot. You are very perceptive. I bet you are also very creative. So, please tell us about your dream DX contest in which the playing field is leveled to your liking. 73, Jim
Hi Gary, I wish to hereby acknowledge that my East Coast station has an incredible DX contest advantage that cannot be overcome from the Mid West. My station's hardware and my team's operating skills
See June QST pages 45-47. Take a look at the statistics about "Joe Hamm". I'm sorry, but it gets me depressed when I think about it. Born in 1945, licensed for 25 years, retired, spending less than $
Jim Idelson K1IR email k1ir at designet.com web http://www.designet.com/k1ir -- Forwarded Message -- RE: Bed Avail Crowne Plz Please put this on contesting.com. My roommate, W3EF, took ill this eveni
Congrats to DG and LR, who did a superb job with their respective pieces of the program. The contesting forum kept everyone interested and attentive despite heat and cramped conditions. The contest d
At K1IR, we have quite a few radios in play for our multi-single operations. We find that the performance in the low-band environment of the 781, 765 and Orion is better than what we get from our 100
I also keep a loose leaf binder with various sections about antennas, computer setups, rig settings, etc. But the most valuable logging technique I use is my digital camera. I keep zillions of digita
Hi Mark, I was at a golf club about 80 miles from home during the Sprint. I noticed my drives were well off target and I couldn't sink even the easiest putts. I'm pretty sure it was your crappy signa
I am looking for a web page that describes contesting at a high level and is suitable for a non-ham, general public audience. Does this exist? Please forward any url's you know about. Thanks, Jim Ide
With the installation of a new 40m antenna here, I've been planning to beef up the strength of my tower. The plan is to add double or "star" guying at one or more guy levels on the tower. Rohn sells
And have we taken the time recently to reiterate how much we participants appreciate the efforts that all you software developers, database maintainers, contest sponsors, scorers and results writers
Hi everyone, I'm going to be flying out of Oakland tonight at 10:20pm, and have a few spare hours after my meetings in San Jose end today. Any contester interested in a a quick beer after work? I hav
Hi all, Not far into the contest this weekend, we began to have trouble with the TIC 1022E [a 2003 unit]. It exhibits erratic readout and rotation behavior. The load is an Optibeam 4-el 40m yagi. I r
Hi Billy, Thanks for the note. I have been acutely aware of that possibility. In fact, I setup a video camera aimed at the tower to help diagnose this problem. It lets me see where the antennas are a
Take a look at the Acom 2S1 Commutator. It's designed to allow you to share a single amp and antenna between two radios. It might do what you want. See www.hfpower.com. 73, Jim Idelson K1IR email k1i
Sylvan, You should try disconnecting as many non-rf cables as possible from your radios. Essentially, you want to isolate the radios from all potential common-mode return paths. I recently started to
See http://www.arrl.org/ for a new story on BPL. In this case, big-time ISP Earthlink has stated to Michael Powell and the FCC that BPL isn't going to be cost-effective as a last-mile delivery mechan
About a month ago I bought a Samsung SyncMaster 171MP. This baby is 17", nice and bright, and takes TV-IN, too. I have a tuner hooked up to it so I can watch CNN in the PIP while I work. I use this m