With regard to the PJ4A split frequency operation on 10M mentioned by KU8E in his last post, the transmit frequency was above 28100, so it shouldn't have caused quite as much hogging of spectrum as i
I haven't seen a pile up yet that I couldn't handle if my signal is loud enough. Reducing your transmit power is counterproductive. You must be strong enough to be heard if you are to manage the pile
I always have a keyer and paddle in parallel with the computer keying so that I can respond with the paddle if something happens like the computer locking up. I recommend that to everyone. BTW, it sh
The results of the 51st GA QSO Party 2012 are now available on the website gqp.contesting.com. Please join us for the 52nd GQP the second full weekend in April this year. Last year we had activity re
For the South East Sprint Coalition team(s) for Saturday night's NA Sprint, I have three slots left and would be glad to form another team. But, right now, I need three more sprinters to make up team
For one or two years in the 1970s, the ARRL International DX Contests had a change in the rules to permit everyone overseas to contact each other too. There was much dissatisfaction with it from W/VE
JOHN T LANEY III W4AN k4bai@worldnet.att.net It's almost Tax time and that means it's time for the Georgia QSO Party. The party is April 13 and 14 this year. There have been some changes to the rules
I guess my opinion doesn't matter since I operated as a part of a multi op station? I don't remember getting a survey, but I may be getting forgetful. 73, John, K4BAI. _______________________________
I suspect that most references to "pig farmers" has nothing to do with their occupations. It has more to do with their intentional QRM to contesters near their chosen frequencies. Any type of harassm
And the Georgia QSO Party on the weekend of April 13-14. 10 hours each on Saturday and Sunday, with certificates and plaques and possibly a chance to work all 159 GA counties on one weekend. Ya'll co
Hello all: This coming weekend, the annual Georgia QSO Party will be take place, sponsored by SECC and SEDXC. Georgia has the second (to TX) largest number of counties of all the US states, 159 count
On 6/3/2013 11:26 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: The ARRL Foundation has awarded the 2013 William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship to Calvin P. Darula, K0DXC, of St Bonifacius, Minnesota. A senior at Wa
Well, this is one known confusing call sign problem. Both DH0GHU and DH0GSU are QRV in contests, often in the same contest. The fact that you logged DH0GSU on one band and DH0GHU on another band does
WA4ZXV, the GA QSO Party director, has announced that the results and plaque winners have been posted from the 2013 GQP held in April on the website. http://www.georgiaqsoparty.org/ Enjoy. And please
In fact, when the WARC bands were new, you could get bonus points in Field Day for contacts made on those bands or one or some of them. That only lasted a few years. 73, John, K4BAI. ________________
I can tell you from this part of the world, from NQ4I, WW4LL, W4AN, and other multi ops are not exceeding 1500W output from the amplifiers. This is very closely monitored with an accurate wattmeter.
Charlie may be right in part, but I know of plenty of wealthy hams in the US and Canada who can afford to buy anything they might want including high power amps, but choose to operate within the law
Hello Alex (UA9OA): In today's mail, I received the beautiful plaque for 1st place North America in 2012 RAEM Contest which was sponsored by UA4FER. Many thanks to both of you. Happy New Year and I h
I am trying to register four teams for NAQP CW tomorrow for SECC and I am trying to go to www.ncjweb.com/cwnaqpteamreg.php, but I get a message that the page is not found. I seem to remember seeing a
Many thanks for all the helpful replies. I think I have a URL now that will work. 73, John, K4BAI. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com ht