John: I am pretty sure you are wrong about 28100 and above. You are absolutely correct about the 200 watt power limit in the old Novice band of 21100 and above. 73, John, K4BAI.
On 15 meters, Ed, you would have more of your SSB signal out of the band on LSB than when you are on the usual mode of USB. What you have to really watch on 15 meters (and 20, too) is the upper limit
Thanks to the efforts of Georgia QSO Party Chairman, NE4S, the results of the 2005 Georgia QSO Party held April 9-10, 2005, are now available on the GQP website: http://gqp.contesting.com/. Plaques w
In every multi-op contest that I have done at W8JI and W4AN in recent years, we had lock-out systems to prevent "extra" stations from transmitting at the same time. At the M/M station, NQ4I, we have
Kris: My suggestion would be a used IC736. This is a real portable rig. It has a carrying strap on one side. You can buy an extra CW filter for it. It has a very good built-in ATU. The power supply i
In my opinion Hans, you should tell the QRPer that you didn't copy his exchange, so there is no QSO at this time. Maybe he will call later and you will get the exchange then. You no doubt want him to
I think the earliest individual station checks I worked this weekend were "32." I did notice that the Georgia Tech Club Station, W4AQL, was using "10." In past years, they had used something like "34
And a 24-hour DX contest with Sprint QSY rules would virtually assure that no casual ops would make any contacts. You would have to have a LOT of dedicated contesters with knowledge of the rules to s
I have read, I think in the QCWA Quarterly, a strong assertion by a retired FCC employee (W3BE?) that the /M and /MM designators in common use are illegal for FCC licenses now that England and Scotla
Hello all: Has anyone compiled a list of announced operations for the CQ 160 CW contest this weekend? I usually download the latest information from the NG3K website just before major contests, but t
Many thanks to all who responded, including NG3K himself and K1XN. What a great group of helpful friends on this reflector. Hope to work you all on the air soon. 73, John, K4BAI. ____________________
In my opinion, it is wrong not to QSL. I have said so recently in a posting after a practice NA Sprint CW on a Thursday night. I know that Bill Fisher, W4AN, felt the same way. I have deleted QSOs fr
Stu's proposed change to CQ WPX rules would appear to eliminate the use of Club calls in WPX Contests. I am pretty sure that is not what was intended, but this factor needs to be considered if any ch
Author: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 08:16:09 -0400
The best advice I ever got was don't go to bed. Nap at the radio if you must. This was from N6AA at a forum at the ARRL National Convention in Houston in 1983. Since then, during single op CQ WW CW C
Author: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 08:05:51 -0400
Yes, Mal. There was a lot of activity on 15 M in 7QP. It opened rather late here, but it was wide open. I made 12 QSOs on 15 CW and 5 on 15 SSB. Nothing heard here on 10 though. Can anyone tell me ho
Hello all: Thanks for excellent participation in the 2006 Georgis QSO Party, April 8 and 9. Today is the deadline for log submissions. Please submit your logs electronically to gqp@iham.us by midnigh
Hello all: Thanks to the efforts of NE4S and others, the results of the 2006 Georgia QSO Party have now been posted on the Georgia QSO Party website, just two weeks after the log submission deadline.
Paul: I recommend the AL811H over the SB220. The ability to use it on 160 meters makes all the difference. My SB220 (with an external fan added) runs too hot on 10 meters in a contest and will shut d
Author: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:55:01 -0400
That's strange. They told us June 20 at 8 AM. 73, John, K4BAI. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
While the discussion about filters is fresh in memory, let me add a word of caution on using Dunestar filters on 75 meters SSB. Hal, N4GG, is an expert on this subject and advised me not to use the s