Hello all, I am a professional editor of history books. I have read QST every month since 1957 and am a life member of ARRL. I think the current editing practice of the magazine is quite poor. On the
Call me a "giver upper" or whatever, but I give up on reporting my contest logs in Cabrillio format. I purchased AGAIN a new version of CT and have tried to generate the proper log format acceptable
A nice ham converted my IARU contest logs to Cabrillo for me . I sent them in by emai to IARUHF@iaru.org as per instructions. First I got back an automated statement saying that the site was not acce
SUCCESSFUL QSLing de HS0ZCW Steps in sending a direct QSL to a DX station: 1. Obtain correct address via qrz.com or use the GO List for QSL manager addresses, or search the Web via Google. 2. Consult
A modest proposal.... Could the contesting community consider cutting some slack to a neglected part of the contesting world, specifically CQ Zones 22, 26, 27 and 28, South Asia area. I suggest doubl
Ok, and good arguement Mats.... BUT, if an overall win is not important, then why is that what is the big news in the magazines and score reports? IF contests are all about personal best scores, abou
Looks like eBay has a new program to help sellers ship to buyers outside the USA. I have not tested it but it is described at http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/shipping/globalshippingprogram.ht
Question......... is it true that RFID chips in passports and credit cards can be scanned and read by thieves walking past you? If yes, how does one foil that activity beyond using foil? thanks to yo
I wanted to order a Yaesu specialized cable 119. I searched HRO web site and could not find it. I went to old dependable Universal Radio's great web site and could not find it. AES site was easy and
Where is a good place to discuss, not just post, matters that are DX related? I want, non-rant and reasonable site (such exists?) that allows real back and forth discussion of DX topics.Dont tell me
There is a news article that proposes that multi-tasking is actually not as productive as we wish and that lots of incoming information to our brains can be mis-routed to the wrong processing locatio
Having operated HS0ZCW for 10 years and created many pile ups, often because I am the only DX for EU to hear that day, but due to all that op, I know a few things....... -A surprising number of hams
I guess we all have spam filters automatically working unseen in our email efforts. I have found a remarkable number of ham radio related diversions to spam file when I really want to read them. Hotm
This is not contesting university... this is grade one..... 1. Put lots of aluminum and wire in the air. The more elements on your yagi and the wider spacing the better. The good heights are 70, 120,
Almost every ham has dreamed of being DX and contesters likely more so.But with the graying of the hobby, many of us have to admit that goal has slipped away even though our lifetime of working has f
I got an email from friend Jose, VU2JOS, today showing photos of a ham transceiver donated to those folks now handling Nepal emergency communications........ BUT I carried the radio "over there" abou
What should I think if I am 150 miles from a top scoring contest operator in a middling location, not horrid place and......... I am a good short term contester and my co-operator is excellent. We we
I see extoling comments re K3 clean xmitter. What about the Yaesu transceivers with the ORANGE button (some call it red)? Any Yaesu owner has stepped up to the plate and said he just uses his orange
URGENT to all Yaesu radio owners with the orange Class A button. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT RUN THOSE RADIOS AT LESS THAN FULL POWER OUTPUT SETTING. I ran a FT-1000Mark 5 into an Alpha 76pac with Class A turn
HS0ZIA has a multi element yagi at 200 ft for 80 meters. The station will be on CQ WPX CW next week. Thailand radio rules continue to limit hams to the bottom 25kc of 80m. This is the good chance to