Make sure your high gain preamp is turned on in the MP's menu setup. I've found several MP owners who were not aware of that "feature." Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Big Bear Lake, CA
I just got back from Las Vegas and there were a whole bunch of e-mails asking me how to turn on the MP's high gain preamp. See, I _knew_ there were a bunch of folks unaware of that setting! I'm a Ken
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 08:11:22 -0600 "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" <n5nj@gte.net> writes: 25 ma. I plugged an ammeter into the relay jack. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ K6LL@juno.com -- CQ-Contest on WWW: htt
1. All utilities underground (power, telephone, cable tv). 2. Distance from ANY overhead power lines. 3 Distance from any commercial activity. 4. No zoning or deed restrictions. 5. No rich neighbors
In the early days of SO2R, I made many pleas, similar to Dick's, to make SO2R a separate category. It was obvious, though, that momentum was with the SO2R guys to keep it in the single op category. I
Hope to see everyone in the SSB Sprint tonight. The Sprint exchange requires BOTH callsigns as part of the exchange. It really makes things go a lot smoother if the person who is going to inherit the
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:34:29 -0400 snichols@mvosprey.com (Scott Nichols) writes: The printer port is much more susceptible to RFI than a serial port. You could switch your cw keying line to a com por
Staples ran a sale this past weekend on the Envision EN-710E 17" Computer Monitor. It was $59 delivered, after rebates and coupons. I just got mine, and I can't hear a peep out of this monitor on any
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:38:55 -0700 Chris Hurlbut <c_hurlbut@adelphia.net> writes: You have to remember that each clock minute is either an "on" minute or an "off" minute, and can't be counted as both
This is true if you use the default "FLAT" RF amplifier menu setting. Changing this setting to "TUNED" solves the problem. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Big Bear Lake, CA . _________________________________
Many contesters might be interested in this new propagation reflector. Thanks to the efforts of Jim Reisert AD1C, I'm moderator of a new propagation reflector that has been created on www.contesting.
I have an SB-220, and it works pretty well. The power transformer is a weak link for contesting, but I have modified the amp for electronic bias switching, which quickly cuts off plate current in the
Just listen to his next qso to get the missing info. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Big Bear Lake, CA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://
Staples has the Envision EN-710E 17 inch Computer Monitor available for $69.98 this week after rebate. The deal is $149.98 minus $80 mail-in rebate = $69.98. I have two of these monitors, and they ar
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:51:10 -0800 "Leigh S. Jones, KR6X" <kr6x@kr6x.com> writes: Below are the promotion details from the Staples Web Site. Note the part that says "One rebate per name/family/address
I think Bill understates the cost requirement. If you are considering a jump to SO2R, you probably have already come a long way in building your SO1R station. If your going to do SO2R, you may as wel
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:19:56 -0000 "W. Wright, W5XD" <w5xd@writelog.com> writes: The BARTG Sprint RTTY Contest, now playing this weekend, does this very effectively. There are two single-op categorie
In my rinky-dink so2r setup, I have one large tribander on a tower, and one small, low tribander on a pipe mast. I'm thinking of building a reversing switch, such that the S&P radio has the option of
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:25:52 -0800 "Chuck Reville" <k3ft@starpower.net> writes: Good question. If a caller is off frequency, the first decision is whether or not he is calling me or someone else. On
Results of the January 2002 NAQP CW were published in the Jan/Feb 2003 NCJ. Just for grins, I went back and compared the final results with Dink's final claimed scores. I was able to import Dink's li