Well the 857D question has been put to rest as I had a local offer me a sweet deal on his FT-840 FREE if I help him remove some old antenna tower that is damaged beyond use as well as some other "yar
I was looking into building a simple (cheap) vertical for 10/15/20. I have a B&D 20' Crappie available and was wondering about using the three conductor rotor control cable from Radio Shack for the r
After reading along with the thread on the FT-840 vs. IC-718, I was wondering about the thoughts on using the FT-857D for contesting? I have used one for VHF contestsat a friends station and it seeme
Since we are all "kicking the can around" about contest logging software, I would love it if someone would write a simple contest logging program for the PALM OS series of devices as I use a older Pa
A local ham has a ICOM IC-706 and was talking about selling it to me and I was needing to find out what the average asking price was for one of these radios as it is one of the original types not a M
I was looking into building a simple (cheap) vertical for 10/15/20. I have a B&D 20' Crappie available and was wondering about using the three conductor rotor control cable from Radio Shack for the r
After reading along with the thread on the FT-840 vs. IC-718, I was wondering about the thoughts on using the FT-857D for contesting? I have used one for VHF contestsat a friends station and it seeme
Was looking for some way to setup a system so as to port the internet DX Cluster spots over to my local RF packet system? I spend most of my time out in my car and operate whenever possible from the
I am new to HF contesting after some limited experience in VHF contesting. As of now I do not have any HF antennas put up so was going to ask a simple question. What would be the best antenna for me
Many thanks to everyone who replied to my questions and I have saved most every reply I got so I am looking them over to see what will fit my situation as well as my budget. Jacob Tennant - K8JWT PS:
Looking at adding radials to my Hy-Gain ground-mounted AV-18AVT antenna and was wondering what is the prefered way to do this as in is the use of insulated wire OK for the radials? The radial setuo i
I have gotten started on putting down some radials as I now have 4 per band and plan to add more as I get more wire. Noisy seems to have already dropped down a couple of S-Units. Hope to have everyth
Well, just finished my very first HF contest and had a blast. Wish now I hadn't been so scared of the CW test and had upgraded years ago. Setup was a Yaesu FT-840 with a 40meter dipole and a Hy-Gain
I am trying to get rid of a 60Hz hum/growl I have on every band. It starts at 60 Hz and then every 60Hz thereafter and it is killing any chance of real contesting attempts I may try as on 20 meters i
Well even though this was my first real contest effeort as a operator for the N8HKI attempt at Multi-One, I found that the packet spots were only helpful if we were having trouble getting a clear cop
I was wondering if anyone had built a homebrew voice keyer using PIC's for the control chip? Have been looking into trying to make one myself but thought I would ask before I reinvented the wheel...
Ladies and Gentlemen, I know that WriteLog and N1MM (ofwhich I use) all have a DVK system built into them. What I was investigating was if someone had designed a PIC based voice keyer for use when a
I am a novice contester and was wondering what to expect from this weekends ARRL 10 Meter contest? Will be trying as a single op low power (100watts) without any fancy equipment just my FT-840 and a
Thats OK as Oklahoma from West Virginia for a contest is a bit more of a drive than what I could do! ! ! Will give it a full steam try from the house this weekend anyway. I am with a group of guys th
About the same here for me. Started last night (0000z = 1900edst) and found a never before heard interference that was S9+ and never quit so I gave up after 7 contacts around 1800z. Found a few thing