More ferrite cores fixed my garage door. Turning off the amp is NOT an option! 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ
I find that just 20 or 30 Hz off zero beat allows me to pick out one signal, so that's all I shift the XIT when I'm calling. That way I can be pretty sure I'm still in the receiver passband. 73, Scot
But remember, others are doing that, too! 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k9ma@sdellington.us _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lis
Still true. It's interesting, though, to note how often I get spotted in S&P mode. I'm guessing that the skimmers get confused when I call someone who just called CQ. Perhaps it has to do with being
If any of you are wondering why we in the central US seem particularly deaf this weekend, it's because of the terrific QRN from a huge storm system. Friday night it was centered over Oklahoma, and to
Actually, I think propagation was pretty good. Kp was 0 much of the weekend, and the lone two EU stations I worked were loud, if briefly. Otherwise, propagation was perhaps typically weird for 160: s
Am I the only one who gets just a bit annoyed when an SO2R op wastes my time this way? 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington. K9MA -- via iPhone _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
During SP last weekend, OH6BG reported that my S/N was 20 dB on 160. As much as I'd like to believe I'm that loud, conditions were poor, and no Europeans were coming back, so it's clearly impossible.
On 12/31/2018 15:17, Olof Lundberg wrote: I had quite a few of those as 3B9HA on 160 back in 2016 in particular. Presumably due to an RBN node reacting to a nearby station sending your call a few tim
Hi Pete, I expected something like that. 73, Scott K9MA Hi Scott - the most likely way this can happen is if CW Skimmer gets confused and thinks a caller is the CQer. I've seen it happen before, very
Folks in the midwest US have noticed this very strong signal from 14.000 to 14.0035. Some kind of data, some thing related to stock trading. The bearing is 90 degrees from EN53gb. It would be interes
73, Zack W9SZ Experiments Look to Leverage Low-Latency HF to Shave Microseconds off Trade Times 06/20/2018 Experimental operations now under way on HF appear aimed at leveraging low-latency HF propag
Here's what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/BS5AlRg 73, Scott K9MA On 1/30/2019 20:36, Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote: Hi Scott, What makes you think that it is related to stock trading? Can you provide
I only have two bearings from that area: 90 degrees from Peru, MA 45 degrees from Hartford, CT The former, if is correct, would seem to rule out VE. The latter places it somewhere west of Boston. Cle
Ill second that! 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
I slow down to the others speed, if necessary, and further if conditions are poor. I think slowing down just for the sn is counterproductive. 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad ___________
Many years ago, I designed a pulse amplifier for one of the Hubble Space Telescope instruments. It had a lot of gain and a 100 MHz bandwidth, so I did the cable shielding calculations, concluding tha
I think Holger means crosstalk, rather than distortion. The critical issue will be whether the feedline crosstalk is greater than that from the antennas. There may be ways to estimate the feedline cr
I made some foam rings to make the pads deeper, which works for me. 73, Scott K9MA GA All After several hours of contesting with headphones, my ears are sore sore sore. Anyon
Definitely against the rules. I suppose an inexperienced operator could be excused, but that doesn't sound like it was the case. During the CQWW CW contest last year, I worked an OH on 160, way down