Strongly agree, Barry. But second is smooth response, low distortion. Both reduce fatigue. WIDE response is fine, but less important. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Something to think about. I've heard that Kindle isn't a great way to read/study technical books, because it's not easy to jump around to look at something in the book referenced by pages you're curr
I must be a real moldy fig, but I thought that copying the call and the exchange ON THE AIR was part of the contest! Silly me. 73, Jim K9YC Since both J77HQ and J87HQ will be active in the contest, w
Congratulations or sympathy? :) It's a thankless job, lots of work. Thanks for taking the job, Doug. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
Why not just copy what they send during the contest? Contests are INTENDED to be a measure of an operator's ability to copy what the other station sends DURING THE CONTEST. 73, Jim K9YC _____________
I need suggestions in Z time for paths from me to you. 6M propagation is largely sporadic E-layer, and "sporadic" is the key word. Sometimes there are openings during a contest, and sometimes there a
Use the World tab. 73, Jim as HS0ZCW, I plan to be on 6 meters for the VHF contest upcoming. This is a one weekend only contest permission from Thailand government. I need suggestions in Z time for p
Properly done, they can kill second harmonics of the power amp. That's a big deal when you're operating SO2R CW on 80, 40, and 20. What's the advantage compared to LPF or BPFs? Most of these filters
Your logic is exactly backwards, Jukka, and it applies ONLY to optimizing the relationship between the stub and the power amp. When the output circuit element is a capacitor, the stub should be 1/4 w
qrz.com shows that all LIVE in the golden eastern half of NA. So VERY unlikely that anything will happen to make these contests interesting for stations contesting outside the Atlantic basin. 73, Jim
I posted the link twice. 73, Jim K9YC On Mon,7/18/2016 10:37 AM, Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest wrote: If we are learning that stubs cannot be placed randomly, is there a method of tuning a stub that is
There are many amps with Pi-L outputs. There's a table of those I've been able to learn about (with help from friends) at this link http://k9yc.com/Coax-Stubs.pdf At the the old K1AR M2 we ran from m
In case you really split the hairs, there is a connection between the two; placement and length; but it is weak. This is false. In case you really want to experiment, make the stub a little long. -if
Not useful to complain without offering a suggestion. MANY times I have noted the need for updating scoring rules to the modern age, and I have made some suggestions. All were promptly rejected as "c
Top quality RG11 works well for stubs. Top quality means a low resistance of both center conductor and shield, and good quality control. Belden 8213 is an example of a very good RG11. 73, Jim K9YC __
No one every went broke overestimating the stupidly of the human species. :) So how popular are they in OC? In SE AS? They are certainly NOT popular in Zone 3. And don't compare them to ARRL DX, whic
Just browsing through my QST on line. More than 10x the next closest score!! Congrats! Gee, I missed that! Obviously because all the better ops were competing in a different class. QRP is what we in
Living in VE2, YOU don't need more multipliers, but WE in Zone 3, where EU and AF is MUCH more difficult to work on 40, 80, and 160, DO need more multipliers to compensate for those EU and AF mults t
Gee, is the reason for contest rules nothing but a numbers game? I thought contesting was about technical skill in building a station and operating skills. Many years ago, I taught at DeVry, which wa
AI6V K6AHV K7RI N2IC/5 N7DD W6RR (3x) W7RM WM5G Have won CQWW SSB. That's a span of 45 years. WM5G is in TX, N2IC is at high elevation in NM, neither are anywhere near the west coast. :) Also, in the