Some examples -- W6JTI's shack is in rented space at a friend's very remote mountaintop QTH. Frank is a superb CW operator, and often places well in the QRP class he usually chooses to operate. He ha
This is part of building the YCCC box. I'm not aware of anyone selling them pre-made. The only hard part is finding cables small enough to cram into that little connector. I used some mini-coax that
On Mon,11/28/2016 7:19 AM, Art Boyars wrote: I do not know what special skills are needed for "assisted", but they sure are nothing like the skills I developed for single op, especially Little Pistol
Hi Scott, In general, Lutron dimmers, at least those made for use with incandescent lighting, have a long established reputation for being FRI-quiet, and Lutron for having engineers who are RFI-savvy
I'll be QRP in ARRL 160 this weekend looking for stations with good ears in VT, SC, and WV to finish up 160M QRP WAS. I won't be CQing, but I'll be using the cluster and listening a lot. I've had the
Troubleshooting ideas here. http://k9yc.com/KillingReceiveNoise.pdf and http://k9yc.com/KillingRXNoisePPT.pdf 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-C
Thanks for posting the spectrum, Scott. With your permission, I'd like to add it to my collection, and probably a presentation. When you pull the old dimmer out, please pay careful attention to how i
YES! I find it maddening when I'm trying to dump my call into his rhythm and he adds TEST on top of it. My rule is that I want to give another caller a shot at me as soon as possible after he discove
Because they're trying to make rate, and they can find someone else to work faster than waiting for you to finish a Q. It's one thing if you're fast, don't need repeats, the other station doesn't nee
Yes. And big gun contesters need to experience it from a small station, or from one far off the beaten path. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Co
Yes, but many seem to have forgotten the experience. 73, Jim _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/list
Oh, is EU in this contest? :) Five miles from the Pacific near San Francisco, 10M is possible to EU only in 2-3 peak years. So far this year, no AF or AS at all. Trans-equatorial gets us the bigger s
NAQP has ALWAYS been a "no packet, 100W" contest. That's not a change. Indeed, it's one of the joys of it. And, of course, there are some who don't read or play by the rules. 73, Jim K9YC ___________
But that completely changes the nature of NAQP. One of the great things about NAQP is that it IS limited to 100W and discourages cluster use. That allows smaller stations to have a lot more fun, beca
Packet spots generates runs that make it tough for stations with weaker signals to get through. This makes it more exciting for the running station, but quite frustrating for the weaker stations. Whe
Well, Steve, at least you can hear damn well -- you pulled my QRP signal through without much trouble. And so did WL7E! I'd say you both have pretty good stations! Many ops only pay attention to how
One of the best ways is to invite another ham, young or old, to join you for a multi-op at your station. Rig a second set of headphones so that they hear what's going on. If they're new to contesting
Thanks for the reminder, Igor. Sounds like fun, and the contest period even provides propagation possibilities to W6 on several bands, although not strong. :) 73, Jim K9YC On Mon,12/19/2016 2:22 PM,
As a 14 year old who is rather active in contesting, I have a few basic thoughts. There is more to come, this was just what was on my mind: Keep those thoughts coming, Marty. And congratulations for
On Thu,12/22/2016 9:46 AM, Stephen Bloom wrote: I don't know the lay of the land at Visalia in terms of how tightly scheduled it is, and/or how easy it is to set things up on the fly, but, if feasibl