I did not hear him. Keith NM5G 9H3DX Team --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of sawyered@earthlink.net Sent: Tuesday, Ma
You will likely get more feedback on TowerTalk. I would take the antenna down and fix/tune it at 5 meters. The resonance difference between 5 and 22 meters is usually about 10-15kc, moving up with el
My opinion is you should take friends with you so you can operate 24/7 on a schedule. :) 73, Keith NM5G/VP8DXL/9H3KD --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bo
Not sure what you mean by "true dual receive." I have three rigs that can receive on two bands at the same time: ICOM 775DSP (second VFO can be tuned to a different band) Ten-Tec Orion (two separate
The new Yaesu 9000 has a nifty feature called ACM (Adjacent Channel Monitor) for situations such as this. Below are a couple of excerpts from the manual: -- While operating on CW on the Main (VFO-A)
I have heard of Dunestar failures while used in conjunction with tuners. In each case the Dunestar was completely destroyed. Based on this finding I purchased two ICE 419As. During the VP8WWW DXpedit
I think you are right. Having participated in FD in 2A for both 2005 and 2006, I would say (without analyzing the logs) that 1D participation was up quite a bit this year. Our club had less participa
I guess I should be knocking on wood since long flights (8-10 hours) do not cause problems for me except for a stiff neck trying to sleep in the seat. I typically do not get out of the seat during th
This was posted today on our company internal web site: BY NOW YOU'VE ALREADY READ ABOUT or personally experienced the changes in security screening at our nation's airports and around the world that
reasoning that dogs obeyed, and she definitely was not a dog. Looks like you are the dog, lucky dog. My wife has no interest in amateur radio, only horses. We will celebrate our 40th wedding anniver
I am not one of the TxQP officials but have direct contact with the leadership. Setting a rule to outlaw self-spotting will surely result in an extra burden for the log checker(s). Also, one can effe
One of the best ways to learn HF listening is participation in ARRL Field Day. My club, Northwest Amateur Radio Society (NARS), has mentored many new hams into HF contesting via our annual FD operati
I found it necessary to keep the CQP Counties window up to assist in logging. If you think this is a challenge, you should try TQP. We have 254 counties! 73, Keith NM5G I liked the new system in CQP.
or privately, for someone to explain what was wrong with the old system. and rules. Maybe someone can invite a high 'mukity-muck' from NCCC to enlighten us. While you seem to be attempting to create
Texas has an estimated population of about 23 million, mostly in Houston, Dallas-Ft Worth and San Antonio met areas. About 2/3 of the state is quite sparsely populated. 73, Keith NM5G Native Texan <
been legal for a multi-op station to change Check as operators change. In fact, it's mandatory, per the rule. So you change the check with operator but use the station call sign? 73, Keith NM5G ____
If you call CQ all the time you operate, or just S&P between CQ runs, you can enter as single op unassisted. Other than that I would probably enter as assisted. 73, Keith NM5G --Original Message-- Fr
I would like a logger that allows the operator to flag a contact as questionable, or needing review. It would be great to be able to submit this "unedited" log with the understanding that, after revi
Good point. In my limited DXpedition experience (VP8, 9H3), our logs were not even looked at until we returned from the trip. There just was not enough time for any type of analysis. Perhaps there co
Having two receivers on different bands is SO2R only if the second band receiver works on a separate antenna and listens while transmitting on the first band. 73, Keith NM5G Ed: "SO2R in a box" was a