I use and really like the W9XT cards. I seem to recall hearing something once about a mod that would let you put one of the W9XT cards into a box with a power supply and run it from an external paral
The ZS4TX multi-keyer box has both a voice keyer and a Super CMOS Keyer III built-in. I think it is the only commercial offering right now with both a voice keyer and a CW memory keyer in one box. --
This sounds to me like the decision has already been made. -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R Departme
So, I received my February 2002 QST yesterday in the mail. There are 11 articles, not counting the one contest results article or the regular columns. The QST Table of Contents breaks these up into t
My experience with trying to submit articles about contesting to QST in the recent past is that they see a contesting article and automatically bounce it to the NCJ editor. I got some reply about con
Does anyone have any thoughts on what the QST editorial board really wants in the way of contesting feature articles? I've published multiple articles in the NCJ and CQ Contest that I first sent in t
And yet, less than two years ago, an article I wrote about the (long) history of contesting at the University of Texas (OK, so we're already licensed college students and not bright, rosy-cheeked 8-y
"Contesting Ethics and Sportsmanship" "Contest Summaries" - list each of the current major contests and have a paragraph or two about them. What makes them unique and interesting. "Contest Logging by
When was the last time you read an entire book that was published on the Internet? Books are excellent because they can be used anywhere - not just where you have a computer. The web hasn't made all
Why on earth would the Japanese ever be interested in being involved in organizing the WRTC? The WRTC organizers have been marginalizing Japan's competitive presence in the event from the very beginn
Shouldn't this sort of sharing of log information be done after the contest log submission deadline? -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Texas at Au
During the ARRL DX contest, a couple of us got to talking about Caribbean contest stations we used to hear on teh air all the time and haven't heard from in a while. One, in particular, stood out. An
These days, most people would also include WriteLog as one of the most popular contest logging programs. SD is also very popular in Europe. You can read a review of contest logging software by G3CWI
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:49:36 -0600
That is correct. In previous years, the weekend before the Super Bowl has usually been the third weekend of January, and the last full weekend of January has been the fourth full weekend. This year,
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 07:34:32 -0600
All those different contest exchanges, too - the lack of consistency from contest to contest creates much confusion amongst contesters - I can't tell you how many times I've started to say "59 Texas"
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:05:48 -0600
Along the same lines, the initial results for the 2002 IARU HF World Championship scored W1AW/5 wrong. The QSO points for W1AW/5 were computed as if the station were in ITU zone 8 (which is where W1A
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:36:24 -0600
I heard a long-delayed echo in the 2001 CQWW SSB contest. I was operating on 15 meters and was calling CQ with a three-high stack of monoband yagis. I was calling a live CQ (not a DVK recording) and
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:59:01 -0600
The scores database for the 2003 IARU HF World Championship is now online, along with the Web Report for the contest: http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/scores.html?con_id=50 http://www.arrl.o
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:40:05 -0600
Well, it was available, for at least a few hours on 15 January. Now, even the PDF file that had been online for a month is gone. -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.e
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 07:55:18 -0600
Taken to its logical conclusion, you could subdivide the phone (or CW) bands by activity type (and hhey why not - let's subdivide by language, too) and have basically one channel for each activity. I