Hi, I am in the process of fixing my 80 meter 4-square and have some questions regarding raised radials. 1) Since my 4 square is "cut" for 3.65 and the radials need to work on 3.5 as well as 3.8mhz,
Yes, every decade this topic comes up again. And again. And again, like that greasy Cheeseburger that just won't digest properly, and keeps causing Reflector heartburn. For me, contesting is about OP
One person seems to think that I would eliminate the time limit of 36 hours in favor of 48. That's silly. While I might prefer to operate 48, I have no interest in changing the rules for my benefit.
Well I guess I forgot the first rule of reflector posting. For every post there are people ready to shoot at you because of things that have nothing to do with actual experience in the matter at hand
Hi, I am rebuilding my station and working on several antenna projects. I need 25-30 OLD HEAVY-DUTY quality Amphenol Elbow connectors for PL-259's. The kind that were hard to break, made in the US an
Don, N5LZ was a good memory about the 73 Magazine Single Band Championships back around 1987. I remember operating the 40 meter contest for the first 24 hours and then the 80 meter contest the 2nd 24
Hi All, I have an immediate need for about 125' of Phillystrand cable. It can be one continuous piece (preferred) or can be 3 pieces of 42' to 45', but NO LESS than 42'. Please let me know condition
Hi, I am in need of 6 pieces of Phillystran about 25' feet long to use as boom guys for my HG205CA's. Does anyone have any pieces that they don't need, or a small amount that they are willing sell fo
Hi all, I recently bought a Dell Win XP with Raid 1 - mirrored hard drives, without any antivirus or backup sofrtware. In the past I have used Norton Systemworks with varying degrees of success/ disa
Hans, This proof is nonsense and does not work either symbolically or mathematically. You say that 3l = r = -w. If that is true then 3l = -w . Then you say that l = r = -w. That would mean that 3l =
Hi, I am trying to find out the correct tension for using 1/4" EHS Guy wire with star guys. There is no information on this in the Rohn Catalog (that I could find) and two Rohn suppliers have told me
Lots of excellent suggestions/techniques and ideas from those who know. Here are a few more.... 1) The CQWW Log database is an INCREDIBLE source of operating information/strategies and techniques bas
Hi Guys, Public logs again... and again... and again... Here are my thoughts having looked at many... 1) Most of us like privacy - and for different reasons. But Contests are PUBLIC and the sponsors
Great question! I am well on my way to 1,000,000 q's. Over 35 1/2 years of operating and 35 years of contest operating, I have made somewhere North of 800k q's. For many years I was in the 25-30k ann
Yes, it does.... You need to check the webbing between their toes. :-) 73 Bob KQ2M _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.conte
I am greatly saddened to learn of John's passing. Although I didn't know John well, I had enjoyed talking with him several times in the past in person and by telephone. More recently, I was fascinate
Hi all, I like the idea of the NA plaque going to the winner of NA regardless of whether a US, VE or other NA station has won it. It is much, much harder to win NA as a US op because of the disparity
I sent two emails to mwdink@eskimo.com that generated error messages even though this email address is the one that Dink shows on the reflector. Does anyone know his new email address or if eskimo.co
On aggregate, you are no more likely to lose points because of other ops' copying errors than your competition is likely to lose point because of those same ops' copying errors. Unless you are someho
Hi Terry, Your example 2 is dead on and has been treated differently by different WPX contest managers over the years. Perhaps K5ZD will provide a definite answer to this. If your 36 hours of operati