Fellow contesters, Due to a glitch, these two contest write-ups did not appear in the comments section of my posted score on the 3830 reflector or the 3830 archives. Here are the links to each story
The late 50s early 60s was the first major wave of leaving the cities for the suburbs in the newly constructed development homes by Levitt and other builder they were the WW2 generation after they ha
If you like unique and interesting travelogues/adventure stories, I would suggest that you read Investment Biker by James (Jimmy) Rogers. He was a pre-eminent investor and hedge fund manager from the
Modeling of proposed specific antennas and stacking combinations is always the place to start and then modeling those configurations over your specific terrain is ESSENTIAL from a hilltop location. I
Medical situations often arise unexpectedly. I was a US Team Leader for WRTC 2006 held in Florianopolis, Brazil and I was forced to withdraw just one month before WRTC as a result of severe complicat
Hi Ron, Thank you. I was very fortunate to have previously earned the position of Team Leader in three WRTCs in 1990 Seattle, 2000 Slovenia and 2002 Finland. They were all incredible events and among
One of my super-duper top-secret intelligence sources has informed me that the DLs, anticipating a fake news advance version of the actual WRTC2018 results, have enacted a secret, unpublished WRTC 20
Having operated all over the W1 for the past 35 years, I can state based on extensive contest operating experience that there are large geographic disadvantages WITHIN New England. There is no compar
Bill, I didnt forget anything. My response was generalized because I couldnt possibly express all the differences by band, by antennas and by qth region that I have seen and experienced in more than
Hi Jeff, The examples that I cited are not common but they are not abnormalities. They would certainly be more common had the same group of excellent ops operated from similarly big stations outside
Hi Tim, The Bay of Fundy separates Nova Scotia from New Brunswick. Maine is on the Atlantic Ocean, not the Bay of Fundy. If you are really looking for fun and to improve your skills, there is NOTHING
Hi Matt, I have a few comments on some of your observations based on my experiences: - In a perfect contest, participants would be indifferent to where in the world they operated from. So far we have
Jim, For location, Instead of SCV, which is your ARRL section, try 6 which is your IARU zone. 73 Bob KQ2M I think it needs zone number as location. I personally do not know what SCV is. 73, Igor UA9C
Hi Stan, For the first 4 1/2 years that I operated from my present qth in Western CT (1994-9), I used only LOW wires on 10 160 and competed in the SOABHP NON-assisted category with the big boys rathe
Lets all be assisted and have more fun! Hmmm.... I been having ENORMOUS fun for 45 years operating NON-assisted. I wouldnt presume to think that ALL of us would have more fun being forced to operate
Sounds like a good challenge for you Jim. Are you up to it? :-) 73 Bob KQ2M I've had several zero point WPX scores back when same country QSOs counted for multipliers but not QSO points. My personal
Yes, you can but it will require a carefully calculated amount of NILs, miscopies and logging errors (to ensure that none of the stations you work lose any points). :-) CQWW would be a great challeng
John, As is usually the case, the answer to that question will depend on whether or not price is a consideration or money is no object. Can you be more specific as to what you are willing to spend? 7
I often pull out a callsign or part of a callsign by discerning the difference in the beats between loud guys calling on exactly the same frequency - the ever-present qsb makes that possible. And the
It would be helpful if they indicated why their prediction for the next 4 years is so dramatically different from that the end of previous sunspot cycles. This prediction would indicate an especially