Hi Joe, There is usually a good reason or reasons as to why CW op is using a particular speed or range of speeds. Here are just a few of them: 1) Faster To increase rate and attempt to control an unr
Thank you for your kind comments Mike - Im glad that I could be of some help. Tnx for the qs and see you in the meteor bursts. :-) 73 Bob KQ2M Bob/KQ2M is very wise. He of course, phrased it much mor
Hi Scott, 73 Bob KQ2M Folks in the midwest US have noticed this very strong signal from 14.000 to 14.0035. Some kind of data, some thing related to stock trading. The bearing is 90 degrees from EN53g
Hi Neil, I previously read both of those articles and I read the experimental app from the link that you provided and I am very well aware of what institutional traders might be trying to do. But non
What is fun is when a super op type calls you and you KNOW that you can speed up and send it to him at 60 wpm and he will get it the first time and vice-versa if I I call him/her. Gets the blood pump
I remember 3830 and the score exchanges after the contests as far back as 1975 just after I got my General. It grew exponentially in popularity over the next 1 2 years. At one point there were so man
Any prefix that you dont already have. :-) With about 1,000 potential US prefixes already licensed but so many of them inactive in contests, hundreds of them could be considered fairly rare. 73 Bob K
Without have read the entire article (it was extremely long and extremely detailed), there are a few things that clearly should be taken into account before accepting their prediction as Gospel: 1) T
Before engaging a nest of any type, I always plan an escape route and practice it just in case. After carefully evaluating the path to the nest 17 above my head, on jagged ledge with tree stumps, bru
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I have never had the opportunity before to hear differences in signal strength by 1 db increments. +1 db is clearly an advantage and a +2 db difference nearly obliterates the weaker signal. Remarkabl
Thats Interesting Bernie. For me it is dependent on how well I can hear them. If they are strong enough for me to hear them reasonably well, then when I am dealing with heavy qrn with brief short bur
This is all relative. Depends on you, your pocketbook, your qth, your terrain, your neighbors, your town rules and regulations, time of the sunspot cycle and so many other factors. Not to mention whe
As a Single Op. Non-assisted kind of guy, I dont like the idea of computerized contest stations, although from a tech standpoint I think it would be a really cool accomplishment if it could be done W
Hi Ken, Analyzing old contest logs has been favorite strategy of mine for decades now. Not only does it refresh my memory of obscure openings partially forgotten, but it also gets me psyched. It is a
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Unless I have misunderstood something, China is in zone 24, but a small part of China is also in Zone 23. I have heard several UA0Y hams (and several DXpeditions) on from zone 23, the most active of
Hi Frank, Thank you for posting that. If I recall correctly, this is a DRAMATIC revision in forecast compared to what the NOAA had on their website in March 2019 (Solar Flux plunging to the upper 50s
Hi Frank, Their original anomalous Solar Flux forecast came without explanation and now their revision comes many months later without explanation too. Here is a chart of their original forecast of S
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