Carol, I use a Rigblaster Advantage with my K3. Here are my settings in WJST-X: CAT Control : Serial Port COM4 Baud Rate 38400 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Handshake NONE PTT Method RTS Transmit Audio So
Any idea when the full NCJ issues will be available in a digital format? I'm a life member and I logged on to arrl.org. When I go to 'NCJ' the only .PDF files I see are the editorial and table of con
No disrespect to my Canadian friends but.... I remember during the last couple years that some stations in the Maritimes complaining (on this reflector) because each provinces didn't count as a separ
Mike, The W7 call area land mass is much greater than the Canadian Maritimes. You could take the lower half of QC and add in NB, NS, PEI and NF and it wouldn't even cover half of the W7 call area. Pl
Hans,Something you left out is creating some of these new sections gives people who reside there a competitive advantage. Take for example NNY. New York is one of the most populous states in the coun
Isn't there a digital contest reflector this discussion could be taken to? Recently FT8 seems to have been monopolizing this reflector. Thanks, Jeff KU8E _______________________________________
Sorry but with all due respect FT8 isn't a contesting mode. Any mode that has limitations on how many contacts you can make per hour isn't contesting Jeff The digital topics in my opinion are just as
Agree Ed. There are many more entries in traditional CW/SSB contests sponsored by ARRL and CQ than a FT8 contest. If this mode was so great then why did so few people use it in the ARRL RTTY Roundup
This is the sign of the times in the publishing world. There have been many non ham radio magazines that have gone all digital. Many more will do so in the future. I think it's the old timers are the
Joe,You don't have to have a big station to compete. If you do low power you will only compete against other low power stations. Bryant, KG5HVO is in first place in my region NA5. He has done a bunc
Also remember you can be picked as a teammate . The rules this time say you need to be in the top ten in your home region to be picked. This narrows the field compared to previous WRTC's. For example
John, K4BAI will be operating as a single-op in the CQ 160 CW contest as PJ4A remotely from here in Georgia. This will be the first contest operated remotely to the Beloud.us station in Bonaire at PJ
I also don't really have a nice station to contest from here in Georgia. There really aren't any Multi-Ops here in GA that are looking for operators. When I lived in Ohio it was easy to find someone
Same thing happened to me when I was on 1801.JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -- Original message --From: k5zd@charter.net Date: 1/28/20 9:04 PM (GMT-05:00) To: 'K9MA' <k9ma@sdelli
When I was on 1801 I had a EU station call me and ask me to listen up. He even sent his call. Like I really was going to move since the band was crowded. I just ignored him because he had to know he
Yuri,At about 80 cents a minute to rent one of the big remote stations you could buy a HF radio for what you would spend for one contest weekend rental. I agree with you that's not the future of ham
It would be nice if 160 contests used distance based scoring like the Stew Perry. Stations on the east coast don't only have a scoring advantage as far as 10 point QSO's they work but also the number
Bill, I know a little about the KPA1500 since K4BAI bought one this past summer. His worked fine until about a week ago when it started putting out 1/2 power - around 700 watts. I posted a message on
Bill, You might consider an OM2000A+ . This is an automatic no tune amplifier. https://www.om-power.com/products/om2000aplus I looked on the OM Power web page and I don't see that they sell OM2000A's
I saw The W2RE RHR video after the contest. There were also several other stations live streaming on YouTube during ARRL DX SSB. Some of those stations had the camera focused on their radio which sh