Hi Y'all, Rich has an interesting idea. On the other hand, I remember my first thought as I "went down the stairs" for the first time at W3LPL. The wall in the hall of the stairwell is filled with pl
Hi Steve, I've tried 250 Hz and 500 Hz and I prefer the 500 Hz when calling CQ but the 250 seems to make digging out a multiplier a little easier at the bottom of the band. The best improvement that
Hi Steve, I've tried 250 Hz and 500 Hz and I prefer the 500 Hz when calling CQ but the 250 seems to make digging out a multiplier a little easier at the bottom of the band. The best improvement that
Hello Fellow Patient People, Realizing how folks come and go on the reflector I just wanted to mention that several months ago there was a posting to all who had not received a 1995 - or older - awar
Hello Fellow Low Power Types. I've been operating in the Amplifier Free arena for some time now and in the last couple of years have jumped back into contesting as some of you already know. When the
Go For It - Take the receiver up there with reasonant antennas and a pre-amp would be good to simulate the gain of full size antennas. Check all the bands and also take an aircraft band receiver. The
Welcome aboard. I'm also a little pistol and operate mostly 40 meters with 100 Watts output into wires in the trees. The CQWW phone starts next Friday night and runs thru to Sunday evening. There wil
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Hello Y'all, I just wanted to "weigh in" on the discussion of the 40 meter band and the current need for U.S. stations to work split - I like the present arrangement since it permits me to feel that
I have tried all of the referenced switches. The B/W, although feeling light-weight seems to have the best reliability as I've been using the same switch with 6 positions for 15 years. It has been st
Hello All, I must confess and clear my conscience! Abt 20 years ago when I was new to contesting and new to HF as well, I tuned 20 meters looking for a clear frequency during the 1980 IARU and found
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Hi Again, A couple of people have suggested that we NOT use CQ TEST LM on CW but rather the straight CQ TEST. Upon deeper reflection I believe this is correct since most of the CW ops will be with se
Hi everyone, I just got home from the local club meeting of the Maryland Mobileers (they had those county hunter maps at Dayton in the Flea market). Tonites program was about preparation for Field Da
Greetings Y'All, Now that the LU's have novice priveledges in the lower part of 10 meters it's time to unveil a little known secret of 10 meter operation, especially during low sunspot activity. The