Seems to me that if no one hears about ham radio any more, the chances are dim that there will be enough new people in the hobby to keep it viable. I recall when any day, the 40 meter novice band was
This is a total shock. John was such a powerful man in so many ways. It isn't fair that he was taken by the disease. What's ironic is that we were involved in one of our very spirited disagreements a
Thanks a great deal, Mike. I really feel honored. Hopefully you will find that the book gets pretty dramatic with a tense atmosphere at the end. This WRTC had a lot of great things in it, and I hope
Hi to everyone on the CQ-Contest reflector, and happy 4th of July. Check out an extensive interview with Tom Medlin regarding my book, "Contact Sport," on an Internet broadcast Tuesday night, July 5,
Agree. At my weekly "radio lunch" with K5NA, K5OT, W5JAW, and N5TW, we came up with the same thing. Everyone should be able to work his/her own country for one point. This would not only encourage mo
What I'm going to say doesn't appeal to me personally, since I contest as an S/O CW operator without Internet in the shack, but if we are going to make radiosporting interesting to young people, futu
Good points here: 1. Most importantly, the DARA knows how to run the Hamvention, and deserve a chance to relocate the facilities. 2. Ohio (and Dayton of course) is perfectly located for a massive fle
With the help of K5NA, I'm "crashing into the present" and getting my contest logs onto LOTW. I've been a TR-Log user since 2003, and TR includes a utility to convert the DAT files to ADIF. Prior to
Thanks to many for the suggestions. "Simply change the .adf suffix to .adi" worked fine. All the files uploaded lickedy-split. Great! Thanks to all. Jim N3BB At 06:33 PM 8/14/2016 -0500, Jim George w
As one who has competed, refereed, and written about three different WRTCs, and worked hard to qualify for Moscow in 2010 (and didn't make it), I believe that the present system is a good one. It is
Continuing my quest to get old contest files into the LOTW system, I have worked my way through all the TR-Log and NA files at this time. Now am starting on my CT files in 2000 and earlier. I have th
I hope this will be okay with the CQ-Contest reflector, because a major article about ham radio contesting has been published in "Epoch Times," a newspaper with a circulation of over a million based
Please join me for a live interview on "Ham Talk Live" Thursday at 9 pm eastern (8 pm central, etc) USA times. Neil, WB9VPG, will be hosting and the show will feature an interview followed by live ca
This surely hits the nail on the head for me. Thanks Jim. Jim N3BB NAQP has ALWAYS been a "no packet, 100W" contest. That's not a change. Indeed, it's one of the joys of it. 73, Jim K9YC ____________
I've had a three-section crank-up tower (it used to be called the LM-354) that's 54 feet tall when fully extended. For a long time, I used it in a permanent fully-extended manner, with phased ten met
Ditto here. My DX Doubler is just the right thing for me. Jim N3BB I've been happy with my Top Ten TX Doubler. I've used it for years. It is simple to use and the price is right. Cables are available
FYI folks. The Northern California Contest Club-sponsored Sprint is back on and will be running for its 26th session, or ladder. This one will be a short seven week series in January and February of
Looking for some additional "players" in W5 Land for the "Five Landers" sprint team(s) for the upcoming NA Sprint. Casual as well as serious folks are very welcome. Please email me off reflector. Tha
Likewise here. No Internet available in the guest house, where the shack is. All true single op. I sure hope that we never get to the point where we are forced to all be assisted. Different strokes f
The N3BB station has no Internet connection. Please don't require on-line for all entry classes. Viva la difference! Jim N3BB John KK9A I also think that next big step would be real time log checking