Well, I DID write this for the benefit of easterners. :-) - N4KG Whereas a funky dipole on 40 can work only a a run A HELLO! Anybody listening? I said to stay on later in the MORNING, AFTER the Broa
"It was like signals were bouncing off of something down in the Caribbean." Yep, that's exactly what's happening. It's called BACKSCATTER. (and it usually peaks in the direction of the sun) Enjoy! de
<snip> At this point, people thought things were getting out of hand (especially the teams that truly had but a single transmitter!), so the people who make up the rules got even smarter yet and crea
The JA's and VK's only have a 10 KHz window at the top of the 75M band (which ends at 3800 KHz for most of the rest of the world). Even in parts of the world which have wider segments, 3790 to 3800 i
DUPES as a result of OFF FREQUENCY CALLING - de N4KG One contributing factor to dupes that I have not seen addressed is OFF FREQUENCY CALLING. This is not as big a problem as it was 10 years ago, but
Does your rotor cable run to the ground, or do you bring it back above ground (where it is more susceptible to RF pickup)? The ferrite beads would do more good at the control box. Winding a few turns
EAST vs. WEST in ARRL Sweepstakes de N4KG IMHO, the eastern contesters hand victory to the western stations by moving the the high bands as soon as they open on Sunday mornings. This places the more
Re: SSB off frequency calling I'm a little surprised no one has mentioned the frequency response of different MICROPHONES as a contributing factor. Japanest microphones in particular do not seem to h
N4KG comments intersperced in text - of least I all of heard, can couldn't they YEP, been there. During a previous low sunspot cycle when the only band that was open in the afternoon was 20M and it w
Who ever said CQ WW was fair? Why should a Caribbean station receive 2 points for every USA contact while mid-eastern stations receive only 1 point for every JA contact? Personally, I think all conta
On Thu, 14 May 1998 15:24:09 +0930 Martin Luther <MartinL@AppDes.com.au> writes: Promote contesting amongst the natives! de Tom N4KG __________________________________________________________________
SNIP make that darn thing into a Contest Quality radio............I will buy one. Ron - I beg to differ on your statement regarding tuning knobs. As a receiver design engineer for Chrysler, we have c
Question: Why are the high scores (high power) listed last in the SS listings, under the low power scores, which are under the QRP scores? This results in the score listings (from top to bottom) fall
they are doing is wrong...tell the contest sponsors too! This is good advice Doug, but should carry the warning that you will not be loved for your dedication to ethical behavior! For the last severa
On Tue, 19 May 1998 11:56 (PDT) Jeffrey Pawlan <jpawlan@pawlan.com> writes: turning ............................................... YES, this technique WORKS. I learned this in the mid-50's using a W
OK Doug, as a member of the CQ Contest Committee, what would you do in the case of a DX station who either missends his call or has a timing problem in his keying and a leading dot is missing from th
NO WONDER the guys on P4 and PJ9 win ! (THEY know that their USA contacts are worth 50% more than USA contacts from V2 ! .... 2 pts X 1.5 = 3 :-) de N4KG .................. On Fri, 31 Jul 1998 17:01:
OK, I'll play devil's advocate. What ruling would the CQ Contest Committee make on a log that was WRITTEN after the contest? Example: an operator who wants to minimize his energy expenditure during t
On Wed, 1 Jul 1998 03:57:04 -0000 "Dan Evans" <dlevans@hsonline.net> writes: ............................ And why NOT? Lots of guys worked the BIG M/M stations in the CQ WW for the Zone and/or Countr
Doug, You have still not answered my previous question: What if the DX station missends his call for part or all of the contest. (keyer misprogrammed, or leading dot dropped by slow VOX, or sloppy bu