My friend Dave, now KW9KW after several excursions into the callsign selection pool, once had the greatest callsign in the world... for the single purpose of newsletter masthead: WO0G. He was the pre
I think the standard dates for CQWW are last full weekend in October for phone, and last full weekend in November for CW. While we're on the subject, there is frequently a misconception on Field Day
Don't do like one friend of mine did and get married on FD weekend. He's been fighting that ever since. (or any other contest weekend for that matter...wait a minute....) 73, Rod N4SI The DXer forme
Zillions of others will also answer this, but, stateside stations have no option. We do not have phone priveleges on 40 M below 7150. Since most ops outside Region 2 (U.S.) don't have priveleges abo
Thanks to Fred, K3ZO; and Trey (what is your new call anyway?). I did misunderstand the question, but not the way you think. I did not know that ZLs could go above 7100. Serves me right for rushing o
There's no question, in my opinion: Heil ProSet with HC-4 mic element. I like the original ProSet, but he now has a lighter weight version that some may prefer. You will get lots of opinions, all go
John, I agree with you from a statutory point, but I think Yuri might have been trying to make the case that an excessively wide signal, regardless of location in the band doesn't meet spectral puri
Was that a pre-emptive certificate? Oops, wrong reflector.... 73, Rod N4SI The DXer formerly known as N9AKE (c) 5 November, 1996 -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administ
Presumably using the Timewave DSP.... 73, Rod N4SI The DXer formerly known as N9AKE (c) 5 November, 1996 -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-cont
Hi Mike, Drawbacks: tube finals (that's a factor not only in quick QSY, but also lack of QSK, and negative keying). No autotuner. External VFO required for split operation beyond about 7 or 8 kc. Ba
As I said before, it is easy to add an external RX antenna. There is also a transverter jack, which by using the appropriate DIN plug will shut off the finals and use the output of the driver tube t
Absolutely. The VBT (variable bandwidth tuning) doesn't function properly unless you have similar bandwidth filters in each IF. Congratulations. 73, Rod N4SI The DXer formerly known as N9AKE (c) 5 N
Mike, Much like the situation with only a single narrow filter, the VBT won't work properly. Remember that the VBT works essentially by electronically moving the two filter passbands back and forth,
I forgot to mention that contesters have slightly different needs vis a viz filtering than do DXers, and that there are likely to be different opinions on this, but generally you will not be happy w
Absolutely. It's not so much the difference in gain (there is some), but the difference in front-to-back is spectacular. The Mosely looks like a rotatable dipole in comparison. The difference in mec
Randy, as far as I'm concerned, the best logging software is LOGic by Personal Database Applications. Dennis, WN4AZY, has done a marvelous job in integrating just about every feature needed to man i
I request Dan, W8CAR, be disqualified for submitting an erroneous score. A number divided by zero is NOT infinity. In his place, I claim first prize. While all of you were making plans for this year
Are you using a pre-1995 (or so) CTY file? Within the last couple of years, the FCC redefined some prefixes (such as KH7, KL-other than 7, and KP3). Prior to that date, those prefixes (except KH7, w
Send "SEt/NOBeep" to the 'Cluster (the capital letters are required, the others are optional). You can create a file on the 'Cluster that includes SEt/NOBeep, SEt/PAGE 999, and whatever others you m
I read this as any digital contact on a particular band would be a dupe with any other digital contact on that band with the same callsign. 73, Rod N4SI The DXer formerly known as N9AKE (c) 5 Novemb