Hmmm. Inquiring minds want to know. I am located in NM with the 109th meridian being my east property line. The AZ state line is 3 miles to the West. Some are pointing out that the ITU Zone 7 extends
Thanks John, Very well written and articulated. Now let's see if the community of posters can live up to higher expectations and raise the bar. 73 de Milt, N5IA ______________________________________
SNIP SNIP -- When describing contesting to my friends, I liken it to something they understand. I explain it is very similar to them working on their "Hot Rod" all week long, and then going to the "D
I read about this contest yesterday someplace. I do not remember where. The was something in the other announcement that is NOT in this announcement, but one thing I read there was something I found
Jim, I would say your callsign phonetics are truly appropo given the current situation at TSA checkpoints. :-) Milt, N5IA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-C
Joe, Now you are going to exclude many, many folks in the rural areas from being able to participate in a club. Your views are accepted as your opinion, but they certainly do not fit any better than
Stan Eloquently expressed it thusly................... Something is not quite right when a part time effort in a DX contest can make top ten and knock out a full time effort by as good an operator fr
Quite true Tom. But NOT TRUE for the other 80% of the country! Mis dos centavos, de Milt, N5IA All this envy of the east coast puzzles me. Anyone else with any room and a good rural location in the S
I am a competitor. I often liken amateur radio contesting to the Hot Rod 1/4 mile drag strips. You work on your "rod" (station) all week long and then you go the the drags on Saturday night (favorite
Tom, To my knowledge there has been NO whining during this entire thread. And I am certainly not making any excuses. I and others have been stating the facts as demonstrated by the statistics. What I
Carol, A true EDZ with 0.625 WL legs and 0.125 WL balanced line feed will present a ~ 50 to 75 Ohm feed point impedance, depending on whether it is installed with the legs inline or drooping as in an
The Eastern AZ Amateur Radio Society, Inc. (EAARS) has been issued the club call sign K7EAR. This call sign flows VERY well on CW, especially the rhythmic suffix. Short and snappy. Dah-di-dah, dah-da
The instructions for an SO2R box in the rear portion of the manual for the NA Contest Logging program include a diagram. I constructed this one about 10-12 years ago, have used it many times on both
And for those wanting to put those elusive Graham and Greenlee County AZ contacts in your log, K7EAR will be VERY active as a multi-operator, multi-station, multi-mode, COUNTY LINE Expedition operati
I am wondering Ken, that when you are remotable in the future, if you will fly to Vancouver and take a motel room in order to comply with the 'located in the same country (entity)' requirement? Thoug
Bernie and the World. Most of you are aware that the ARRL Headquarters station will be operated by the Arizona Outlaws Contest Club. The different band/modes will be operated at dispersed locations o
Hmmmm. Along that line of thought the logical, parallel step is to include ALL the independent, sovereign nations within the borders of the contiguous USA. I am referring to the Native American Natio
Kermit, If you are referring to the CQ 160 CW contest this weekend, there is NO single op assisted. The categories are single op OR multi-op. If you use any assistance you are a multi-op. CU on in th
Dear Devil's Advocate, Please have your Quorum make public an official survey with questions and possible answers along the lines that your have put forth in your very interesting and well written/ex
A question to the informed masses. A year or so ago I purchased some wireless remote control, 8 relay, modules from some source on E-Bay. Obviously at the time the units appealed to me, and apparentl