You can get a 4 pin connector at any Radio Shack. The ProSet has a miniature Phone plug on the mic lead. Wire up a socket connected to the appropriate pins of the 4 pin plug. 73, Bob N5NJ -- CQ-Conte
Jay is 100% correct. A switch as he describes, commonly called a "transfer switch", will prevent injury and also prevent damage to the generator by preventing the possibility of it's output ever comi
These equipment travelling threads are very interesting. Mike - NO6X - why not bring a laptop ? Unless you're concerned with being able to use a DVP ? Everyone travelling carries a laptop and they ar
On Tuesday, February 3, The North Texas Contest Club will resume it's monthly meeting schedule with a great program. Phil - N6ZZ will describe his latest exploits during the CQWW Phone and CW Contest
have gotten on of the takes too The wisdom of this statement makes endurance of the QSLing discussion worthwhile. Robert E. Naumann N5NJ@worldnet.att.net also V26RN, ex KR2J, W6V, WA2OVE Plano, TX U
On Tuesday, March 3, The North Texas Contest Club will continue it's monthly meeting schedule with a great program. Jay, WX0B will demonstrate and explain his newest "StackMatch" design. The newest r
Lately, I've been following these, what I'd call, "non-issue" discussions looking for wisdom filled statements in an attempt to prove that "every cloud has a silver lining". I have found some really
Good question, Ken. I had the same thing occur this past weekend when I was operating at WX0B. (It's happened before too). I think we need to implore those, who can hear a station someone is struggli
Stu is correct that sharing this sort of information is valuable. I believe, however, that the "gentleman's agreement" always was to do an Announcement of these occurrences rather than a DX Spot. Of
The following article appeared in the "Plano Star Courier" on November 5 written by Eric Sipos. I have received permission from the Editor to publish this here. Perhaps, with equal effort and reasona
OK enough heard from the "foreigners". In a DX contest, what Bruce says is generally true. If the guy can't listen to 3 or 4 rapid qsos and figure out what he's going to get, forget it ! Just sending
Both of your concerns regarding beverage hookups and the transverter connection are easily handled via the "Transverter Jack" on the back panel of the 830. Check the schematic in the manual and you'l
To all those technical purists who have pointed out my incorrect statement, let me re-phase it. ;-) "In contest operation, the TS830's extremely low level of phase noise causes negligible negative im
I got DX4WIN. I even got a 10% club discount check mailed to me a couple of weeks after Dayton (I guess he figured out I was an FRC member somehow) which I was very impressed with. After all, he had
During this past weekend, N5ZT (Reid, whose call we used for the NTCC effort) pointed out to me that Field Day has a 15 minute band change rule !!?? What for ? Whose idea was that ? Perplexed in Big
Wow! What a contest ! some great fun, and not too much to complain about. Thanks must go to our host, Roy Carty V21N, as well as to the rest of the Antiguan Amateur community. We also owe thanks to T
I do not, but "The Sharper Image" stores at a mall near you have a pair of noise canceling headphones that are amazing. The price is about $70 and did I say, they're amazing ? K3MM directed me to the
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All this discussion is missing the what I believe the intention of the rule to be which is to prevent someone "feeding calls", such as reading a page (these days a screen) from the callbook, or the c