Even if you belong to the ARRL you will never see the full contest results unless you get on the website. At least at CQ you can see them in print, and you can go to the local magazine stand and get
CQ will let you earn their awards, even if you are a non-subscriber. You just have to pay a higher awards fee. Not like that with the ARRL if you live in the USA. 73s John NE0P CQ this the __________
I think the TS870 was discontinued about 2 years ago. The TS850, TS930, TS940 and TS950SDX were all considered premier contest rigs, as was the TS830 during the tube era. I used to have a set of Kenw
OK, how do you think the FCC's proposal is going to affect the level of activity in CW only contests? 73s John NE0P ________________________________________________________________ __________________
Hi Bob, I am not sure what rig comes closest to the TS870 today. Probably the Icom 756PRO if you are looking at HF in general. In the Kenwood lineup it would be the TS2000. 73s John NE0P have comes h
I can see the FCC soon eliminating the CW subbands. The FCC has already stated (not in these exact words) that CW is no longer important, and the NPRM is closer to W5YI's petition than the ARRL's. W5
And the dead years had the 756PRO series. -- Original Message -- From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net> To: "KE5CTY Bob" <rtnmi@sbcglobal.net> Cc: "'David Thompson'" <thompson@mindspring.com>; "'CQ Co
And reason 4 is that CW works much better on Aurora propagation once you get to 2 meters and above. I have heard SSB once on 2 meter aurora and it was virtually uncopyable. 73s John NE0P ____________
I think the majority of them run just fine. That is one problem with the internet. If someone has a problem with their rig, they repeated post it for all to see. Those who don't have any problems rar
Where is it written that everyone should become a ham? We seem to have this idea that we need to get as many hams as possible, so are willing to sacrifice quality for quantity. Most people will never
I am in the planning stages for getting a tower up in the next couple of years (hopefully) and am hoping to get some feedback from the group concerning this. Here is my situation: I don't have much r
There are several other factors which are important in contesting besides overall receiver performance: One is computer control. While some older radios may have fine receiver performance, they do no
Does anyone have the QSL route for EN9F for the 2002 CQWPX CW contest? Can't find it in either Buckmaster or QRZ.COM 73s John NE0P ________________________________________________________________ ___
I can remember when the Icom 751A was THE contest radio to have. Icom really continued to dominate the market with the 761 and 765, but then dual receive radios came out. I think Yaesu really regaine
I have a manual entitled "Managing Interstation Interference: Coaxial Stubs and FIlters" written by W2VJN available. This would be a useful resource for anyone planning to set up a multi/multi statio
It would be fun to see the next WRTC do something like that. Stick all teams in 0 or 9 land with 100 watts and a dipole at 30 feet. 73s John NE0P contest I dipoles and _______________________________
Has anyone found a good software program that will do both RTTY (AFSK) and contest logging in a single program. Currently I am using MMTTY for RTTY and NA for logging, but it gets tiring and difficul
Hi Bob, Well neither does dual receive, which is a bonus in the FT1000 series. I would seriously doubt that either comes close to the FT1000 in performance, although I have heard nice things about th
I think the TS870 was discontinued about 2 years ago. The TS850, TS930, TS940 and TS950SDX were all considered premier contest rigs, as was the TS830 during the tube era. I used to have a set of Kenw
OK, how do you think the FCC's proposal is going to affect the level of activity in CW only contests? 73s John NE0P ________________________________________________________________ __________________