I was just informed I will be on a plane to Taiwan this weekend to play fireman at several customers' factories. Oh joy--NOT! The Company's plan is for me to return the end of next week. However, if
No, as long as you follow that scenario without exception. I have been doing that with a 120V unit for many years, with a double-male cord. We have a LOT of power failures up here in California's San
I was concerned about regulation with HEAVY variable loads, beyond the scope of the battery charge output. But use of the dc output can certainly be efficient for smaller loads. The raw battery charg
Perhaps, Ty, but noise affects contesters almost as much as DXers--especially if it is severe. (I have moved some of your comments around to address them efficiently.) The last statement is generally
I sent an irate letter to both those addresses. Fat lot of good it will do. It costs me a grand and two vacation days to do Dayton. They have given me a good reason not to do Dayton again. Unfortunat
Right now, I am leaning toward this being my last Dayton. -- Garry Shapiro, NI6T 160 meters: not a band, but an obsession -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative r
Bob Schenck, N2OO offered a positive appraisal of the moved DX and Contest Fora at Dayton. I disagree. It is true that: * the presenters and moderators made the best of the situation--John Dorr in pa
According to my roommate at Dayton, there's more to it than that. Crowne Plaza is also saying that, if a room is reserved when they are made available later this month, the deposit will be CASHED. Th
There was a message after yours which talked about carving the RS holder to fit the element. Were people ordering the clamshell from the Heil Pro or the old BM10? Bob Heil is a funny sort of guy. My
The continuing deterioration of service provided by my ISP--Scruznet--culminated yesterday in the total failure of its mail server. This continued today and I have obtained a new provider. I would ap
-- Please note the NEW E-mail address for Garry Shapiro, NI6T and Yelena Kolodji, CNM: ni6t@best.com -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-R
"Potable" urinals? Not an attractive image. I prefer my potables before processing. -- Garry Shapiro, NI6T Editor, "The DXer," newsletter of the NCDXC Visit the Northern California DX Club 50th Anniv
On a two-wire Beverage, the termination is the other terminated port--the one not fed. Also, any reflection due to mismatch will cause the reflected energy to end up in the other port, effectively re
If any NCCC members who are into the RTTY contest are interested in a jaunt to Nevada to help WX7M play RTTY this weekend, let me know. The current staff includes Pat, WX7M, Bob, KN6J, Bob, N6OXR and