I'm pondering purchasing a new radio, i.e. a used 1000mp. But this question is not so much about what radio but the thought process of buying a rig. In my mind, if your contesting you shouldn't be tw
How does one get a UBN report for the Nov. SS ? -- 73, Richard Thorne Amarillo, TX Amateur Radio Station - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M) Remote Control Planes - AMA # N5ZC Web Page: http://www.tcac.
Hi Joe: This one hits close to home. I run my kachina via remote control since I can't have antennas at my house. As long as the antennas are hooked directly to my rig I don't think it matters where
Nice present in the mail today. I received the nice red coffee mug for my ssb sweep. One nice touch as compared to the past is that the mode is now on the mug. -- 73, Richard Thorne - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DS
Hi Chris: The antennas are the way to go in my book. Maybe you could get some used antennas and still have enough for a new rig too. -- 73, Richard Thorne - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M) Amarillo, T
Mike: Jay helped me with a problem with the same great customer service attitude. To make a long story short it was operator error on my part. But Jay was still willing to do what he needed to fix my
I'm glad that the log checking was done thoroughly. I'm not much of a cw guy and want to improve. The log checking report is going help me focus in on problem areas for me, H is an S etc. -- 73, Rich
Writelog does a very nice job with this. I use a cable modem via an ethernet card (doesn't eat up a com port). Writelog can connect to a telnet cluster and send in the packet spots, works great. I'm
Ron: I built option #2 for the multi efforts at N4ZC. It worked pretty well. You only need one com port while the daisy chain requires two serial ports. With option 2 you can network and still have a
Two questions: 1: Is there a low power category for IARU? 2: The 1998 results were broken down by sections. Are the awards also broken down by section, or is it for ease in organizing the results? Th
Anyone have an idea what the propagation is going to look like this weekend? I know the rule of thumb that is that it will roughly repeat what propagation looked like 27 days ago. However, I didn't k
Hans: Go to: http://idiompress.com/ They have a board that will work for $149.95. It emulates the Hygain DCU-1. So if your software supports the DCU-1, it should handle this card. The normal waivers
Have any contesters tried the new FS-2 foot switch? My FS-1 just went belly up after 10 years of faithful service. It would be simple to fix as the microswitch just needs replacing. But it may be tim