Good second and third choices! But nothing beats the Ed Weatherhold, W3NQN, filters featured in QST and sold by Array Solutions. (Who also sell ICE.) http://arraysolutions.com/Products/wx0bbpf6.htm#2
May I be bold and suggest maybe SENRYU rather than haiku. Senryu is similar to haiku in construction, but senryu tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryu are oft
Hi, Shelby-- Seems pretty clear to me, at least at first blush. But then what about multi-op? Each operator cannot (or should not) send his own license year, which would make for a lot of confusion.
Steve-- Couldn't agree more. I have a good friend who came in a close 2nd place in an ARRL DX phone test from the DX side and he feels strongly that he would have WON had he only slept some early Sun
Chris, I took the comment you quote above as both a bit of humor as well as a challenge -- and not as a derogatory put-down to single-radio operators. But sometimes humor does not translate well on
I'd make the claim that hunting with a rifle is a remote operation! You pull a trigger here and 400 yards away something drops in its track. If you want REAL hunting it has to be mano y mano with a k
While it may seem unnecessary from your perspective, if it is in the rules then you operate accordingly, or run the risk of being disqualified. You may protest the rule by not following the rule, bu
Cabrillo is not the sponsor of the contest, the ARRL is, so the Cabrillo output is not an indication. Here is the ARRL rule on the exchange and the example. Look closely at the example, it illustrate
I believe in rules and tradition. If someone missed sending the callsign in the exchange a few times I would probably not DQ them. But if stations decide to violate the rules that define the exchange
Bob-- I recall that Dick, KV4AA, held some yearly QSO record in the Guiness Book of Records. Don't recall the numbers but it was something 40,000 or 50,000 per year (or maybe double that!). So that w
BTW I agree 100% with Mike. As a teenager I found it challenging to calculate the exact departure time and route in order to drive to my destination and arrive at PRECISELY the appointed minute -- it
After posting the (excerpt) above I received a note (below) by private email confirming that this is a serious consideration in Europe -- sent to me by a European operator who wishes to remain anony
I used to pray for a clear frequency and propagation when in Colorado -- but G0D (G -zero- D) is really G0D/1 and that stroke 1 meant that New England had the heavenly propagation and clear freqs. --