Hi steve To answer your questions I was trying to run on 20 m. Around 14.247 at abt 2100z or so My antenna was a 125 ft dipole up 40 ft In testing, I had gotten excellent audio reports I have not don
Hey Steve Fed via ladder line. Abt 31.6 feet of it. It has a 4:1 balun , some coav and an ldg tuner on it. The ends are up around 40 ft or so Tim Holmes - W8TAH Sent from my LG Stylo ________________
Hi Jim Im aware of what qrz is showing in re: my license. Things are held up at the fcc and i have a letter in my files verifying that while things are resolved, I have authority and standing to oper
Yes, the antenna is fed with window line. I dont remember the exact length of feeder, but its close to 32 feet. Its got an LDG 4:1 balun and some coax to make the shack entry Tim W8TAH -- Tim Holmes
Hi All: I participated in the Ohio QSO Party on saturday, had a lot of fun doing it too. Conditions were not spectacular, but solid had a lot of QSOs out toward kansas etc on 20m. Here is the break d
Wow. What a weekend! I really enjoyed the contest this weekend. I had not run into TEQ prop before, and it was quite a treat. I worked a number of all time new ones, as well as some new band countrie
As I mentioned earlier this year, I am leading a contesting sig in our local club. I am hoping to send out an email of suggestions for sweepstakes. Most of the guys are casual contesters or points pa
Hey mike Thanks for the pointers Our S.I.G. Is a contesting special intrest group from our club. Bunch of guys that are interested in being better contesters Its fun! Thanks Tim W8TAH On Tue, Nov 15,
Hi all Thanks to all who passed on pointers. I have to finish organizing my numbers, and get them posted, but i did 205 qs and 60+ sections for north of 28k points. I had a good run of abt 45 mins on
Hi folks. Ive been starting planning for the contest this weekend, and the propagation looks a bit ugly... To say the least. I'll admit that I tend to use pretty conservative settings to do my predic
Hey charley. Its the Rtty version Tim -- Tim Holmes - W8TAH Sent from my LG Stylo _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contes
Hi folks I based my concerns on a VOACAP Online runn. I ran it with the settings at 100w ssb, I set the antennas as a dipole at 10m and rural noise level. My actual setup is 100w icom 706mkiig barefo
Hi Tim Im planning to join you tonight. Planning to start on 40 I think, maybe 20 Tim W8TAH -- Tim Holmes - W8TAH Sent from my LG Stylo _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing li
Good evening everyone. I am starting to prep for the contest this weekend, I have generated a set of forecasts from K6TUs excellent forecasting site, and I am wondering what effects we will see from
Hi Folks: Got to work the ARRL SSB DX INTERNATIONAL contest this weekend, and really had a great time, made some amazing contacts on Saturday, (Tonga, Pitcairn, Australia and New Zealand) and finishe
Thanks! Thats some good stuff Tim Holmes - W8TAH Sent from my LG Stylo _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Hi folks There is a local ham who for reasons beyond the scope of this email does not have access to the internet, but would dearly love to have access to packet cluster for dx and contesting. I have
Hi guys. For reasonsvI wont get into here, i am not able to have ihe internet in my shack (in any form, ive checked) but it is available elsewhere in the house. What I would like to do is set up a co
Hi folks. I may have a chance on a new radio. It looks like its hoing to come down to three 1. Ftdx3000 used lightly in excellent shape 2.ft2000 with the 80 40 micro tune kit. Also used in excellent
Jeff I do agree with you, but I do want to thank all of you who passed on your thoughts and opinions. I found quite interesting Ive made my decision, and alls thats left now is to wait for the bank t