Hi Matthew, W3KM has a very good log checker and you can tailor it for your own purposes, in the past he has done up templates for various contests. It currently supports a couple of hundred differen
Hi Fritz, The other alternative is to buy the USB adapters that suit the FT1000D off ebay - I have used one similar to this on a FT1000D for a few years. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-to-RS232-Seria
The Trans Tasman contest has undergone a metamorphosis into a faster more interesting low bands challenge. With three modes catered for in SSB CW and Digital (RTTY/PSK) the contest is now divided int
The Trans Tasman contest has undergone a metamorphosis into a faster more interesting low bands challenge. With three modes catered for in SSB CW and Digital (RTTY/PSK) the contest is now divided int
We like the rules of the CQWW down under - We have a snow flakes chance in hell of winning but often grab single band slices - We contest against our own best score or the best score in our region. H
We have a VK specific Contest The Remembrance Day contest held every year to commemorate the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific - Held as close as possible to VP Day the 15th of August. One pecu
Hi Jeff, W3KM has a very good log checking programme - It handles heaps of contests and easy to tailor more into it. http://www.qsl.net/w3km/cabrillo.htm I have used it for the VK Shires, a local con
How do you then make it a level playing field ? The problem is the playing field cannot ever be level - location, propagation, equipment, pocket depth are all anomalies. Regional championships would
Hi Peter, Double extended Zepp has a lot going for it if you have space with tuned feeder - Nothing wrong with inverted V antenna but height is might regardless of what it is... Hy Gains Hy Tower is
We have used a Single Force 12 tribander with three separate feeds on 20 15 and 10 in a Multi op station with negligible interference using W3NQN Band Pass filters and no stubs - each station with am
Check it again in a week or so - But I suspect your activity from Thailand and other active stations has reduced the demand. On Clublog Thailand (HS) is sitting around 260 on the World Wide Most want
VK4KW will be active in the Oceania Dx Contest SSB - as our tune up for the CQWW A refurb of the station on Low Bands means we will emphasize 160, 80 and 40 M. Receive beverage arrays should put Nort
Hi Ray I have the Dunestar 600s with both variations of the Dunestar triplexer - The first of the 160 80 40 Model and the 20 15 10 version. Using 100-watt radios I can run SO2R off a single antenna w
Hi Mike Here is an example of what is being done - Have a look at the diagrams and you will see how advanced they can get... http://www.4o3a.com/wp-content/uploads/M2-setup-LP1H.gif Regards Trent VK4
Just looking through the various categories in the CQ WW and CQ WPX Contest and noted the proliferation of categories - Tribander Single element overlay - etc - Should a higher category be awarded to
VK Band limits on 75M SSB are from 3774 -3800 KHz Look for the stations above 3780 and below 3796 There will be plenty of VK in there specially around greyline. Hope that helps - will be on air as VK
Hi Thomas, You are talking about massive fundamental change to the most popular event on the calendar. There is a reason it is the most popular - People like it. (despite the grumbles) Adding the com
Looking around at various contest Loggers and considering a change - We have used N1MM for some time but the reporting leaves me cold. We mainly operate Multi Operator - so need good networking, good
Hi Bob, I just responded privately to another person and it answers your questions - To sort out the reporting : Post Contest I have subscribed to www.qscope.org<http://www.qscope.org> We have found