Larry, Thanks for sharing your interesting questions. I had an experience in WPX CW a couple of weeks ago that I think bears on them. I operated for 10 or 12 hours with Arnie, N6HC from his station,
Ward, I find it intriguing that your response to this posting and mine crossed "in the mail" in a manner of speaking. What you describe in general terms, I experienced myself a couple of weeks ago. I
Randy, I couldn't agree more.... Not only doesn't getting and sending "real" signal reports not slow me down, but I find them very useful in fine tuning my expectations of what I can do re runs and s
Dale, I found myself this year in the same situation (FD Chairman for the Orange County RACES Group). In previous years the group had used either NA or CT, but my "software of choice" is TR, so-- Wha
Hi Gang, Quick testimonial for TRLog. We ran four stations for FD for the Orange County (CA) RACES Group as N6YL. (2 HF, 1V/UHF, and 1 packet). Had about 1000 Q's total. Each station had it's own cop
Well--it was a blast.... My first IARU ever, but not my last. Got back in ham radio in September of 96 (after a lapse of 25 years) and got hooked by the Cal QSO Party. Since then I've done CW SS, A f
Well--it was a blast.... My first IARU ever, but not my last. Got back in ham radio in September of 96 (after a lapse of 25 years) and got hooked by the Cal QSO Party. Since then I've done CW SS, A f
Well--it was a blast.... My first IARU ever, but not my last. Got back in ham radio in September of 96 (after a lapse of 25 years) and got hooked by the Cal QSO Party. Since then I've done CW SS, A f
Hi all, Well, another great NAQP/CW is history. This time I could only get on for the last few hours, so I managed only about 4.5 hours on air time (I gotta get this work nonsense under better contro
Hi all, Well, another great NAQP/CW is history. This time I could only get on for the last few hours, so I managed only about 4.5 hours on air time (I gotta get this work nonsense under better contro
Hi all, Well, another great NAQP/CW is history. This time I could only get on for the last few hours, so I managed only about 4.5 hours on air time (I gotta get this work nonsense under better contro
A request for help from these worldwide resources -- As a result of some recent email and on-the-air exchanges, I am prompted to undertake the writing of an article the purpose of which is to identif
Many thanks to all who responded to my request of last Sunday for thoughts on the proposed article. I received more than 40 responses and they are fascinating! The article is in the works and with lu
Dick, Very clever of you to never mention the call sign you'll be using...that way anyone who works anyone else will feel duty bound to work at least 10 other stations -- or was that your sneaky and
Hi all, I'm trying to put together some models of terrain effect on antenna placement. I know the general principles, but I need some advice on data. Specific questions: When building a terrain profi
Year first licensed as sent in 97 CWSS-- # and Percent Sample Size = 484, Earliest Date = 1919 (2), Latest 1996 (1) Median year = 1965. 10-19 2 0.4% 20-29 4 0.8% 30-39 8 1.7% 40-49 11 2.3% 50-54 45 9
Only if the fluorescent tube is at least 1/4 mile from your antenna 73, Bill W1HIJ -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting
Hi Gang, I find that somewhat unexpectedly, I will be in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving Weekend. Anybody need a CW op for CQ WW? I'll be arriving in Vegas on Wednesday night and will be there at least th
Hi Gang, What with all the 940 experience out there, I'm hoping for some ideas or suggestions: Very occasionally while in QSO (CW), I'll get a report that my frequency will shift a small amount for a
Hi Gary-- Good Questions... <italic>As far as I can tell, no pattern </italic>>2. Specific bands? <italic>100 Watts (i.e. barefoot) </italic>>4. If only on 160-80-40.. are you shunt tuning the tower,