Bruce, Don't count your chickens before they hatch. I, too, received a plaque for RTTY Roundup, anonymous sponsor. The odd thing about it was I didn't operate the RR in 2002! I sent a note to WS7I, w
I added some captions to a pic I found online that I believe is a good depiction of Sunday in the WAE: http://w2up.home.mindspring.com/wae_sunday.jpg 73 es QTC? Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Inter
Will the results be posted on line, as well? 73, Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club _______________________________________________ CQ-Con
I use a combination of Top Ten boxes and some of my own design as well to switch everything. Other than the diode matrix in the Top Ten band decoders, to program switching for tribanders, it's all st
I agree as well. I've provided/traded logs, rates sheets and even recordings with several ops over the years. Besides helping keep everyone honest, it's a great learning tool. Barry W2UP-- Barry Kutn
Someone using Packet surreptitiously would be a fool to jump on the spots right after they hit the screen. However, it would be pretty easy just to let them collect in the band map for a while and wo
The solution to the problem is simple. Just eliminate the exchange. It meaningless and assumed, anyway. For example: me: W2UP TEST him: S56A/3 me: S56A/3 TU next him: W2UP de DL1XXX etc. I feel sorry
Did anyone see my article in Nov QST about the High Speed CW test in Macedonia? Look at the pics. Lots of kids. Girls too! What's different in E. Europe? Not every kid has Internet access in their be
My 80m antenna is cut for 3800. Veer too far away from the "DX window"and the SWR goes up and the directivity suffers. Also, how many Generals have the antennas, desire, and/or savvy to work DX split
My problem hasn't been phonetics, but the number. Countless stations come back to me as W3UP, not W2UP. The majority seem to be native Spanish speakers. I don't know why, but it happens waay too much
The advantge of LMR400 is it has a 100% foil wrapping the dielectric, so it should minimize leakage in the shack. I use it for most of my cabling in the shack. It's a lot cheaper than the double shie
And it should be added that stations outside Region I are not permitted to solicit contacts below 7040 (eg., CQ contest, listening 7020). Barry W2UP-- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
Another note for QRPers, and anyone else, for that matter. Please follow instructions. If I say "NR ONLY" don't repeat the whole exchange. If I ask for "suffix only" don't give me your enitre call ag
The two most important comfort changes I've made in my station are: 1. Chair - Herman MIller Aeron. I used to rotate 3-4 different chairs, stand for a while, etc. I can sit in an Aeron all weekend w/
I seem to recall someone posting contest-weekend propagation forecasts in the past. I haven't seen them for a while and wonder if they're somewhere on the web. If so, can someone provide a link? Tnx,
W2SZ used to be active in contests, when I was there, there (mid 70s). Haven't heard them lately. Besides me, there's W2SC (8PxA), K1EP, K2SS, the VHF guys of SZ/1 fame. I'm sure I'm missing some. Ba
Funny you say that Doug. I was on the FRC repeater this AM and commented that I usually hear CW for a day or so after a contest, but this time it didn't happen. Maybe my ears are sunspot sensitive. N
The 4PDT relay in my SO2R audio switchbox was flaky this weekend. The left ear was fading in and out quickly. There may have even been some phase shift, as the audio "location," when both ears on R1,
Rick, Dupes are a fact of life. I don't think there's any way to avoid them. However, your dupe rate was almost twice mine. With 3300 QSOs, my dupe rate was 2%. Your's was 3.5%. Why the difference? 1
Get automatic mult credit for your own country and any zones it cointains. For the US that would be 3, 4 and 5 (KL7, KH6, etc. count separately.) Keep it a DX contest. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2U