VY1JA posted an Alpha 76 for sale at the RadioSwap on Contesting.com and says he is getting out of radio. What's up with that? 73 Bill -- Forwarded message -- From: admin@contesting.com To: w4an@cont
Totally disagree and I'm very surprised that someone of your experience and talent would have this opinion. The SS, in my estimation, can't be checked too carefully. I applaud the efforts of K5FUV a
Disagree. When I was rising through the ranks, I never got my log checked. Then one September I operated the SSB and CW Sprints. Claimed score for both was in the top-10. After log checking, I was D
I have made it possible for you all to answer John's survey online if you did not submit a paper response already. Go to www.contesting.com and look for the link at the top of the home page. 73 Bill
The CQ Magazine contest survey on technology was put on line at http://www.contesting.com/K1ARSurvey.htm . If any of you haven't answered the survey, I invite you to do so. I will be taking the page
There has been an excellent discussion on stubs and stub tuning on the TowerTalk mail list this week. For those of you not subscribed, I think you would find a few of the messages worth reading. You
Ooops... I'm typing too fast again. http://www.contesting.com/_towertalk/9903/ Sorry for the mistake. 73 bill -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-
In 1998 I added significantly to my 10M antenna choices. Currently I have the following choices... 1) 5/5 (105CA) at 50' over 25' rotating 2) 7el on 34' boom at 120' 3) 7el on 34' boom at 37' 4) 8/8
LB was asking me the same question. I know it is propagated noise, because when the band closes, the noise goes away. It basically sounds like I have a really hot pre-amp installed and the noise floo
I'de like to invite you all to check out some changes to the RadioSwap application at www.contesting.com. You can buy, sell, trade, and place WTB items there for free. I've also added the ability for
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I added the ability to upload a picture with your postings to RadioSwap. Currently it will take .jpg images. I'll look in to supporting other formats,
I frequently make this mistake on SSB. I'm not from California, and at 150+/hr it is easy for me to make this mistake. I always have to think twice when someone says "Sacramento Valley". My thoughts
An April date for WPX CW is an interesting idea. Probably better propagation and no conflict with the Memorial Day weekend here in the states. I know for sure Memorial Day taps in to participation. I
For one there is competition in W1. What competition is there when you fly to KP4 to operate the SS? Let's see... anyone else in KP4 or KP2 I guess. It sure isn't anyone operating in the 50 states.
It to (O) I think you are comparing apples to oranges Jim. What would happen if I wrote a very sophisticated robot that was able to use a 3rd radio while I was operating SOAB? The robot would scan t
and Hi Fred, The one thing that I found to be tremendously different the two times that I operated from up your way was how easy it was to get a frequency and hold a frequency. I recall not ever havi
Hey Ron. I always send the other guys callsign when I S&P if there is any doubt about who I am working or if there appears to be two stations on the same frequency. It may get you another QSO later
The CQWW CW & WPX CW contest dates have nothing to do with the aging contest ranks and changing the dates will do nothing to attract younger contesters. Suggestions on how to do so... - Host a multi
Ya... a real time saver those cut numbers are. I can certainly understand why those top-notch ops choose to send them. This is a very good demonstration of how many ops don't think. This is just lik
I thought the ROOKIE category thing was cool idea. Yes, it doesn't apply to 99% of the guys on this list. But yes, 99% of us probably benefit from the idea. I think a positive reward system is a good