I don't know what the class designation is, Rick, but word has it to qualify for the class your entry must include calibrations certificates for your wattmeter which clearly show that it exhibits inf
Credit goes to Ward. The underlying physics of my silly comments were inspired by the underlying physics of his :-) Mike W4EF.......................... _______________________________________________
I agree, Clint, that kind of terminology has no place in polite society, but this is the internet we are talking about (internet <-> polite society - huh?). Sorry I couldn't resist that one, Clint, b
Alex, I think what is needed for a more complete picture is a 2nd column that includes operator blood alcohol level. Now that would really be interesting :-) :-) 73, Mike W4EF.................. _____
I am curious if anyone has ever tried developing an active de-icing system for yagis whereby the elements are heated to prevent ice buildup (no jokes about California KWs please)? Mike W4EF..........
Mike, You statement reminds of a Leo Tolstoy quote that a friend of mine pointed me to recently: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." L.T. </quotes/quotes/l
Dean/Tor I believe the hybrid would be reciprocal on receive (correct me if I am wrong on this) in which case you could listen to the close-in stations to get an idea of how much fill was provided by
Doesn't skimmer implement more than one demodulator (i.e it can demodulate multiple code streams simultaneously provided that there is enough frequency offset between the streams to allow for filteri
Pete, It occurred to me that another thing Skimmer has going for it is that it doesn't drink :-) That has to be worth 20 QSOs. 73, Mike W4EF..... _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
Just a guess, Steve, but I think it must have originated with 9MHz 1st IFs in the rigs of the era and the choice of 1st LO frequencies. High side mixes (RF=LO+IF) don't invert their spectrum whereas
Avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM Mike, W4EF.............. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
That is the same video I posted, Robert. Funny coincidence. I am not a medical professional, but I do read things like Quackwatch and this guy Lustig didn't set off the usual skeptical BS alarms that
I heard from my friend Courtney N5BF that the emergency net on 14.265 was need of operators fluent in Spanish last night. If you are bilingual Spanish/English and have a good 20 meter antenna system,
Tom, you are absolutely correct. Working West Africa from out here in 6-land is a piece of cake even though we are much further away than the east coast. Northern Europe is a totally different even t
I'll be working in Georgetown, Ontario on the outskirts of Toronto next week and was wondering if anyone might know of a station where I could guest-op Saturday evening Feb 4 for the CW Sprint contes
Thought I would throw out a Hail Mary to see if there was anywhere I could make a few contacts in the CW sprint contest tonight (Sat Feb 4). I am staying in the Georgetown, Ontario area on the outski
Rick, I think the monthly smoothed number for January was 58 (see http://www.ips.gov.au/Solar/1/5). I am not sure that the number you reported "24" (where did you get this - NW7US's site?) is a month
There was a fellow doing this in Ohio back in the late 70's / early-to-mid 80's. I participated there in a multi-operator contest one time. It was a real trip to use, but that box kept the operation
Two years ago, the Field Day group I went out with used N3FJP in a wireless network. There were problems with the network and the server lost a bunch of QSOs. I figured no problem, the missing QSOs w
If I recall correctly, it was announced at the 2015 Dayton contest forum that the slide packages for the contest forum talks would be posted online at some point (or did I just imagine that?). I was