Randy, While I really like my FT-847 as it is, as you say, a good all around radio, I would be hesistant to recommend it for serious contesting. I used mine during the CQ 160 CW contest and it suffer
Somebody has to originate every "first spot", so at least a few are still finding them the hard way. 73 de Mike, W4EF........................... _______________________________________________ CQ-Con
I talked to the guy the other day who built ZZK's antenna. He said it was 13 elements on a 165' boom. The boom was Heights Aluminum tower with a 3 dimensional truss to stiffen it. Rotator was a prop
Arguments over the minutia of part 97 aside, you also have to consider the realities of enforcement. Even if what W5KFT did was actually illegal, I seriously doubt that the FCC would have revoked W5K
Yes, maybe there was cellphone coverage and yes, maybe there was a callbox, and then again, maybe he was between callboxes, and maybe he didn't have a cellphone, and maybe he was just nervous and wor
Gosh, only 350 watts of drive for 1/2 power, Tree! Now I know how you do so well in SS. And all this time I thought it was because of superior operating skill :):) Mike, W4EF........................
Boy, I took that one hook line and sinker, Tree http://www.cpii.com/eimac/catalog/140439.htm Mike, W4...EGG..on...FACE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Conte
Bob, no matter how much you implore us to accept the validity of your arguments, you are just not going to garner any sympathy from anyone west of Mississippi on this one. I suspect I am not alone in
Radio Shack use to sell them, Hank. Not sure if they still do, however. You can also get them mail order from The RF Connection: http://www.therfc.com/adapt.htm price is $1.50 each (this guy has real
That would work fine for smaller contests like the Sprint, NAQP, state QSO parties, etc. Of course one can argue that these contests already do this on their own naturally (activity tends to cluster
That's appalling, Scott. Did it say on the TSA card - "we are stupid flunkies, but because we are government employees working under the banner of homeland security, we can F$% up your stuff with imp
Yes, that portable zero of whom you speak was clearly in the "3rd hour" of the Sprint. I have been know to behave similarly starting around 0230 UTC. Fortunately, the press is not around to cover my
Well said, John. We all take ourselves too seriously from time-to-time and Jim was always there to remind us to lighten up and enjoy the ride. I remember when we got our vanity calls K4OJ and W4EF ba
Alan, If you are not interested in competing for score, the cabrillo format will let you designate your "category:" as "checklog". I used my call from three different station locations this weekend
I would like to see a Sprint Team like concept brought into the ARRL DX contest, whereby teams would be required to have represenatives from each of the geographical areas of the United States and C
I agree. I have a +12 degree elevation mountain behind me going towards Africa and the middle east. My MUF is much lower than for the nearby flatlanders. Stacks won't fix that (I would still have a
Rick, I would say that the OO is incorrect in this case. Its possible that you had some IMD products that were falling below 14.150 MHz, but certainly your fundamental modulation sidebands were up ab
get away with cheating (i.e claiming SO when they are SOA) and the contest sponsors makes shoot. It Hi Jeff, With all due respect, should we also get rid of amplifiers and transmitters? It is probabl
that I think you screwed up by using paper money, Bob. If you throw enough quarters, dimes, and nickels at or near the base of your tower, eventually you will form a continuous conductiing ground pl
Back in the late 80's when I stilled lived in Ohio, there was this Italian guy with a 4 element full-size Yagi at 150'. I think he ran "big gas" into it. In the late afternoon, he would be an honest-