The Marriott is often available up to the week before, and it's only a couple miles from the CP. 73 Barry, W5GN I'm still looking for a room (or two) at the Dayton Crowne Plaza for the Dayton Hamvent
But that won't help with all Icoms 756+ and I think later that do not return a TX frequency, only the RX freq when split. 73 Barry, W5GN Gee -- how old is your radio, Scott? It's been quite a while s
I really don't have enough information but from my experience, about 30 QSOs per hour are pretty normal for a non-powerful station when you are Searching/Pouncing on stations, when you do NOT use int
Why should I submit a log.... Because, by NOT submitting a log, you prevent detection of errors in the logs of the stations you worked, who, for example, may have mis-copied your report, and thus you
Numerous survey's by statisticians to determine the criteria for the best statistical tool has always shown the strongest metric is always the FIRST tool used. Barry, W5GN Hi, different contests, dif
WRONG WRONG WRONG By NOT sending in at least a CHECKLOG, you permit the WRONG serious contester to win, because, in the absence of your CHECKLOG, stations that made errors in copying your call/report
If we are going to change scoring, I think working a QRP station should be worth 3 points TO THE RECEIVING STATION, not to the TRANSMITTING STATION, and 2 points for RECEIVING a LOW POWER station. 73
I first met Rich Strand, KL7RA, at Dayton in the late '90s, when I asked him where was the best place to see the aurora, and he invited us to come to Fairbanks, claiming it to be the very best viewin
For several years, KL7RA and friends have gathered at 6pm on Friday in the Crown Plaza to walk over to the Tai Buffet; please join us if you have been there before. (I'd make it an OPEN invitation, b
You may be thinking of W3PHL Fred, who ran 14KW publically with his "Advanced Modulation", Double Side Band with one side band inverted 180 degrees so the average DC power was ZERO, until the FCC cha
Dated 2007, Google is your friend: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2007/01/i_mailed_a _letter_to_paris_.html MERRILLY NEW YEAR Barry Merrill, W5GN Judith Merrill, KA5PQD I h
I'm impressed! I got an email from ARRL's LOTW for each call, W5GN and EI/W5GN, telling me to scan and delete any .tq5 files for prior certs, if any, and I found none, and then when I opened TQSL, it
I have a Razor Blackwidow Ultimate 2014 and RFI (1500W) into it made it spontaneously key erratically. When I ran 5 turns of the USB cable around a 2.4 inch toroid, the keyboard was no longer recogni
I believe he was actually sending ETT for his opinion of the cut number 100. Barry I worked a guy last night (V43Z) on a couple of bands that was giving out "TTT" as a power level. I'm savy enough to
I was wrong about TTT so why not be wrong again, but I found a list of Brazilian states that lists RR for Roraima, so perhaps that was left in the Reply message from a prior Brazilian contest? Barry,
There's an even bigger difference; actual spots from hams or RBN convey propagation information, self spots.don't. Barry, W5GN --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contest
Array Solutions worked on mine. Barry I have been having some intermittent problems with my 87A. Anyone have any experience with finding someone that can work on them? Bill, W5VX ____________________
I recall conversations from Dayton with hams who had set up exhibits and/or stations to demonstrate Ham Radio at fairs, and similar events, and one OM commented that one thing that had done that real
I just acquired a streaming device for my hearing aids, uDirect3, that isn't wireless, with a mini-cable connecting the radio to headphone jack on the physical Bluetooth device around my neck (that h
In the heyday of Morse telegraph operators, a company advertised for operators, and an aspirant went into the waiting room where some 30 others were standing and waiting. After a few seconds the aspi