Stop. A lineman must ALWAYS consider a wire live until: 1. He has proven it dead (hot stick, etc.) 2. Installed ground straps. (and some local polices only allow working between ground strap installa
Consider 20meters at good condition: A real situation to say >100 USA stations want to CQ & run. Ditto >100 DX. Between 14150 to 14350 there's 200 kHz of which 10 go to SSTV, 10 to a net & 10 to ragc
Been reviewing my HC5C CQ WW N-I-L file & loss of a 160meter counter. I worked P5AJ on 40 and then the next QSO was P5AJ on 160. (callsign changed for this discussion)! P5AJ was a M/S entry in the CQ
Had a conversation with the local power company. (soon to be yours also, but that's another subject) They stated that line voltage is 124VAC or 248VAC line to line and operates -/+ 5%. I find that a
The web page at ARRL http://www.arrl.org/contests/options.html has been updated. Check it out. File attaching is fine & dandy or file attaching is the method it calls out now. 73 Robert W5AJ -- CQ-Co
Isn't the idea that: 1. We all follow the same rules? 2. Have fun. There sure seemed to be a lot of activity during the WPX SSB this yr. 73 Robert w5aj -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com
Studying the CQ WW SSB zone records made a few notes of interest: (SOHP) VK2ADY/9(w9wnv) holds the longest standing AB zone record. (from zone 29 in 1967 - that's on it's 3 solar cycle!) In zone 4 th
Studying the CQ WW SSB zone records made a few notes of interest: (SOHP) VK2ADY/9(w9wnv) holds the longest standing AB zone record. (from zone 29 in 1967 - that's on it's 3 solar cycle!) In zone 4 th
If you examine the 1997 results you will find that G4KIV was DQ'ed for unverifiable QSO's (BOTH MODES). Is that info what your looking for? % of score reduction can happen at a fast rate if it's a QS
OH0W has a nice solution to recording a contest. This is the correct URL to get to the demo download. It's still here: http://www.sagebrush.com/~sells/recall.htm Seems that the "~"-character that has
Note the SSTV QSL on pg. 67 of Dec. 98 QST. I believe the ARRL is supporting and encouraging SSTV'ers to QRM and harass contesters by running such a "ad". 73 Robert -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.c
P40N - CQ WW SSB Oct. 1998 What a great event to operate at P4 and pilot Carl's station there. Even with The Wrath of Mitch (Hurricane) I had to learn what to do when not everything goes as expected
My Certificate for the 1995 CQ WW SSB contest arrived via US Mail earlier this week (still waiting on Trophy). Recent discussions on email, I understand CQ headquarters not k1ar/k3est are responsible
snip Pedro: The FAX number at CQ is 516-681-2926, fax them weekly. The Phone number at CQ is 516-681-2922, call them weekly. Document previous fax's on each fax. -- 73 Robert W5AJ w5robert@blkbox.co
number at CQ is 516-681-2922, call them weekly. > >Document previous fax's on each fax. > do the work of > getting everyone else's certificate out too. > > Common guys... N8BJQ does this as voluntee
My Certificate for the 1995 CQ WW SSB contest arrived via US Mail earlier this week (still waiting on Trophy). Recent discussions on email, I understand CQ headquarters not k1ar/k3est are responsible
snip Pedro: The FAX number at CQ is 516-681-2926, fax them weekly. The Phone number at CQ is 516-681-2922, call them weekly. Document previous fax's on each fax. -- 73 Robert W5AJ w5robert@blkbox.co
number at CQ is 516-681-2922, call them weekly. > >Document previous fax's on each fax. > do the work of > getting everyone else's certificate out too. > > Common guys... N8BJQ does this as voluntee
My Certificate for the 1995 CQ WW SSB contest arrived via US Mail earlier this week (still waiting on Trophy). Recent discussions on email, I understand CQ headquarters not k1ar/k3est are responsible
snip Pedro: The FAX number at CQ is 516-681-2926, fax them weekly. The Phone number at CQ is 516-681-2922, call them weekly. Document previous fax's on each fax. -- 73 Robert W5AJ w5robert@blkbox.co