i know no one wants to go back to a straight key dupe sheet paper log VFO knob receiver tuning knob gain control crystal phasing send receive switch i have never before seen what modern contest opera
I haven't used a single antenna since 1960 (got license in 1955). do you know the mess you get into with send recieve switches, change over relays or knife switches? It is hard enough to run the 833
i would be thinking field day should emphasize primitive and emergency equipment, so i worked 15 stations using my ARC5 gear mike w7dra ____________________________________________________________ Ge
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cheer leading ?.................givecompetitorss their call at the start of the contest, with no way to give information on who they are to anyone, if anyone guesses who they are they get disqualifie
so if i am sending CQ TEST with my hand key while blowing my nose and adjusting the receiver volume control with my elbow, the skimmer could not catch me? but why would the skimmer want to? mike w7dr
My two favorite "contests" right now are SKCC and CX. In both; seemingly accurate RSTs transferred. When I work a CQWW or an ARRL DX from my house in Burien, WA, 90% of all contacts are at an RST lev
but there are some that do it this way CQ TEST W7DRA W7VKZ W7VKZ W7DRA 599 WA W7DRA W7VKZ 599 OR TU QRZ W7DRA i prefer CQ TEST W7DRA W7VKZ W7VKZ W7DRA GOOD TO HEAR U BT UR 599+ HR IN WASHINGTON STATE
i use colored pencils to keep my log book neat and tidy when i work multiple contests mike w7dra ____________________________________________________________ Become Six Sigma Certified Villanova Six
OK, we all wear long johns, a wool stocking cap and are wrapped in a blanket (or two), but this year I plan to wear cotton gloves, with cut off fingers, and a pack of something called "HotHands" hand
boy i must be getting old...........i guess it was before spotting whatever that is, i could call cq once, count the number of signals i could hear, work that many and wait...................until ev
it was so easy to view technology as all is ok if happened before 1953 as i do. VFO choice receiver choice, logging techniques, an equal playing field at the station since i got rid of the SX 101 as
I don't know...there are a lot of people up here who think Renton is not a part of Washington...............we could have 546 multipliers before you could say, "Quit fooling around!!" mike w7dra ____
well it takes me about a half an hour to change bands, and from 160 to 40 it requires me to walk from one end of the property to the other............ i just say sorry OM mike w7dra ________________
i send TEST because it feels good. i send DE because it feels good i also send TEST in honor of KH6IJ get out your hand key and send some of the messages discussed here and see if you don't agree, so
come to think of it, i sleep very well after a running race, and yes you use your brain to be watchful and not fall into pot holes, but after 10 hours or so doing the CQWW i sleep fitfully, any yes y
Here at the Primmer Pacific Northwest 160 meter contest SUPERSTATION, with a blazing 1.4 QSOs per hour of operating, I had plenty of time tuning the band looking for new stations. I brought my digita
well, 15 hours for 21 contacts (last ARRL DX ) i do like to have a bit of time to congratulate myself when i make a new contact. it is interesting that all the modern equipment is of not much use in
i wrote a piece about working a contest in a QSO limited division, CQWPX SOSB 80 QRP, keymans club of japan 160 meter contest, my latest CQWW SOSB160 QRP, where modern transievers, computer logging,
all this discussion about rules makes me want to compete, if you could call it that............ the hardest thing for me is to determine my frequency. i do have a 3510, 3518 and a 3560 xtal. i could