out of curiosity, how many SS CW stations would i expect to work on 160? thanks mike -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:35:38 -0700 mike l dormann <w7dra@juno.com> writes: excellent! i was hoping no SS down there! thanks for the info mike ps: that weekend you are all invited down to 160 to work
tube amplifiers like this require liquid nitrogen pumps and cooling tubes. watch for an article in CQ mag coming early next year -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL F
with my normal HF rigs (dx20, globe chief 90 arc5 vfos, 810/304TH finals etc) i don't mind the usual chirp/click/hum that emanates from my antenna farm (vertical dipoles) but on 160 i don't want my 1
50 years ago my basement shack had just a bare wall. i stuck cards on the wall until i had some awards, which i put over the card covered wall. i still see this wall when i go over to grandmas house
a important consideration in contest receivers is where the tuning knob is located. some radios like the nc183 and super pro have the band spread knob lower down and on the right side, some higher in
i have not had much luck determining the output power of my final (no, i don't have a bird watt meter), but i can measure accurately input power. under the best of circumstances output power = 75% of
did sosb160 in the OCDX test, worked kh7x as the only oc heard, my friend bryce, kh6at showed up and i cajoled him into sending me a #1 (grump grump). there you go log checkers, 50% of the entered lo
I could have probably worked all that i did with 5 watts, conditions what they were............ I made 34 contacts in 16 hours, bit sparse to me liking, but of the 34 made, 19 were zone 3 contacts, t
get ready for a long story. i called many times and talked with many people at the home office of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines with no luck, just a lot of hemming and hawing about laws, interference,
after talking with my personal cruise director/exec secretary/room mate to get the story straight, it was a Carnival Cruise, not RC, and the play area closed up at 3am. Back when i was working on my
anyone want to challenge me for the award, and by using less rig than i plan to use? my tx: 6ag7 xtal osc. 6l6 final (3 xtals) my rx: 3 tube regen (6sq7 6sq7 6k6) i guess one could build a 2n404 base
send with a WWII J38 and use a pair of NZ steel band phones, log using the QWCA 1936 ripoff ARRL log mike w7dra -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002
for those who would like another contest with a vintage slant, mike w7dra The 2003 John Hern Memorial Glowbug Radio Rally ~ Rules ~ Contest Period 0000 to 0800Z Dec 30, 2003. That is Monday evening U
all right all ready! my comment about age was just a jab, a way everyone to ride their bike to the public library to read CQ i wrote a piece in NCJ about the importance of hygiene, prayer, fasting, a
i can say for certain that the Flying Pigs QRP club do not have any 20m fone frequencies reserved for their monthly "Run for the Bacon" sprints mike w7dra Pig #724 ___________________________________
Thank you very much for consideration of my plans for the upcoming OCDX radio jamboree. I will seek other accommodations. Sincerely, Mike Dormann W7DRA First off I would like to thank you for the det
i will say this for the 5,679th time. weight the QSOs per band; 20 pts on 160, 10pts on 80, 5 pts on 40, ONE POINT on 20, 3 pts on 15, 5 pts on 10 mike w7dra _________________________________________
put the Tesla cup on an equally bad day for all, the third Tuesday after the first full moon (for propagation reasons) after the super bowl game (substitute cricket on even leap years) mike w7dra ___
interesting points..............and to me the most interesting being the "list of important contests" as stated. finding a chap's "important contests" would be an avenue into his (or his wife's) psyc