Tim; I guess the begging question is; "What is your budget, and how serious do you want to be?" I am currently using an Ameritron AL-1500, which is one of the most robust amps out there for the price
How is this even possible? US/VE SOSB/160 HP NJ1F 332 211 6 210,156 YCCC WOW! 73; Mike, W7VO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
Yes. Take them all down and ship them to me. Well, wait a minute. Only 4 elements on 40? Never mind..... ;-) 73; Mike, W7VO -- Original Message -- From: "Guy Molinari" <guy_molinari@hotmail.com> To:
Fantastic! Keeping young kids off video games and into radiosport. Well done! 73; Mike, W7VO Dear guys, some videos link with PP1CZ`s videos from ZX5J young contesters enfort at ARRL 10m Contest. 73s
John; The one thing I have heard is that you generally do not want a call that ends in a dit, such as the letters B, I, S, H, E, G, etc. That dit often gets "lost in translation". Mike, W7VO I know w
Just a special thanks to all the VERY patient contest operators that worked N7J in the 7QP test last weekend. We set up a special event station to get a bunch of newly minted and normally "HF inactiv
Sorry to spam the list, but this is just a reminder that this Friday, June 15th is the deadline to register for the Pacific NW DX Convention, and receive TWO free Grand Prize tickets per entry! Infor
You can probably just call Ron, N7EA over at Dunestar. They are located in St Helens, OR (about 5 miles from my house...).\ www.dunestar.com 73; Mike, W7VO Can anyone point me to someplace on the int
What happened to "Field Day is not a contest"? ;-) 73; Mike, W7VO This one raised my eyebrow in the 2013 Field Day rules: "The use of switching systems that allow for lockout in order to use multiple
How about a fun question: What do you guys think are great songs to accompany a YouTube type video or slide show about a multi-op contest event? I have used several of the HamBand songs, and Queen's
I noticed the same thing yesterday. I had to listen twice or even three times to a few guys to figure out what they were doing! Trying to copy a 4 digit serial number right the first time with QRM in
I agree with KH6LC. Isn't taking turns in operating what M/S is all about? The second one is already called "Assisted". 73; Mike, W7VO -- Original Message -- Joe, My thoughts? I think there's medicat
If for no other reason than redundancy. If you lose the one power supply, you lose BOTH radios and you are off the air. 73; Mike, W7VO -- Original Message -- I am setting up a two K3 SO2R setting. An
Let me throw my 2 QSOs worth in here! Having to process and decode SSB is like having to listen to somebody using a bug vs an electronic key vs a straight key on CW. All are different, and I personal
I fully agree! Earning a SS mug is done by working all of the possible sections in the contest. Only about 20% of entrants earn them, and I know that I have earned mine only through hard work in the
Ron is right on the money. It took me 13 tries and a year to get my 7 land 1X2, which I wanted after I moved from 6 land in 2007. I wanted a 7 land call so I would not be at the disadvantages in cont
I will voice my opinion that "e.. Top scorers are required to submit logs with accurate frequencies." is not warranted, and is an an undue burden to those of us that like to dust off the "C" line or
Ian; I just loaded MR into my Windows 10 laptop, and it seems to work just fine. 73; Mike, W7VO -- Original Message -- From: "K5ZM" <k5zm@comcast.net> To: cq-contest@contesting.com Sent: Saturday, De
In CW and RTTY contests we all know the "TU" at the end is the acknowledgement. The nearest phone equivalent is probably "QSL", or "Good Luck", but I know a lot, if not most of the big contesters ack
I am constantly amazed how some stations, especially in EU and the Caribbean seem to think that CW contests are High Speed Telegraphy tests! They don't realize it, but it HAS to be detrimental to the