I built a box that stores the CW from two sources and releases it alternating to one radio at a time based on word spaces in the CW. The problem is people on the other end won't wait for the delay. W
40 dB is 10,000 times. Are you saying some people run 15 million watts? _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
I'm not sure what the Stackmatch does, but my antenna stack box is upper, lower, both in, and both out. That's four choices. I can't imagine why it would not be adaptable to other systems. It happen
Not to get into the complaining fun, but some comments are not technically accurate and may mislead people trying to have a clean signal. Not true. While dissipation doe not decrease linearly at the
Hi Danny, The biggest problem we have is people hammering their already marginally clean radios and amplifiers trying to get a little extra power. That is just stupid CB operating, let's not encourag
Virtually all damage here from guest operators comes from undercoupling amplifiers. They do not open the load control enough, or peak the amplifier at low power. It is always the same operators who c
It is very difficult for anyone to ever admit they could have done a better job. QST just published an article telling Hams to measure voltages inside a live amplifier with 3100 volts just inches fro
limited to qrp levels.... all these make it tuff to "level" the field. The erp of an antenna is a good point, that is often overlooked, and so it the takeoff angle. >>> Antennas don't have ERP. Compl
This is the best hobby in the world, and has some of the nicest people. Hams have helped me all through life. With a rough poor childhood and one very sick parent who had constant strokes through my
I want to be clear I am not singling out any one person, but this is a problem across the board with any publication. We all know it happens. A national magazine just published an article that is alm
With a really good peak storage spectrum analyzer set with the correct bandwidth and the correct attenuator makes a pileup show up just about as soon as it happens and stays there just like a marker
My reply was in the context of finding pileups. Panadaptors and other ham things do a terrible job of identifying a pileup. A good analyzer with peak storage, not some old HP 141 from the 70's but so
Why stop a run to edit a typo? What if the logging program messes up? It can take 2-3 minutes or more for a reboot. Not really. Not really, not when it is merging a paper and computer log. You are c
I think the goal should be to enjoy making things as difficult and complicated as we possibly can, and making sure the fewest number of people possible have a good time or any fun. Why should anyone
Thank you Bob, for the common sense reply. It has always been my understanding that correction notes made during the contest were OK to use at the end. I also never felt bad at all using a partial p
I'm trying to build a universal cable that interfaces Ten Tec radios to a solid state amplifier for automatic band data, but information is sparse. Does anyone here know if Ten Tec has some standard
There really are only two possible solutions, and one is a terrible solution. 1.) Ban any equipment capable of breaking some parameter or limit. This is a terrible solution, because even very small
I remember when I first got my general around 1963. I read in CQ about W6YY operating from Mt. Wilson with two half waves in phase on a 450 ft tower. Power limit was 25 watts dc input because of LOR
Igor, I'm not sure it will do much good to apply common sense or careful thought to solving problems. Here are other thoughts: How many people know how to measure real power? I bet most people think
That's a local problem that you and your neighbor can work out. Most people try to fix things as soon as they are aware if them. At a distance though, problems hurt all of us. My point is simple but