I've used an FT-857 with DSP for contesting and DXpedition work, notably the V31QQ/V31XM operation and as a second radio at VP9I. For serious contest operation it has some major deficiencies. The rec
I've used an FT-857 with DSP for contesting and DXpedition work, notably the V31QQ/V31XM operation and as a second radio at VP9I. For serious contest operation it has some major deficiencies. The rec
CW - No. Phone - yes, by 48 hours. Paul, K1XM -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jam
This is what I do when I'm tuning a band with packet: If I hear a call which is in my bandmap I continue on. Otherwise I type the call into the computer. If the call is a dupe I spot it. This way my
Two years ago I operated the CQ WW CW from Tanzania as 5H1X and toured parts of the country. One evening I had dinner with the Dr. Richard Masika and his wife. Richard is the Director of Studies at t
Oops - I should have titled that message 5I3A - CQ WW SSB. On the other hand, the station would probably be available for anyone who might want to operate the CW contest. Combine a contest and an Afr
Richard, K5NA asks what would the difference would be if W's counted a point each. In the best of all possible worlds his score would go up a bit. However, W4MYA's score would also go up because he a
My FT-1000mp had a problem which showed up as low sensitivity. I don't have the calibrated equipment to tell what was going on so I brought it to Beltronics. They found the problem, took care of it,
The Spratly Islands are easy. Check out http://www.layanglayang.com/ or type "Layang Layang" into any search engine. I operated from there as 9M6TPR in 1997. Great location for verticals. If you are
That's 25 years sending with the right hand and 25 sending with the left. So you started contesting eleven years before you were born? Paul, K1XM _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
Dave, Is there a reason you are looking at individual boxes? My home station is built around a homebrew box which controls 64 relays from an RS-232 connection. It has basic hot-switch protection in t
A few weeks ago someone mentioned USB parallel port adapters. If someone knows of a model which will work with Writelog or N1MM Logger and can output radio1/radio2 or band information please tell me
Let me see now: I have heard QSOs on nets where one station plainly cannot hear the other. They guess the RST (three tries) and they get a card. The ARRL counts these. A well-known QSL manager doesn'
I have a thought. It goes "please don't do this". I made around 900 QSOs in SS CW. I would rather not have 900 e-mail messages. And I made over 3400 QSOs in the CQ WW SSB. Even if I don't read any of
I'm building a keyer and headphone switch box for my small contest station. I have a few questions: Some keyers use optoisolators for the key and PTT lines and others just transistors or FETs such as
Lately this reflector has been a place where halfway thought out ideas go to be debated to death. However it is also read by ARRL directors, CQ committee members, officers of major contest clubs, own
There were several good candidates at Dayton. I thought these three were the most interesting: 1. The Hilberling PT-8000A is very impressive. I expect the receiver to top the performance list when it
I have tried a several circuits for audio switching in my SO2R box - some using relays and some using active parts, and in all cases there is sometimes a noticeable click when switching between radio
I believe that new contesters are more likely to be successful and to stick with contesting if they become members of a contest club. So I'm gathering data for a web page which would allow someone to
Hi Dave, I can give you a few examples of how this happens: 1. You are on 20 meters in the morning calling Europeans. In Europe it is afternoon and the skip is short. The European stations are hearin