You didn't say what rig it is. Does your present rig have a jack for a 2nd antenna jack? Keep in mind that some rigs don't shut off the receiver when hooked up to a second antenna. If your rig is not
Hi Bill & Gary, KD9SV reported not too many calling the 3b9 last night. That may very well have been how it sounded to Gary last night, but not the way I heard it from Eastern Virginia. Gary is corre
For those of you who are not contesters, Tree has it right and......While it is not set in stone, The ALL BAND single op guys don't usually stay on 160 for very long. They need to go where the VOLUME
Dwight Put up the beverages as best you can. The first thing Dallas W3PP and I and used to do when I went up there for the dx contests was to walk the beverages. He had 4 of them and they were just r
Herb and Art have it right. I had several stations tell me I was a dupe this past weekend. When I responded with an NIL (not in log) the guy just called CQ again. For sure he is not in my log and he
Brian, I too lack enthusiasm for tower climbing. Maybe I have been lucky but on my shunt fed tower, I have three ham IV rotors, one for the C31XR, One for the C4 and one for the XM-240, the latter tw
Since you mentioned a tuner, Buy or build a tuner. I have two that handle 1.5 kw without blinking. One is the murch transmatch which was popular 25 years ago, the other is the ultimate transmatch tha
I tried finding the sweet spot at this qth C31XR at 90 feet 2 EL xm 240 at 70 feet. Tried every 5 feet between 40 and 70 feet over a 5 day period with no luck either 73 Chet N4FX. I would try to find
The link noted below does not work for me. I am using I E 8. I tried it 3 times. Please post a better one if you have one 73 Chet N4FX Phil, W0XI, has put a kit ultrasonic detector on the market. Wel
Hey Jerry, Sorry to hear about the 160 dx. It is addictive. Recommend you seek counseling and get into a 12 step program immediately <grin> My first 160 dx was when I shorted both legs of my 80 meter
For those who take their antennas down, the season is definitely over 73 N4FX YES! How would North America and EU work VK/ZL or South America if the guys in the lower hemisphere had our parochial att
Bill, I truly wish that was the case. I think you may be a bit out of touch On how many "serious" ops have beverages. I can't stick one on my 1/4 acre lot. You probably have it right that if you don'
When I was still at K4CG they had one there. Unfortunately K4CG did not have access to it. They had one on Adak when I was at KL7AIZ. They Were frequently found at Naval Security Group Activities in
Hi Bruce, I can't speak to a flag but I had a W2UP rotatable loop that I turned with a small TV rotor and one of your transformers. It worked great for about year until I ran 4 or 5 radials out to wi
Hi Guy, I do not know if I was in the window. I was not looking as I too thought there was no Longer a DX window any more. 73 Chet moore N4FX I screwed up and spent a couple of one hour stretches Sat
Thanks for this tidbit of information. As soon as this white manure melts (some people call it snow) I will do a re-check on my shunt fed tower. I think I did have at least one dip to zero and never
I think Jeff has it right. It just quicker to give them a report. Hi Guys I have been reading this thread and I too get hundreds of W callers in ARRL DX - both modes. It does cover weak signal caller
HMMMMMM If they are uploading directly to N1fZ it Could also be that N1FZ just got his LOTW card today without lifting a finger if he checks LOTW quickly . Worked EP6T last night, well sort of,...err
NO interaction noted at my qth on 80 or 40m. 90 foot tower, 2 element cushcraft xm 240 at 75 feet, ten foot yardarm through the tower (ab-105) at 70 feet. 80m inverted vee hung off one side, inverted
You are not alone by any means. mY 160 q is still not there either Chet N4FX Well - at least the QSOs I know of from 4-Feb never did show up in Club Log. So I think the point is that there seems to b