I'd love to see plans for that Spud Gun, Gary (or anyone)/.....I've been using a fishing rod for years but it's not entirely accurate and I've been "caught up" in the tops of trees more than once. I
Dennis, Hi Some might disagree, but the 2 best CW transceivers I've **EVER** owned for crowded bands and speaking specifically about CW contesting and pileup work have been a TS-830S(gold label- modd
Neil, I had a full wave loop on 160m 1 winter from FN65 and once in a while it made a good RX antenna...but honestly not too often. IIRC, certain times when it was snowing hard (low noise) and a few
Hey LF-ers I don't see the PRE-STEW (Warmup) event listed on the WA7BNM contest calendar ! ( I usually only use the SM3CER one. . . not sure even what else is out there in Internet land...) I know it
I echo the comment that: "...the ops on 160 sure seem disciplined...." It's one of the reasons I really like the band. Little wonder they coined the phrase: "The Gentlemans Band" Mike VE9AA Mike, Cor
WOw-that's a keeper Charles, ! I recall reading about him when I was just a kid...newly licensed. c-1978 It inspired me to try 160m mobile.....for a while. (did it for around 1 winter back in the mid
Came home to find my "improvised" 160m inverted L folded over like a pretzel today, so must rebuild once again. (It was part 40m freestanding vertical (small diameter aluminum), part top loading wire
And what about the BIG BIG domestic stations who park theirselves in the DX window for contests? With skimmers, can we not PROVE they've done this and disqualify them? ve9aa Keyclicks remain a big is
I am torn on the overall DX window debate, however the point I wished to emphasize earlier was only this: *IF* the sponsor of the contest says "no domestic QSO's in the 1830-1835 DX window", then the
I have also used upsidedown 2-Liter pop bottles ever since I visited Jack's (VE1ZZ's) QTH some 10-15 yrs ago. What a great idea it was (is) !!! His hubcap radial plates, RadioShack TV towers sitting
Totally anecdotal, but from 19 to 7 years ago I lived in a "cedar swamp" (what I called it) about 30' ASL and did much better on 160m with a small antenna system, than I do here now @ 660'ASL on a ro
I am curious too...I just worked them from the car on 10m CW an hour ago. (I am in FN66, NB, Canada--NE of Maine, USA) running just 50w to a vert ! OK, now for 160m content....VE9HF reports he worked
Hi Guy and Gals of the DC bands realm. Using the word "Beverage" may be misleading....what about "low noise antenna" or loop, or low longwire? I have 2 acres here, however the layout and placement of
Chris, For a one time deal, I would go buy yourself a 4' Mylar ballon, a tank of helium and raise a small diameter copper wire up 127'. We used one on St. Paul Island in 1997 as CY9AA and were workin
Speaking for myself, I would slow down to 10WPM for you. It's not 20m CW during CQWW where guys are running 40-45wpm, so my hope is that most guys would slow down for you. I consider it a "friendly"
In a slightly different vein (but keeping with the same theme overall theme)..... "MAR" section includes NB (VE9), NS (VE1) and VY2 (PEI).....sometimes MAR even included VO1 and VO2 !!! We have to co
You may be partially right, but we have 35 members in the Maritime Contest Club and another 4 or 5 active or semi active stations that contest, that are NOT part of the club. Granted , not everyone i
I had this problem with CN2R a couple yrs ago in some contest or pileup......we were on 160m and he was S9 or better.... We finally worked and so, what the heck, I emailed the op later to ask (nicely
Hi Bob, If I recall (correctly).<and you should double check> The D40 is completely isolated from the mast, so it would be nearly invisible to your 160m RF...given all the other loading you have goin