It was Great to work my 1st Au last evening.. I had heard beacons before..and had done it on 10M years ago.. I worked W7KNT DN26 on SSB then started hearing the CW signals come up! My old 660 does no
er.. was that 'Photo Shopped'..? I see the "All the Mix" in there.. ? and Water..? and Coke.. and the Rig/Ant.. but 'No CW Key ? lol Jerry VE6CPP DN39or -- "Just because your voice reaches halfway ar
Marshall.. /R Class 'whatever'.. I think they 'All Should be Issued a Certificate for Participation'.. Listing the Grid Squares they Worked, etc.! That was a 'Lot of $' put out for everyones else's b
Paul.. I usually AZ NE..so try NW I would say..depending on where the Au Curtain is located ! It was kinda 'over head' for me yest... so pretty short skip to the PNW and S VE7.. CW seems to be the pr
What you could try.. is Hy-Gains 'Beta-match' as they call it for the 214.. fairly similar in size to the CC.. may take a bit of experimenting to get the proper match for you.. unless you can find so
I have seen pictures of these 'News Vans' with the large towers on the back which would be Great for /P Op's.. ! Our Local News Stations run around with small SUV's painted all up for the TV News.. t
I still say this Comet.. https://www.hamcity.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=232&idproduct=499 I have had one up for 4yrs now.. and the Boom to EL and Boom to Mast use 'Wing Nuts' ! Just replaced
Bryan.. 'Any Signal on the Bands' is a Good Thing ! I worked 9 one year..(opted out of a weekend at some Relatives for that Contest..!) Wasn't a hard decision to make though ! ;o) I was not going to
Chet.. Wasn't competing in the Contest. I was only 'hopping on New Grids, States..or those I knew from the various Loggers Call Signs I recognized..just to 'hand out my Grid for Points' ! You were th
Barry.. Yep ! We are still around ! Rox have not been too prevalent lately on occasion..but there is still a 'pretty good sized Group' that is around in the mornings. Usually FSK or ISCAT is the pref
I have had numerous occasions when I ask a 'New Ham' to QSY to .52 Simplex to explain things, etc... rather than tie up the local Rptr.. and get 'What is That ?' in response ! I have Rx e-mails and t
Happens on 50.125 and 144.200 'All the Time' as well Mike ! Like I said.. 'Common Sense..or I guess the 'Gentleman's Agreement' come into Play Now ! But we sorrta Teach 'Neither' ! Would a 'Newbie' (
Doug.. doing a search on Yahoo Groups, it does not look like it there anyway ! Perhaps You or someone should 'start one up' ! I am sure there would be quite a bit of interest ! Easy to do.. I have tw
Mike.. if you go to http://mods.dk/manual.php?brand=yaesu they have several FT-736 files.. You can Download One per day, unless you 'Donate a little' or Upload a file..and can then DL more. Some are
If you want to do the /R as well, could always try Loops..don't have to do any set up at each stop..just watch for low branches ! This guy offers some HD Loops for fair price..I have his 6M and 2M ve
Here's an Idea.. I run the Monthly Polls for the NAQCC QRP Group, and we use http://pollcode.com/ It is Free to use.. I can set one up quickly using the 'older data' that is listed..(ie: DN58 has bee
K5QE.. Sorry Marshall ! ;o( On 8/20/2013 6:31 PM, Jerry wrote: Here's an Idea.. I run the Monthly Polls for the NAQCC QRP Group, and we use http://pollcode.com/ It is Free to use.. I can set one up q
Here is our 'Latest Poll results'.. I guess it would need someone w/ a Website to Host it..so if any are up to it..? :-) Go For It ! VE6CPP http://poll.pollcode.com/d11al_result Sounds good to me. Da
Keith..I did the same a year or two ago, and just submitted mine as a check log for the fellas I helped out..had too many other 'honey-do's that weekend to put in a FT effort in a contest. I Rx a cer