Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:48:31 -0500
OK, I don't agree with this either. VHF contests were the first major radio contests to introduce something like the rover entry class. There is nothing even remotely like it in ARRL or CQ-sponsored
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:51:33 -0500
Yeah - OK. The January contest gets the most log submissions. I think this has been historically so because of club competition. But for those _not_ living in W1/W2, June has a lot more activity, as
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:10:36 -0500
Again, you have this wierd idea that the "personnel at the ARRL" know nothing about VHF or VHF contesting. I dare say K1JX has won a lot more VHF contests than you have, KM0T and W5ZN are much higher
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:11:49 -0500
Ev, you wrote the following on 21 July 2004: "Personnel at the ARRL has changed. The folks that are there have little `organizational memory' on some items...and because they don't operate VHF contes
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:02:20 -0500
At N5XU, we have an FT-726R that we use with an amplifier (AM-6155) with a 10W max power input requirement, so we faced basically the same problem as you. For us, the best solution was to add an atte
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:01:05 -0500
K3UHF began the thread of discussion on Tuesday: http://lists.contesting.com/_vhfcontesting/2004-07/msg00189.html You can browse through all the posts made to the list this month at: http://lists.con
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:54:42 -0500
ARRL Members can now download the October, 2004 QST Product Review column online in PDF format. The first product reviewed is the Elecraft XV144 transverter kit - a 20W 144 MHz transverter for a 28 M
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:41:12 -0500
The WRTC real-time scoe reporting was done by the referees at each contest station. They manually sent in their team's numbers as an SMS text message on a cell phone once an hour, which was automatic
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:39:53 -0500
You can already do this with the ARRL online scores databases. Check out http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/scores.html?con_id=53 for the database of scores from the 2003 ARRL September VHF QS
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:13:34 -0500
Here is why grid circling sucks. In order to effectively grid circle, multiple rover stations must be operating in a highly coordinated manner. It does not happen by accident. The complexity and coor
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:32:24 -0500
The article states that grid-circling "remains a controversial practice." That is far cry from the celebration of which you speak. The ARRL contesting authorities (and many others in VHF contesting)
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:16:06 -0800
To be fair, this is NOT an ARRL-sponsored radio contest. It is personally sponsored by WB7OTQ. It is being reported on the ARRLWeb merely as a news-worthy item. My take on this is that, like a few "c
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:52:47 -0800
The rule being referenced is in an HF contest, the NCJ North American Sprint: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php Specifically, the Rule 6 exception for RTTY. The rule does not apply to the CW or P
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:58:41 -0700
I've use the W9XT Contest Card for many years and been very happy with it. It is, however, an ISA card for desktop PCs. Gary has an external keyer now, the VK-64, which is a combination voice keyer a
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 09:03:57 -0700
I've posted a short article on contesting.com that is mainly a wrapper around two charts I've generated. The charts plot the number of log submissions each year for the past ten years in each of the
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 07:46:41 -0700
Six meters can be an immensely enjoyable band. Single-hop Eskip contacts can cover distances from 500 to 1500 miles (or maybe a little longer or shorter during exceptional openings.) From California,
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:31:25 -0700
No. The ARRL General Contest Rules 3.10 is: "3.10.The use of non-Amateur Radio means of communication (for example, Internet or telephone) to solicit a contact (or contacts) during the contest period
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:57:06 -0700
The one part of ARRL EME Rule 3.2 that is different from every other "Single Operator Assisted" class in ARRL contests (or contests of any other sponsor) is the phrase "operating arrangements involvi