Wayne, Grid squares are used in contests above 30Mhz, generally four characters (ie, FN31) at VHF and six characters at UHF (FN31FE). Direction, using Grid Squares can be calculated by formula. I don
FCC definition: (6) PEP (peak envelope power). The average power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during one RF cycle at the crest of the modulation envelope taken under nor
Between contests I unplug the "Wall wart" power supply for the keyer. After I finally figure out why the transmitter is not keying, it is a mad scramble to find a "Wall wart" with the correct voltage
If I am in a casual operating mode and a station calls me for a contest QSO that requires a serial number, I make up a number other than "1" ( because the station is expecting a higher number and the
24 hours into a contest, the contest station is expecting to receive a high serial number. It is my experience that if I give a serial "1", it takes a few tries until the other station says" Oh, I'm
Some History: At one time all receivers had variable BFO's, they were tunable about 3 kc. above or below the IF frequency. The operator could set the BFO to fit filters, QRM, personal preferences, et
As I understand it, the "Matrix Mode" with the CT-17, allows for one transceiver act as a controller for other transceiver(s). Since one transceiver is the master (with a single address) sending a co
There are many 3rd party vendors and several "homebrew" articles. They are all the same circuit (+/-) The only expensive part is the Icom/Yaesu/Kenwood name stencil. I I bear bought
I agree with Bruce. RTTY contest results and threads about who worked or didn't belong on the contest reflector, not here. As with any other QRM/QRN it makes it difficult to find the good stuff. (Pro
Interesting, it is a great diagnostic tool. I have never seen this before. I'll give it a try. The slow "handshake" explains why the OMNI VI+ is a little flaky with some software. Now that it is "out
I'm in a constant battle with RFI running 2KW in the shack. In the house there are four networked computers on a Linksys router and separate Access point. Two are on twisted pair and two on WI-FI. Mu
I always tell everyone to check out their station a week before a contest. This is good advise and I should have heeded it. My station has not been on 160M since last winter's contests. Saturday nigh
Computer log checking is new and there are going to be some issues. I looked at my 2001 SSCW results on the ARRL page. One QSO was rejected because the section submitted was LA, not LAX. My log showe
Ed, No, there is no way out of it or some of the other potential problems. The ARRL might want to review their "penalty" rules. The current rules were developed for paper logs. These paper logs were
Over the years I have looked at building a computer, but the numbers never made sense. At any point (when computers were $3,500, then $2,500, then, $1,500, etc.) it cost about the same to build one a