Last year, I purchased an Antenna Line Launcher at Dayton (in the Fleamarket) for $100. It shoots the small tennis balls connected to fishing line and works fantastic. A friend of mine now wants to b
K1AR, K4QPL, NF4A, N4ZR, and others. Thanks for all the links on the line launchers. None of them are exactly the one I got from the Dayton flea market guy but all look similar. I'll pass them on to
George; Interesting question. I have noticed the same behavior recently - no response at all to the request which I find a little surprising. I have not reviewed all the responses in this thread so i
Pat; You response comes the closest to expressing my exact feelings on this subject. I could not have said it better. Being in MT, I suspect you get a lot more requests than I do here in MN. 73, Al,
Jim; I have always viewed the 5NN in the exchange as a marker to seperate the call from the usefull exchange data. You are right in that it does not convey any useful information but my guess is that
As had been mentioned, this is something that has been looked as in the past by the ARRL CAC. The issue of whether it would increase or decrease participation was debated at length. The effect of dil
The results for the 2013 Minnesota QSO Party are now available at: http://www.w0aa.org/index.php/8-articles/articles/53-mn-qso-party-results1 Another great year for this growing event. Congratulation
Technically, only the rigs need to be on emergency power in the Class A category. All other items (i.e lights, computer, etc.) can be on commercial mains. 73, AL, K0AD In a message dated 5/15/2013 6:
I usually split the difference. If I am CQing at 34 WPM and someone comes back to me at about 20-25 WPM, I usually slow down to around 28 to 30 for that Q and QRQ back to 34 WPM on my QRZ. Almost alw
Has anyone had experience repairing Dunestar 600 filters? I have a couple of them and occassionally a band will go out during or after a contest. I have sent them back for repair and that works fine
Thanks to all who responded on my question about replacing the capacitors in the Dunestar 600 Bandpass Filter. I found out that Dunestar will sell these capacitors separately if you choose to do the
Actually, it often is. Having served on the CAC for a number of years, as well as with NCJ, it is not always as easy to articulate the rules as you might think. Many of the rules can have multiple in
I agree. It is really frustrating to me when guys think that slowing way down will make it easier for the station at the other end to copy you. Yes - maybe slow down to the speed of the station your
Actually, the ARRL PSC DID recently accept the Contest Advisory Committee's recommendation to add Single Operator Unlimited Categories to ARRL 10 M, ARRL 160 M, ARRL RTTY Round Up, and IARU. However,
Bob; I recently automated my station in the way you suggest below. My two radios are an FT2000 and an ICOM 7600 (which recently replaced an FT1000 MP Mark V). I use two Array Solution Band Master 3 B
Distance based scoring is something that was looked at in detail for ARRL DX contest a couple years ago. While it had it's advocates, there were a couple main concerns that caused us to set it aside
Martin; You are right. We looked primarily at the affect on the North America scores in ARRL DX because, of course, the world works North American in that event. I could see where those who participa
Jim; I've been using the INRAD Triplexer with switchable Dunestar filters on each radio for about a year now and have been happy with the results. As a low power contester with a single 4 band yagi,
NAQP CW continues to be my overall favorite contest. I like it BECAUSE the amplifiers are off and the spotting network and skimmer is not in play (i.e. except for multi-2 and , perhaps, cheaters). Fo
Besides some of the other suggestions by others, N1MM has template for a very specific situation where 7QP, NEQP, and the Indiana QSO party all occur on the same weekend. You can use one log and subm