<snip> I totally agree - My station isn't a heck of a lot different than your first station - well, my antenna is a flat top at 31 ft, but not THAT different - on a city lot too Am I going to win my
Hi, As someone fairly new to the list, and contesting in general - I don't quite know if this is appropriate - but... 2006 Jan NAQP SSB lessons learned This year was my first NAQP SSB (was not even c
Shelby Which was why I said "it was not worth the shift in class" (Implying from single, to Multi 2) - nothing stops one person, running one radio, from entering multi2, does it? What I DID miss was
Hi Gang, This weekend I learned 2 things 1)Causing massive TVI to your neighbor can put a real crimp on your contest score (duh) 2)I really want to add a voice keyer Now with #2 - I'm running a MkV F
<snip> <snip> Just jumping into the thread here, with my 2 cents worth - NOT to anyone in particular (and Keith seems to handle it the RIGHT way) - here is what I accidently sent direct to Keith last
In computers we call this a "backronym" -- 73 de KG2V For the Children - RKBA! "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially
Originally sent this direct instead of to list <snip> <snip> OK - this is a take from a "city boy" - in this case, NYC. We don't have antenna restrictions, except for a big one - LAND. I love reading
I think another BIG issue with the decline in contesting is frankly that ALL hobbies are declining If you look, Americans are working MORE hours per week, and more families have 2 working parents tha
...snip... One that seems to make folks nuts is NLI - It's NOT North New York - even when I say "November Lima India" I get back "North New York?" about 10% of the time - another large percentage co
Yeah - he was also my first QSO of the contest - I think I had maybe 2 hours all contest to operate - and I appreciate the multiplier I got (I hope) - Made ONE USA call, and Rick happened to be it. M
I've been watching the thread about the rules, and I think I can finally put into words what the big complaint is. Now to me, as a guy who is running a sub popgun station, for 2-3 hours during the co
Why boil it down that far? That's only a crutch for those who can't setup a Multi/Multi No classes at all - anything goes -- 73 de KG2V For the Children - RKBA! "Blame the idiots. Think globally, but
Gee - the NRA manages to get their news out while offering their members 3 or 4 choices of monthly magazine. The Important editorial and news columns appear in all 3 magazines -- 73 de KG2V For the C
...snip... That IS true - but the NRA actually publishes 4 magazines, in 5 or 6 versions (local news pages in the back of each one - based on the section of the country) Now - what would the circulat
I'm a computer programmer, who KNOWS (or at least mostly knows) how LOTW and the "signing" process works (ask me for MY PGP key) LOTW is VERY poorly explained, and is VERY VERY secure, but perhaps, o
Frequent Contester, Tom Althoff, K2TA went SK on the way home from work yesterday afternoon. Tom will be missed -- 73 de KG2V For the Children - RKBA! "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the w
I think the problem is that people misread "Bad news for BPL" and "Bad BPL news" - aka things getting worse for us from BPL, instead of things getting worse for BPL "A major competitor to BPL, WiMax
...snip... ...snip... They are called "drive bays" - one huge advantage of more modern machines and OSes - ones that can boot off of CD/DVD - you don't need floppies to install the OS - put the DVD i
...snip.. I have a set of guidance too... If you are using a radio, amp, wire, tower, antenna, rotor etc, that was not designed by YOU, made by YOU, from raw materials that YOU YOURSELF mined from th
so far, in my very short search, DL2NBY's Google calendar is the best I've found - now, if you really want it in Outlook, you can do one of 2 things, download it as an ICS file, OR get your own Googl