Congrats! (I hope Algore didn't give you hard time :-) We have been kicking this subject around here for a while. The "bosses" insist that we have to be punished for mistakes, while their wrongly ide
like UBN That was whole point of my questioning the 3 QSO penalty. I typically found about 30 % of my "errors" not of my doing, but the other station, but I get penalized like a criminal for being "s
Nice and pricey! Similar RF performance can be obtained by modifying IC781 with Toshiba Varactors, Inrad/Collins filters and better RF switching diodes for about $400 in parts and some soldering time
Fellow Contesters. We are happy to report that Tesla RC has now a new home at a beautiful mountain resort Verkhovyna in Glen Spey, NY, near Port Jervis, NY and Matamoras, PA, where NY, NJ and PA meet
No good! If you want to use two radios simultaneously you need two hands to operate radios (side by side) and physically have left and right situation for mental separation (especially when you get t
I can have each radio on both ears (foot switch or computer controlled), or if split, left R on left E, right R on right E and I know which ear (sound) is from which radio. Why would I want to have l
Looks like semantics are at play here. Technically any radio can be RUN radio or S/P. It is prevalent use of radio that designates it as run. Again, I am mainly talking about SO2R on the SAME band, l
Start with polarization diversity antennas (beverages and verticals are vert. polarized, separation helps, but not enough), then work on proper orientation for favorite direction to minimize own sign
the manipulated Well, I am right handed, I learned to send CW with right hand (and "reversed" dot-dit) and "learned" my left hand to be the main tuning hand. Also made sense with paper logging back
pair I solved the glasses problem by finding single focal "computer" glasses at Price Club for the distance between my eyes and rigs front panels and computer screen. No need for bifocals. I arrange
lit for One thing to remember, for those of us who have to wear glasses, stronger, brighter lights increase the focal focusing range, due to eyes irises opening being smaller. This is why I prefer gl
Was brand X - TS870S? Same experience here, when I fired up TS870S in the contest on 160, the junk choked on strong signals. Kenwood then had modification for the gain distribution between RF and IF
AMEN! I always prided myself in trying to be a "complete" contester - that is, one who is trying to master all aspects and parts that makeup contest entry. Design my own station (trying to do better
Sponsor provides QTH, electricity (I hope), power limitation and antennas. Contesters can bring whatever they like. I didn't think that coax switch or relays are that "complex," any idiot (never mind
So why not to use S5AA - S5AZ and say S5NA - S5NZ for WRTC competitors? Seem much better than confusing and long S511A, etc. Prefix for WPX awards is only first two or three letters, any other letter
letters Mea Culpa! I guess I have been off the air for too long, rules now say that any (long) number in the prefix counts as separate for WPX. Are all SWL calls now separate prefixes :-) Back to pra
And then subdivide categories into: 2 speakers one keyer, two paddles lap top computers desktop computers yagi antennas quads verticals small radios (like IC706) biiig radios (everything else, or sib
Huh? Have you seen car races where drivers were given Hertz rentals to compete in? See who is better driver? Technical sport is operating PLUS equipment. The better you master both, the better ham ra
receiving Get the second radio going, gain the tremendous advantage and beat the suckers in their own game! Or you wanna go back to straight key, single 807 and Windom? The playing field is leveled e
SO2R. SO3R With RTTY it could be a valid concern with RTTY robots running. With "people" contesting it is a mute point. As it was mentioned, we have much more pressing disadvantages that should be so