than 18,000. 73 Yuri VE3DZ<< I can vouch for that! I am looking for third call in VO1 so I can beat VY2ZM, KQ2M and rest of the continent behind. Maybe even become permanent resident of Sable Isl. -
for the contesting folks that the ARRL is taking center stage.<< First they kick contest results from QST, now contesters from the Arena. Sayonara! BUm _______________________________________________
Contester's Orion review part 1 - ergonomics is posted at my web site www.K3BU.us 73 Yuri, K3BU.us -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on profes
I must disagree with Bill's disagreement about above. See the response of TT Manager W4PA to my suggestions and requests for PTT and other enhancements for contesters ("....then the Orion is not for
Howdy contesters. The "contest rig problem". There are variety of radios out there, from cheap, to decent, to good, to loaded, to expensive. It appears that there is not a single radio that would sat
Pete, it looks like front end overload. You need to use series trap tuned to FM station frequency, or use coax or twin lead stub at the input of your TV. Yuri, K3BU -- The world's top contesters batt
customers. Looking at the specs, it appears superior to Orion, for about double price. Anyone got it yet? It would be interesting to see the first impression opinions. I am eager to get my hands on o
station, you close the door,leave the house for the weekend, and 48 hrs later look and see how your computer/software did in the contest? <<< As Mario once said, that somebody said, for the same rea
their key clicks and the wait continues through three MODELS. And they STILL don't get it.<< Some times it does, if manufacturer is honestly interested in staying competitive. But weird world of ham
wonder if that could be done through the CI-V? << Yea, could do nifty things, like I use IC706 as 1 Hz VFO for IC781. 7800 supports CI-V so there should be no problem to gang the other Icom rigs, up
Yep, the last FULL weekend of October. Yuri -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb
Indeed, W2PV and K2GL stations ended their existence after their owners passed away. (K2GL property was in another class, but W2PV was doable.) Just wonder, all those operators that enjoyed "drive in
And maybe 2 hours, or 15 minutes, more categories? We have been there every year. If you can't hack whatever hours, just do what you can. If you want certificate, let me know what you want on it and
with the Marathon.<< I didn't see it NYC Marathon. OK, I picked wrong analogy. Let's try Daytona 500. The point is, we have "Marathon" or "Daytona 500" in our major contests. They have their rules (n
busted our asses in research, scavenging materials, and homebrewed lots of stuff. That, takes lots of skill. We then invested more in researching past scores to know where to put our efforts in a giv
else's shack? Please. Don't we have bigger things to worry about, like keeping contest participation up and improving our skill levels and fighting the BPL menace?<< Geeee! Next time I will try to pu
We should have operator SAT or IQ test. Smarter OPs should have penalty coefficient applied to their scores. You throw 187 devaluated bucks and call it money? That barely buys paddle on Ebay. You nee
heads in awe, and go have another brewskie in the 7th floor Dayton suite?<< I tried pointing out IV3TAN world record setting "operation" from IG9 on 160. My "agents" found out that his signal was mat
there is power limit in CQ WW or not Im not sure if someone use same power he do can setup that record I know people using much more or same power and cant do that<< Power limit for Italy at that tim
to build big antennas but it is not OK to build big Amplifiers? What if the logic behind the fact that the only restriction as far as equipment is concerned only applies to Amplifiers?<< As it was al