The shock at hearing that Jim had passed away has to some degree lessened, now its just a deep sense of sadness. I will miss Jim's sense of humor, whenever I ran into something that was funny I knew
Why do we need "special incentive" for those who S&P vs Running? The choice between the two is a tactical one. You Run when you can, when rate is obtainable, otherwise you S&P because either rate isn
I will be in Washington, DC for several days June 1st - 4th and would love to meet any of the contesters I have had the pleasure of working all these years. I will probably know which hotel I will be
Can anyone help me with the following needed information. TS-850 Dimensions. L x W x H of the factory shipping carton. If necessary I can estimate this from the actual radio measurements, close enoug
Where are the JA's has been a topic of interest to me for some time. I have heard theories from every corner and most have been based on wild guesses. One theory is that there are few decent HF stati
I'M getting desperate, I cant seem to find a used 2 element short 40 anywhere. I know they are in demand and get snatched up quickly, many never get mentioned in the ham ads because there is always a
We all wonder where the JA's are during contests, we all have been asking this question for some time. From the mid 70's to the mid 80's you could run JA's from the West coast for as long as you coul
This morning before she left for work my wife Caroline (NH6PR) asked me to "run my little propagation program thingy" (thats what she said, really) and tell her when her chances on 10 meters would be
There has been a lot of interesting posts related to this thread. The last one by Doug KR2Q got my attention. Doug said something I just have to agree with, if you cant prove that the contact did not
As a Novice (1959) I ran a pair of 6L6's (surplus metal version) in push-pull driven by a 6V6. Not a rock crushing rig by any means. Later my DX-20 was a decent power increase. The 6AG7 was a metal o
Ron Actually Joel KG6DX is once again active, very active actually. Old contest war horses never go to pasture willingly, and we never get the opportunity to be put out to stud so why go at all. On a