I have been receiving a large number of unsolicited emails with attachments. They are reported to be infected with viruses. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY .EXE OR .ZIP FILES UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM
Several years ago I did a presentation at the International DX Convention in Visalia entitled "Where are they now?" It was an introspective look at "then and now" photos of contesters and DXers. It m
I have a great research project to propose to someone who has the time. That is to perform the analysis of what has happened to stateside contest scores in the last decade. My gut is that there is no
The group has really stirred up quite a lather over writing a contesting cookbook. I hate to be a wet blanket, but there are some realities you need to consider before turning wild enthusiasm into wr
This weekend holds a plethora of opportunities for rate and counties with the MARAC CW, Oregon, Indiana and New England QSO Parties all going on about the same time. Of course, we must point out the
I just spent the time to locate the source of a number of annoying birdies I'm hearing on 15, 10 and 6 meters. They are coming from my Linksys Wireless G 2.4GHz Router. Anyone else encountered this p
Thanks for the dozens of responses to my problem. I have narrowed it down to two sources. First, I use a microwave link to my ISP. There is 80' of CAT 5 cable running on the outside wall of the shack
After tracking down the manufacturer in Japan, I have just received a shipment of cable connectors that fit the Create RC5 Series rotators. They are metal bodies with a waterproof boot. Much more rug
How about a thread wrap up? Conventions are about Fellowship, Forums and Flea Markets. Which do you use to evaluate the event? Dayton is a cattle drive, too spread out, old facilities, too many prope
In the early 90's I engineered the K5XI station and erected 5/5/5/5 for 20M on a 250' tower. We had a similar stack for 15 on a 200' tower. The station appeared in the first CQ Almanac. As with most
Lest also not forget the WX7M 16 element 20M beam on a 280' boom. Of course, it was fixed on EI, Patricks homeland. I say "was" because it was seriously damaged in a record windstorm several years ag
Wow, this really stirs up some emotion. The M/M's of the 70's and 80's at K5RC/K5GA should have been video taped for Saturday Night Live. Between K5LZO blowing cigar smoke in your face when the rate
I have established a web cam at the following URL. http://isotom.camarades.com/ The structure in the upper left is Tower #4 with a C31XR on top. The web cam is part vanity, part technology, but mostl
AD6E and I both experienced a very weird phenomena during the first hour of CW NAQP on 10M. For a number of QSO's, the contest exchange just sent came back as a very loud received signal, most of the
So far, the phenomena was experienced by W7RN, K3WW, K0VBU and ND6E. K7SV reported echoes that sound more like multipath scatter than what the rest of us reported. After long discussions about Long D
Time out gang. As one of the fathers of the NAQP, we invented it to replace the ARRL CD Parties both as a training ground for new contesters and to give us all an opportunity to compete with the best
W7RN 282, 48, 6, = 36,072 4.5hrs TS950-Alpha 87-Full Size Delta Loop, beverages Talk about mixed emotions, the CQ 160 CW contest gave them to me. After 7 winters in NV, I have nearly forgotten how I
I think we can conclude the discussion of geographic advantage by looking at the CQ 160 CW high claimed scores. Life ain't fair. Get over it or buy houses in the Caribbean, EA9, Maine, New Mexico and
In a message dated 2/12/2004 6:30:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, w5asp@earthlink.net writes: I first met Jim at the ARRL National Convention in Houston, Texas in 1983. The Texas DX Society had just rec