I directly print QSL cards on 110-lb card stock, 4 cards per 8.5"x11" sheet. A 250-sheet pack of this card stock costs $11.00 at your local OfficeMax or Staples. 1000 cards for $11 works out to a lit
If the QSL you print is full of graphics, then yes much ink will be consumed. If the QSL you print contains only the required textual information, with your callsign in larger block letters, then you
A picture is worth a thousand words: http://www.qsl.net/dxkeeper/QSL.jpg 73, Dave, AA6YQ If the QSL you print is full of graphics, then yes much ink will be consumed. If the QSL you print contains on
Its certainly interesting to speculate. On one hand, ops will save substantial time, money, and stomach lining by using LOTW (when its finally working); the ARRL would be justified in seeking to reco
My 420/240 and a 4-BA have been been QRV since early 1998; they've survived 4 New England winters and last week's nor'easter without a problem. Both are heavy-duty X models... 73, Dave, AA6YQ --Origi
I found a very nice one in the electrical department of my local Home Depot. 73, Dave, AA6YQ Does anyone know of a good source for reasonably priced weatherproof boxes ( either aluminum or stainless)
There is nothing we do in HF that can't be done more effectively with more modern technologies. The "BPL is bad because it interferes with HF radio" argument makes us out as aging impediments to prog
Tinkering and hands-on experience is of course important - but tinkering with what? You'll have about as much luck with kids and HF today as you would have with kids and steam locomotives back in the
I will respond offline, as we've been asked to take this discussion elsewhere. 73, Dave, AA6YQ --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On
"Say what you do, do what you say". To bad no one thought to add "and do something reasonable". 73, Dave, AA6YQ It is possible to be "Compliant" without being Registered. Registration requires audit
I can just hear Joseph Fiennes, who played Shakespeare in "Shakespeare in Love", saying "Asbestol ... good name!". 73, Dave, AA6YQ Seems that the EPA has decided PCBs are a danger, albeit if safely h
I agree that the track record for recently announced amazing new antenna inventions has been poor, but are you really asserting that there will be no new antenna designs from here on? 73, Dave, AA6YQ
When you say "There hasn't been any "new invention" that has re-written past rules", you must mean "new science always preceeds inventive exploitation of that new science". Otherwise, there are many
I accused no one of anything. I simply asked Tom whether he believed that there will be no new antenna designs from here on. And for the record, the phrase "new antenna designs" was meant to exclude
It is no longer necessary to use liquid helium to attain superconductivity. When last I checked, advances with ceramic materials had pushed superconductivity close to liquid nitrogen territory, and t
"The DLM [distributed load monopole] antenna is based on a lot of things that currently exist," said the researcher who invented the smaller antenna, Robert Vincent of the university's physics depart
A model helicopter with a GPS receiver, a UHF link for the NMEA data, and software for navigation and position/signal-strength recording -- what a cool idea! Are there off-the-shelf model helicopter
Well, I've never written an autopilot, but one based around an on-board GPS sounds like a fun project. My hands are a bit full with DXLab right now, but I will give it some serious thought. 73, Dave,
Visit the 2-port PCI card manufacturer's web site and look for an updated driver. If the most recent driver doesn't solve the problem, return the card and get one that is known to work correctly with