See below for comments please.--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy There are many times when a "hot-shot" op doesn't get to log this station, because he/she didn't respond to a call in an appropriate manner
Very well thought out and spot on, Bill. It is an interesting set of opinions, and that is rather mild understatement, I think. --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy Make note to self, update list to work th
All the discussion about all the hard, tenuous, extremly unwanted extraneous and otherwise unappreciated contacts, during contests... make a fellow figure that contests are not for making contacts. T
And, dear Tom, as you have correctly identified and described it... is pretty much why this station doesn't work 160 nearly as intently as in the past. I'd guess there are a lot of stations that want
Does the Ferrarri vs Ford have an advantage on a road course? Does the Jaguar vw Chev have a better advantage on a drag strip?Does the Dodge or Hummer have the advantage on in the Baja? To spell it o
And along the same lines, after making a couple thousand Qs with JA, the cards flooded in, with very nearly 3 thousand total. Funny how that all works.... Multiple cards before I ever got the first o
Now you're talking... the best 20-10 mtr antenna had here has been a 2 el. Hy-gain 244 quad, have been looking for another for a long time... since the tower came down after a guy line failure, in ne
I've had good luck with a simple closed loop, large, 20 - 50 feet up. Large = 300 foot on a side... your size may vary, although as long as it is about a wavelength in circumference, there should be
One of the things that could hurt the vertical effort, may be the local noise level. One may want to have a back up plan.. that could be as simple as simply running a long piece of coax out.... I kno
I've had mighty good luck with a 40 foot high NORD with an OMEGA match, and 32 radials, some were actually a 1/4 wave long.I'm currently building a new vertical that, should.... we all hope the best
But what you are referring to Randy, costs them more than what they imagine, by missing one caller, it very well could be the only mult that can/does/will hear them - and now because he didn't get an
Tree, You problably all already there, if I read in between the lines in your post, is what I've felt for quite a while: put more of the thinking, planning and stratagy back into the efforts, rather
And the 7 lander living less than 40 mile from 0 land, takes another wedgie. Wedged betwext and between. Without a good example for any? What is a feller to do? Especially when a 2nd harmonic asks th
Man, and that is the hour that I am planning on taking a nap. Otherwise it doesn't seem like a big deal.--... ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:03:09 -0500> From: aa5jg@lcisp.com> To:
I kinda figure there needs to be a whole lotta improvement in rx... for rtty and others too. Seems there isn't much listeining before cq... for either TQP or RTTy. Just try working the TQP with QRP a
You're right Steve, andIt seems to me that we have a very high level challange here. Given the afore mentioned and such said that I wouldn't re-describe it here. However, it also seems to me that the
I find it even more ludicruous, when I get a "QSO B4" message from a fellow running in the 1200 or more Q range, and I have less than 100. I could do a dupe check faster on paper than he can with a p
Seems to me that this discussion, is very tightly linked to the Qso B4 chat. hmmm? And the other side of it, is simple, when the other station, qrp or not, attempts another Q, it may be a wiser decis
I can seeYuri's reason, if everyone used it why not allow it without notice... The real problem is very very simple.... not all of us use it. simple as that. And... before you jump to the conclusion
Was hoping to stay clear of this... number of reasons.. First and obvious to most, not a huge player. I just like to be competitive. And that turns out to be very much with myself. There isn't a huge