Hi Dave, Pertaining to your comment: "I also don't think its good ethics to leave a "run" freq open for 2 or 3 minutes and then expect to get the run freq back if its now being used. This happened to
Good Morning, As you are probably already well aware, the listings for the 1997 ARRL 10 Meter Contest are terribly inaccurate. Although I have not lost out personally (I am in line to win a certifica
Hi Tom, I guess I'll be the one to surprise you about turning down the power on an FT1000D. Yes indeed, there is at least one op who does. And yes, it's a little inconvenient because some contests re
Hi, The pause mentioned is the time period it takes any of us to: 1. tab over to the zone field 2. backspace out the wrong digit 3. type in the right digit Step #1 is quicker at the beginning of the
Hi, I really enjoyed this article. It was well written, and had a great deal of detail which would benefit the inexperienced contest traveler. I have been involved in contests for quite awhile, but h
Hi, An interesting book to read is "Sleep Thieves" by Dr. Stanley Coren. (He has done quite a bit of research on the subject.) Also, Randy K5ZD has remarked on this reflector that if sleep must be ta
Hi, Several weeks ago, after reading N6NT's article, I asked the question of actual costs for Caribbean DXpeditions. I received many good responses and also several requests that this be summarized t
Hi Dr. B, If Fred and Trey got together for a multi-single, they would probably want to use 2 radios each. Does that require a new category? :-) 73, Dave Clemons K1VUT -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://ww
Hi, As log checking becomes more and more precise, it should make sense for the one calling the CQ'er to give his call first before the exchange. In this way, you help prevent a false qso from being
Hi, About 10 or 12 years ago, there was KL7 station on 80 meters during CQ WW SSB. Was he ever LOUD. I found that to be strange since I had never even heard KL7 on 80 meters before. It was also stran
Author: David Clemons <dave@egh.com> (David Clemons)
Date: Fri Aug 12 14:15:31 2005
Hi, I have a TailTwister which is mounted inside Rohn 45 clone, using a thrust bearing, and turning a 4-el Cushcraft 20 Meter yagi and a 2-el Cushcraft 40 Meter yagi. The rotor is 11 years old, but h
I have just read through the document called "Measurements of Environmental Electromagnetic Fields at Amateur Radio Stations". After reading it, I have a few questions/comments which I think are pert
Hi, I have this QRP rig and like it very much. However, after using it several times on contests which required both CW and SSB, I have been reminded of how useful a voice keyer is to save one's voic
Hi, It seems that this is a common experience (getting OO'ed for 3.752, etc.). It hasn't happened to me for a year or two, but I tend to operate less on SSB contests than a lot of you. My question is
Hi Jim, Thanks for the FQP reminder, it's easy to forget the FQP is coming up this time of year. :-) Is it true that the FQP has new a logchecking software package called CHAD? 73, Dave Clemons K1VUT
I keep hearing about the California kilowatt. That unit, though impressive, will not do a perenniel Low Power entrant (like me) any good. Does anyone know of a manufacturer selling a Rhode Island kil
Hi, I didn't notice propagation predictions for W5 <-> W1 paths (New England instead of [Old] England). Do you guys have any idea whether we'll be able to work Texas from here during the contest? 73,
I'm sure you all noticed that the WRTC2002 hosts had OJ callsigns assigned, which was the first time they were used in amateur radio history. Did anyone else figure out why the OJ block was used? Hin
The ARRL web site now shows the results of the 2001 ARRL 10 Meter Contest. 73, Dave Clemons K1VUT Dave Clemons dave@egh.com Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc. 55 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421 (781)86
About 15 years ago, a W5 (or WA5) wrote an article which described a two-radio audio box, based on the Radio Shack "Stereo Audio Selector" box, part no. 42-2110. This box has 3 push buttons on front