Is a ham with a lower class of license than the station licensee/control op where he is operating permitted to communicate from that station with hams in other countries when no third-party agreement
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.1432.1 I just finished reading a bunch of c
Friends/opponents, Be forewarned that during the last full weekend of October of 2009, K1IR will be holding 7152 starting at 3pm local time [ET]. Stay off my frequency. Consider us spotted. http://ww
We are about to have the basement remodeled. The contest shack will be moved from the first floor to the basement. I am interested in how your basement contest shack is setup. What do you like? What
Do you live in or near one of the areas where BPL is currently in operation? Would you be willing to participate in a simple project to help build the case that BPL creates harmful interference? You'
With the news that Rohn is in trouble comes the possibility that those of us who have been using Rohn towers exclusively might have to try something new in the future. But what would that be? My reas
Join your local contest club and arrange to go to as many meetings and contest operations has you can. "Any must read material out there for the budding contester? I'm not looking to be a big gun, bu
Mike, Cheating will be done with or without your assistance. However, the vast majority play contest for fun and don't do significant cheating. Your reported scores generally come from the top ops wi
Does anybody have a suggestion for a 220 to 110 converter for operating small 110v wall-wart power supplies while traveling in Europe? The 12v power supply for my IC706 and my laptop are completely E
Hi George, If you get a second amp, why keep the switch in the setup? Just for the key line switching? I don't think you need to design it with the external coax connectors for the Amp #2 coax jumper
No, Bill. The reason for SO2R is so you can LISTEN on a second radio while you're transmitting on the first one. You can't do that with an FT-1000D. Yes, the FT1000D lets you listen on two separate b
Can anybody help me estimate in rough numbers how many people who identify themselves as "contesters" attend Dayton? 73, Jim -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrat
Thanks, Pete. This number has quickly converged to around 600-800, based on Contest Dinner and Forum attendance. Jim I guess that the contester dinner sells out routinely, but don't I recall that the
Kenny, Really interesting analysis. Now, take it off on a tangent. What is the average percentage of calls in each year's log that shows up in the published results? Certainly, you don't make it out
Thanks, Al. Interesting story. I'll bet the submissions would rise substantially if there were some small incentive . . . I'd support it! 73, jim -- Forwarded Message -- RE: re: Casual contesters...o
And, be sure to check out the rest of the website, too. There's something for everybody. http://www.yccc.org 73, Jim Idelson K1IR Yankee Clipper Contest Club -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contes
Those stand-alone LCD displays sure are expensive, but there is an alternative. We completely avoided both pickup and emissions problems from monitors in our CQWW CW multi-single operation here at K1
Regarding certificates, I think there should remain a category of highest achievements in our contests that are recognized honorably - with a classy, printed certificate bearing real signatures and a
Regarding the message below: Yes. Many new contesters start out not at their own station, but by learning and contributing at a sophisticated multi station where there are lots of people to learn fro
Any contesters around San Jose, CA? I will be there on business June 20 - 23, anyone wanting to get together for 807 . . . please email me. Jim K1IR -- The Information Resource for Conferencing Profe