The important thing to remember about TO4T (and any others), is that you don't have to know at the time that he's in Guadeloupe to get credit for the multiplier. All electronic logs are re-run and sc
Yuri: Who are you going to get to operate the Cluster nodes if they have to be shut down during contests? It takes a lot of time, money, effort, dedication, and, often, a big tower, to operate a clus
At the K1TTT multi-op, Dave has these bells, like you would find at a hotel front desk, that you can ring for a new mult if you want to. This way nobody has to clean the spittoon. Rich
Perhaps this is obvious, but with the introduction of the Euro, "lirawatts" are obsolete. Italian watts should now be equal to approximately 0.82 U.S. watts. Rich
All, right, we had a little fun at the expense of our Italian ham friends. Everyone should read Federico's message carefully. I won't have anything more to say. Here in America, we love Italian food,
Based on the comments and description, and reading between the lines, I believe this OO is a well-known ham (at least in this area) who happens to be a friend of mine. Please consider this: 1. He pro
Hal: Get an extra power connector or cable for the rig. Then get 2 battery holders, each for 4 "AA" cells. Attach the battery holders back-to-back with double-faced tape or super glue. Wire both pack
If one were mobile in, for example, Hawaii, any of the following would be acceptable identifications using voice: (callsign) mobile, (callsign) mobile 6, (callsign) mobile KH6 (or NH6, WH6, AH6), OR
Dayton RoomI'm forwarding this to several reflectors at once. Anybody interested, please contact Harvey directly at ws2q@arrl.net Rich, K2WR Rich, I have a room I will NOT be using for Dayton reserve
The essence of the problem is two sentences contained within VE3II's message: "Unlike contesting, what we do on 14.300 is serious, life and death work. We don't collect points, we don't go for the ra
I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but I think I can parse English sentences as well as any of the other (apparent) followers of Sophocles residing here, so let me suggest the following: The
Look at this instead: http://www.radioarkala.com/ This is radio pornografi at it?s best "big naked antennas in the frozen north" I can't prove this is radio pornography, but I also can't prove it isn
Here's what I don't understand (and I consider both K1ZM and KQ2M friends): VY2ZM (K1ZM) apparently won BOTH CW and SSB SOAB in this year's ARRL DX. That's a singular accomplishment from anywhere, un
With regard to the appropriate role for Canadian stations in the ARRL DX Contest, I think a lot of you guys have been watching too much "South Park". _______________________________________________ C
In an amazing effort at predicting the future, everything (I think) that has been said this week in response to the Feb. '04 QST Op-Ed piece was said by me in NCJ, in 1994! I didn't have the original
Here's a suggestion for the organizers of the FQP: Why not give Jim his own County? Every year, starting in 2004, somebody gets to be in "Jim White County". Or, alternately, pre-registered mobiles ge
On Sunday I saw a spot for a European station on 14349.3. I went up there to listen, and, sure enough, he was running W's (although not a great many). Problem #1: There's no way I can legally tell hi
Barry: First of all, I don't agree that the band edge violation is an "idiosyncracy" or even a technicality. The concept that all our emissions up to a specified measurement standard, not just the ca
Since, as has been said, CQWW falls on the last complete weekends of October and November, the following calendar facts follow: The permissible dates for the beginning (i.e. the Saturday) of CQWW SSB
"Who's the "jammer" is in the eye of the beholder." - - - NOT! There is a big difference between inadvertent careless operating and deliberate interference. Jamming is deliberate interference. How it