Fellow Hams, We are in danger of losing perhaps the world's best radio location QTH - old WOO Ocean Gate, NJ AT&T Long Lines transmitting site. Just brief outline. The site is on the mouth of Toms Ri
All those "special olympics" contestadors can do the described complicaments already. Results are published in the spread sheet format, pick you category (one youcan win) and print yourself a certifi
While getting ready for the CQ WW 160 m Contests, please check the updated records for any "holes" in the records that could be "fixed". http://www.k3bu.us/cq_160_m.htm If you see any errors or omiss
Looking at the circuits and layout of components in both tuners, it looks like MFJ is using transformer to feed the balanced line, while Palstar has balanced circuit feeding the balanced line. Balanc
Thanks for 'clarification' I ain't no legal beagel, but I can see some problems with rules: Sooo, is that really ALL operation? Operator, his operating tools (RX, TX, ant, computer, logging, mike, ke
One day T. Arcala FT1000 (station) went to Azores Dept. of radio licenses and got (bought?) him (her)self station licenses and managed to win contest without having boy at the station. He even got pr
Lemme see where we are going with latest in contesting: Split operating: Few chosen from them rare multiplying places, get spotted, Click, click, zero beat, never ending pileup. Nobody works nobody,
8P9HT/8P9Z, J77J, and NQ4I. If there wasn't a lot of QRM, the CW sounded real good in Kenwood radios (better than in Yaesu or Icom generally), but a big pileup resulted in one big bubble of sound and
Charly, the only thing that Skimmer replaces is the physical act of tuning the radio. An operator still must copy the CW,. verify that he is copying the station spotted (instead of the one adjacent t
Even with all single ops in one category, each person has the option to operate however they wish. My original point was that ham radio in the last 15 years has embraced the DX Cluster as a normal to
Finally someone got it, thanks Vladimir! Looks like some RF cooked brains can not get the distinction between: 1. Ham and his toys, gadgets, rigs, samovars in his station, operated by HIM within limi
Just got the news: VE1AL (ex VE1GN, VE3FRA, VE3VX), Alan Robert Leith, passed away yesterday totally unexpectedly. He was 66. His daughter came home from work Thursday and "found that he'd passed awa
Glad to see incremental improvement in contest rules, thanks Randy! Just strikes me, ham radio "logic" vs. rest of the life logic. Where in life do we have 3 times "penalty" for mistake, error, innac
Ham radio is the technical sport/hobby. Uses gadgets, equipment, radios, computers, antennas..... Why is it so difficult to consider ASSISTANCE by other person, operator, human being??? We should be
Bravo Fabio! That sounds like easiest fix to presently antiquated scoring per QSO. Also, this should eliminate ZERO points for own country. Any changes to scoring in the contest should try to keep th
The problem is someone (KP4KE) operating in contest with signal (kW) that does not correspond to category operated and claimed (QRP, LP). The result is "QRP Record" or score that is outrageous = CHEA
Cost of paper, newsprint is the cheapest. Cost of mailing, first class, vs. bulk, vs. post office stuffing everybody. Cost of page makeup, computer editing is making it cheaper. Need minimum number o
From the ARRL Letter:ARRL Responds to Ukrainian Amateur Radio League Regarding DXCC Status of Crimea The ARRL has responded to an appeal from the Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL) to "consider t
Original appeal by UT0FT to ARRL is at http://uarl.org.ua/load/zvernennja_lru_v_arrl/13-1-0-387 These are not "political statements" - they are in indictment of K1ZZ for blatantly ignoring the DXCC r