At 11:22 PM 2/4/2005, you wrote: I have two ex-PLA surplus 1kW+ solid-state amps still in storage waiting for a reason to do something with them... the timing of Dan's post is handy as I'm beginning
Paul, I understand that equal SWR does not mean equal load impedance. However, as the SWR approaches unity the number of different combinations of R & X diminishes. In both examples I quoted, the "eq
Bill, I did get a note from the ARRL that my certificate was going to expire. I submitted the renewal according to instructions, and yet I never got a new certificate back. So I'm screwed just like y
To quote the Sprint rules from the NCJ web site: "Canadian multipliers are Maritime (VE1, VE9, VO1, VO2, VE2 through VE7, and Yukon-NWT (VY0, VY1 and VE8)." This is the way the Sprint rules have desc
W8UA and I went out to W6 in 1993 to tour contest stations and go to the Visalia DX Convention. On the way up to the convention, in a caravan with N6AA, N6ZZ, K3ZO, etc. we were treated to a detour o
I sometimes feel as if I was born 10-20 years too late. Perhaps if I was born earlier I would have gone to work on the US Space Program rather than designing cars. Perhaps if I was born earlier into
They say you always remember your first time. Well for me, my first multi-multi was N5AU for the 1082 CQWW SSB contest. I was finishing my last semester for my BsEE in Arkansas, and a couple weeks ea
Just a reminder that THIS weekend is the Michigan QSO Party, from 16Z Saturday to 04Z Sunday (noon to midnight Saturday EDST). We expect high levels of activity, with commitments from no less than ni
I am an author of a major contest logging program and it creates no confusion to me. As long as the list is published in the rules somewhere, preferably on the Web. Dave Pruett, K8CC DATOM Engineerin
I am not a DVP expert, however from what I understand about the operation of the hardware and the associated TSR, each DVP will almost certainly have to have it's own IRQ and instance of DVPTSR. , bu
If we all followed the sage advice of N6TJ, there would be a bunch of South Americans who would never work anybody. I wish I had a nickel for every PY or LU I've some across, usually on the high band
Pat, I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that ICOMs have +8V on the mic pin of the radio for use with electret mics? This voltage is not required for non-electret elements such as the
The 2004 Michigan QSO Party (MiQP) is this weekend, April 17, from noon until midnight EDST. (This is 16Z on 17 April until 04Z on 18 April in Zulu-speak). Here are the fundamental details: - Operate
Up until a few years ago, I would have offered the same advice. However, a couple of caveats: - Make sure you avoid lengths that are odd multiples of 1/2 wavelength. This causes the line to act like
When I wrote: - Make sure you avoid lengths that are odd multiples of 1/2 wavelength. This causes the line to act like a "Q" section and can make the impedance seen on the input up to 100 ohms and a
At 01:12 AM 6/29/04 +0100, Roger Parsons wrote: I too wonder about the purpose of the 15 minute rule, and am quite sure it discourages use of 160, 10 and even 15 in this contest. The reason this rule
At 10:16 AM 8/20/04 -0400, you wrote: What amps are out there on the used market fur under $1000 that are sufficient for contest service (i.e. occational high swr due to tx into wrong antenna at 3am,
I agree with John that full QSK makes it possible to detect a quick acknowledgement of a Sprint exchange. However, I did the senior design project for my BsEE in college on QSK systems and learned th
Art, I do the ARRL 10M logchecking, and we allow a for plus or minus one tolerance on the recent number to handle situations such as this. This was recommended by the ARRL, and I'm pretty sure the SS
Scott, Find somebody who has a set of old QSTs (or the CD-ROMs) and find the September 1975 issue (I think - it might be October). There was an article by Earl, W5RTQ (who later became K6SE, still a