Bill, Dayton 1995. There I was, owner of two IC-765s which I was very pleased with, and wrestling with the exact same decision as you. IC-775 or FT-1000D? W8WD and I must have walked between the ICOM
Bill, N5KO developed Cabrillo at the request of the ARRL with the input from just about every major developer of contest software. These people are the ones who have the experience with to contribute
Enter the call in the callsign field, and press Ctrl-Enter. Dave/K8CC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
Fellow Yaesu lovers, check this out. Perhaps FT1000MPMkV's will be available cheap soon? Dave _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://
The first sentence is correct. The second is not completely true. The cable between a CT-17 and a PC-style serial port should be "straight thru" - i.e., not a "null modem" cable which swaps the TXD (
Rick, As long as CQWW gives multiplier credit for your own country, there are going to be zero point QSOs. Yes, I grimaced to myself as I "bothered" K3LR and K1TTT for QSOs on the high bands, and fel
Rick, My entire station is fed with 75 ohm CATV hardline. The homebrew yagis are all matched to 75 ohms at the load, then in the shack I use what is called an ASYNCHRONOUS TRANFORMER to bring the imp
Randy, I had this happen several years ago. I had a guest op at my station for SS CW and he noticed that one of his regional competitors was pulling away from him, despite the fact that said competit
I think this goes back to the old days when the power limits were 1KW on CW and 2KW PEP on SSB. In reality this was a giant handwaving exercise, with the assumption being that PEP on SSB is twice the
Kirk, I've struggled with this practice for many years. I'm running computer controlled T/R control so its not that people send it quickly and I miss it due to VOX delay time. Personally, I delete th
It was probably that year, on the Monday after Dayton that Frank showed up at my QTH to check out the station. Unfortunately, I was at work but my non-ham father was home so he showed Frank around th
The Mad River Radio Club invites amateurs worldwide to participate in the Michigan QSO Party. The contest period starts at 1200 EDT and runs until 2400 EDT on April 15. (In UTC, this is 1600Z on Satu
Jan, EU was an European version of the early NA. We abandoned the .QSO format with NA in 1992, but I still have some code which will read .QSO files, so I should be able to come up with something for
Bob, I am an FT-1000D owner and can report that the radio indeed has true dual receive. By this I mean it can simultaneously receive on two different bands, with two different modes if necessary. It
There are always exceptions to the rule. My Bahamas license from 1998 very explicitly shows my callsign as K8CC/C6A, and not C6A/K8CC. Dunno why... Dave/K8CC _________________________________________
Paul, We took an AL-811H (the four-tube model) to the Bahamas as one rig of a multi-two station for ARRL DX CW. We hammered it on 80/20/10 with no problems for 48 hours. Now, we did not run it at it'
I have to agree with everything Jeff said. If I recall, the receiver IMD specs on the Field were inferior to the original MP. Another thing that annoys me on the MkV and Field is that the main displa
The MLA-2500 will live in contest service, but not at legal limit levels. For contest duty its a great 1200W amp on CW/SSB. I've seen these amps produce tremendous amounts of power for short to moder