All right, I give up and decided to ask for help. This is long. Sorry about that, but sometimes background info helps. First, the background. Radio had a near lightening death experience last year. R
Thanks Frank. I appreciate the detailed advice. Most want me to start signal tracing from the antenna and use the tried and true method to pinpoint the issue. I guess I was really looking for a short
I'm with Jeff, thought I already contributed. The following is excerpt from www.wrtc2014.org. It lists SECC as sponsering a tent. Tent Sponsors As of April 25, 2012 Club and Group Sponsors ?Northern
Had a great time at Ricks, NQ4I, operating as K4HYB yesterday. I had not met any of the folks from the SECC before and it was good to put some faces to names. Everyone had fun and there were a lot of
I participated once in the SC QSO Party which allows in state counties as multipliers. I would call CQ and focused on out of state as much as possible as that seemed to me to be the point of the even
Good luck Jere and anyone else. I'll be FT. Hopefully storms won't be too bad, although they're saying it'll be pretty noisy here. Certificate for 7th in US for 2011 came in the mail a week ago. Soun
Heard Jere work Ti5N on 160. I couldn't get even a "N4?" from them. Heard several SECC members including K4BAI, N4PN and W4SVO. Kevan N4XL ARRL DX Contest, SSB Call: N4XL Operator(s): N4XL Station: N
Good score Jeff. I hate the long gaps in stations giving their call too. I enjoy the challenge of being unassisted and hunting, but beginning to feel like the Geico neanderthal man. Assisted takes so
Heard a few SECC people. Need to make a friend file for N1MM so the names pop up. I'm horrible at names. If I didn't hear so many people with higher numbers than me I'd have thought I did great. Stil
It's amazing to me you guys were able to keep up that rate. Great job! Everytime I heard any of you, which was often, it was strictly smooth and professional. Kevan N4XL
Greg, Happened a couple times to me too. I've a replacement IC if you want to try and solder it in. Too small for me to do, these eyes and hands aren't good enough. I was told there is a guy, in Geor
Well, after reading other comments I see I wasn't only one Murphy visited. Makes me feel less lonely. I actually walked throught the house smiling just before the contest. I was the best prepared I h
Great job Jere!! I'd like to have compared scores -- especially since you worked low power, but we were out of town this weekend. Looks like I missed a great one. Kevan N4XL
Had a good time. John, K4BAI, and I tried to work the same station at the same time several times. As far as I could tell he won every time. Oh well -- no surprise there. Kevan California QSO Party C
Like most, I use N1MM. Used Writelog for awhile, Think I still have current license to update,but gave N1MM a try and liked it enough to stop paying for updates. Now, like was said before, I'm more f
Hi all, Planning on doing the CAQP in a couple weeks. I'm not much of a CW operator anymore and haven't done many state QSO parties. What are some suggestions for an efficient way to call CQ for this