February 2002. September 11th 2001 caused such an interruption (no games for a couple weeks if I remember) that they had to postpone the Super Bowl. I had booked a concert on a date AFTER the Super
Hey, I read that BPL article and I'd like to write the author as someone else mentioned. I couldn't find his email address, so I wonder of the person who snooped it out would forward it to me? To me,
That would explain why you tried to dupe me every 5 minutes for the duration of the contest. LDEs return. It was UFOs, Tom. Thanks for the QSOs! Mark, N5OT of back sounding like radio have it -- The
This has been a quite interesting thread. Here is one realistic possibility - it was man-made, intentional, but the culprit was not a contester or ham at all. Given that it happened in the CW portion
Quite. Perhaps he was dictating to his voice recognition software but forgot to compensate for the fact that he had a head cold. The software heard "billion" and the spell checker didn't catch it. T
KI9A steered us toward the February Op-Ed in QST proposing phone contest subbands. I read it and the author seems to be about as fair and balanced as possible given the volatility of the topic. So ar
I think we found what happened to Tom, signal. They were testing AMSAT's new satellite and Tom's rock-crushing signal got through the faraday cage. This from the ARRL Letter: "I am looking forward to
Thank you guys for commenting on this Op-Ed thing. I was able to have email dialogue with Richard Webb, the author of the Op-Ed. I also had a nice phone conversation with Dave Sumner. Here's the gist
The NAQP has been my favorite since it started. Why? Because it was designed by "the private sector" (NCJ) to pick up the slack when the ARRL committed a Great Crime Against Humanity by unceremonious
I agree with KQ2M that contests should only be on CW. Or at least that's what I think he's saying here.... N5OT HIGHER NAQP loud S3 on the W1/W8 closer already find comparison. top -- The world's top
Wow, Jeff. Distance in feet? Mark, N5OT -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/ -
Question for those who have been DXpeditioning lately. I was going to re-use the same radio crates I built in 1989 to take my alpha on a contest expedition. The trouble is, they don't close with hing
Thanks to everyone for all the comments on my shipping crates. I'm about 95% ready to just buy a Pelican 1650. About half the responses (there must have been 25) say "get a Pelican 1650" and the othe
And I always thought of my pileup as a nice "roundtable." I think The Lawmen would have a hard time enforcing this one on someone who IDs as frequently as a good contest op does. I'm certainly willi
Interesting that N6TJ would say "never ask 'when [band]'" and that a guy on the other side of the world would say he was trying to break Jim's pileup only to find Jim QSYd because somebody moved him.
Where can I get real quiet power supplies for my older baby-AT style computer cases? I learned the hard way that power supplies for current machines don't work on the older ones. The company that sol
I'm all for another Sprint or two sprinkled throughout the season, possibly using different bands. Mark, N5OT -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 no
Tree, come out of the woodwork and tell us what you think. If such a thing were possible. Mark, N5OT -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on pro
K8MR most brilliantly suggested: Brilliant, Jim, simply brilliant. Those Saturdays would have a high likelihood of being contest-conflict-free. A quick look at my computer calendar shows these occurr
Me too. I agree it is almost like losing a brother. Jim and I were the ends of the dipole on the Sprint name question and even feuded in public in the pages of the NCJ, like 20 years ago. Here's one