A few comments, inline... 73, Steve, N2IC On 06/17/2013 02:48 PM, Richard F DiDonna NN3W wrote: I'm having a slight issue with one thing you've written Bob. You wrote that it is "not OK to go back an
I have a pair of Dunestar 600's. Have you asked Ron for the component values ? Alternatively, open up your Dunestar and record the capacitor values. They aren't painted over, or any other camouflage
There's no "new math" involved here. It's simply that the Cabrillo standard only specifies QSO times down to a 1 minute resolution. Look at any of you Cabrillo logs and you will see that. In addition
Is this a big enough deal to ask the ARRL CAC to review the IARU rules? 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN The ARRL CAC has no say in the IARU HF contest rules. This is an IARU contest, not an ARRL contest. Of
A simple enhancement of the logging program(s) you use might help a lot with those serious operators' problem. Suppose you could have a command to tell your logger "treat this call as if I worked it"
So, let's take this very likely scenario, at least for those of us in the western USA ... It's CQWW. You're on a band that seems to be open to Europe. You launch a few CQ's. The RBN reports that you
I have an older version of the ART HeadAmp 4. Use it at home, and at several multi-op efforts. No RF issues. Great for sharing of audio. On my version you need to be careful about the polarity of you
See July/August 2013 NCJ. Great article and project. 73, Steve, N2IC This is what I've been using since last year's CQWW SSB at V26B. http://files.qrz.com/m/jh5ghm/CIMG8305.JPG ______________________
From the ARRL Letter, October 17, 2013: "The ARRL Executive Committee has authorized ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, to file a Petition for Rule Making on the League's behalf calling for the
Except that rules allowed for half of the qualifying scores to happen anywhere else on Earth, like the Caribbean. Yes, but in that case their score was compared only to other Caribbean entries in th
Mike, Your analysis of the KU1CW qualifying scores is flawed. For an understanding of what KU1CW scores were used for his NA10 qualifying, see http://wrtc-rank.com/opdetails.php?rank_type=claimed&op=
Like it or not, W0UA got beat fair-and-square. http://wrtc-rank.com/opdetails.php?rank_type=claimed&op=ku1cw and http://wrtc-rank.com/opdetails.php?rank_type=claimed&op=w0ua tell the story. In head-t
And a special reminder.... There is a new overlay entry category - CLASSIC The principle features are: - 24 hours - 1 radio - No DX spotting See the rules for more details. Many CQ-Contest readers ha
I believe there was a retraction in a later issue of QST that clarified that the FTDX9000 is not "SO2R in one box". 73, Steve, N2IC On 10/25/2013 04:50 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: I wonder... in the C
Guys....Let's be clear on the definition of SO2R... SO2R is the ability to transmitting on one frequency while simultaneously listening on another frequency, without having to stop transmitting. IIRC
Mike, You have already spent more time on this non-issue than you have spent operating SS in the past 5 years. The ARRL scores database shows that in the previous 5 years (10 SS contests - phone + CW
Buried in the FCC rules is a 20 WPM limit on automatic devices used only for identification: 97.119(b)(1) (1) By a CW emission. When keyed by an automatic device used only for identification, the spe
Related to this topic are these questions... What does it take to have a big backscatter signal on the high bands ? Azimuth diversity (i.e. multiple antennas pointing in different directions) ? Take-
100m is a very good separation on 10 meters, if you have that much space. I was just doing some measurements this morning between two 6 element, 10 meter antennas that are about 50 meters apart. One
In a Multi TX environment one should not pick anything in the lowest quartile of http://www.sherweng.com/table.html The top quartile is expensive, bulky or difficult to use - pick any two or maybe al