snip I don't understand. From my point of view, contesters should support organizations which sponsor and support contesting. This takes a great deal of work. There aren't that many. Contesting orien
Jim, what the heck are RTTYers doing all the way down at 035? For me, I will be in the 025-050 range on 40 meters CW. I am surprised with this request! Jim -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesti
Chris, congratulations on one of the best, if not *the* best, written position papers I have read on a ham radio reflector. Absolutely well stated. You, Sir, have a way with words. As an aspiring wri
My two cents: short term, not at all. In fact, the boomers' retirement can provide a boost to contest activity. Contesting and DX are two of the most important "killer apps" for CW. So that's good. A
I spent years with DOS based programs including CT and NA. Both are very good programs. CT seems to be a standard for many (but not all) multi-op stations with networking systems, and is reliable and
I can't seem to post this on 3830, as the brief scores already were posted. It won't accept any thing else. Here's my analysis and off beat musing stuff. Jim N3BB The contest starts here at 7 AM CDT,
Hello Bob. If you are serious about contesting, and want to learn the techniques and methods that can be used to operate a contest in a competitive fashion, I would be glad to help. My IARU score was
My two cents: short term, not at all. In fact, the boomers' retirement can provide a boost to contest activity. Contesting and DX are two of the most important "killer apps" for CW. So that's good. A
FOC open invitation to all CW ops: Join the FOC members for 24 hours of CW fun, making QSOs with FOC members on all 6 HF bands (WARC excluded) and VHF. This is an operating event (not a contest) call
A final quickie reminder. The Bill Windle Operating event will be this Saturday. Here's a brief summary: The June Bill Windle QSO Party FOC open invitation to all CW ops: Stations call CQ BW. This is
IMHO, a couple of new and additional LP Sprints would be fun. Jim N3BB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
I get a full multi-media presentation, with sound. Pretty cool! Jim _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
There are some great operators in W1-2-3-4, but Steve is right. Virtually no shot from west of the Mississippi in any contest where Europe is essential for contacts or multipliers. Jim, N3BB/5 ______
To put "rare Texas" on the air, the CTDXCC will have at least two full teams for the NAQP CW contest, including our man in Hawaii, K5PI/KH6! Rob will be operating out of a suitcase, but will be on. A
I agree with Bill Fisher. My perspective: 1. No VHF! This is a crazy idea for sure. 2. Keep it on the present three bands. 3. Keep it on Saturday night-same times. 4. Add one April Sprint. Jan-April-
Magellans, the travel supply company, sells transformers between 110V and 220V. They come in all sizes. The one to handle 1000 Watts weighs 18 pounds and costs a little over $100. I used one just lik
Unfortunately, my new neighbor is committed to install an electrical fence around his twenty acre horse property next to us. Are there any "OK" versus "bad" types of voltage chargers I can recommend
At 12:28 PM 3/12/2004 +0000, Randy Thompson, K5ZD wrote: A few random thoughts following the ARRL DX Phone contest. - Why don't the Carribbean expeditions transmit above 7100? There were some clear f
Makes sense to me. I would like very much to see the mode weekends alternate yearly to exchange the propagation and holiday impact. Jim George N3BB/5 -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Fi
I agree entirely with George. My set up is exactly the same way. The key is to make things as symmetrical as possible so you don't have to think when tired. Jim George N3BB At 10:17 AM 5/31/2004 -050