Eric, I'd suggest you instead spring $0 for a copy of VOACAP and VOAAREA, and $0 (shareware $39) for a copy of MultiNEC. For that you get NEC-2 antenna modeling with up to 1500 segments, and lots of
I totally agree -- in fact that's why I plunked down the $39 and registered my copy of Dan's software the first day I had it -- it's THAT good. Sorry for stating it backwards -- I should have said, "
That's OK, the top claimed Multi-2 score isn't there either. Some bugs to work out. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 11 April 03. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcs
I've scoured the ten-tec reflector archive looking for reporting on the new Orion in contest service. There seems to be almost nothing so far. What about cq-contest denizens??? Somebody must have use
The rule seems pretty clear -- (e) Tribander/Single Element: Tribander (any type) with a single feedline from the transmitter to the antenna and single element (TS) category. During the contest, an e
I haven't seen much comment on this reflector about Logbook of the World (LOTW) since last fall. The current beta test persuades me that even though it was a long time coming, it's worth waiting for.
http://www.arrl.org/lotw/getstart.html 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 9 May 03. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
Just a couple of thoughts to add to the excellent info from others. The MPs have an RX antenna loop out the back that can be used for inserting some sort of receiver protector, which might be a good
According to Jon Bloom at ARRL, the problems with the database were programming errors, purely coincidental with HC8N's upload, and have now been fixed. My log there now shows 33 QSOs with HC8N, whic
I use a simple interface with Radio Shack isolation transformers, together with a voltage divider in the "line out" line to reduce the voltage so that it doesn't overdrive the mike input. The trick i
From the rules: "Members of the IARU Administrative Council and the three IARU regional Executive committees send "AC," "R1,""R2," and "R3" as appropriate.... 8. Multipliers: The total number of ITU
I use software called RecAll Pro by Sagebrush software, which records in a variety of compressions and time-stamps the recording so you can go readily to the right place to check a bust. a 48-hour re
I don't know if others' experience is similar to mine, but I have had a lot of trouble with Jones Plugs going "flakey." Both new and surplus plugs seem to have a tendency, in my rotator disconnect pa
I couldn't agree more, but I'd hesitate to take one guy's note as indicative of a general problem. Most contesters I know WILL reply to an SASE, or even to a QSL from a US station sent direct without
Check the archive for messages from AD1C and me about a year ago, both detailing techniques for preemptive QSLing of contest QSOs. In my opinion, until Logbook of the world becomes operational, this
Mal, I have to disagree with you on this. The current Beta test is not a fair measure of the response. I'm sure that many people only submitted a small sampling of their data, just to try the process
I've been doing this for 3 years and about 10,000 cards so far, and have never had a complaint about the lack of a stamped or signed verification. Of course, West Virginia isn't THAT rare. 73, Pete N
You remind me that Bruce had this complaint previously when AD1C and I wrote about pre-emptive QSLing. I guess we have to agree to disagree. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was up
I use DX4WIN. It has a function built in to select QSOs to be confirmed on the basis of one QSL per band/mode combination. My hope originally was that I would quickly ramp down the percentage of QSOs