I bought a cushion last week that looks identical to the one Rick touts. I got it at Bed, Bath and Beyond for $20 - half the price of the one on the link. Can't say if they are truly identical but so
I get occasional W/VE callers in the ARRL DX contests. Especially on SSB it is easy to politely tell these folks we can't work each other in this contest. When I do that they often thank me for telli
I'm a little surprised at the responses to my earlier post on this subject. I really think most of the callers think they are helping you when they answer - in fact some have told me so - and they wo
Ed, From a contesting standpoint the place having been activated recently is not all bad. N6ZZ and I went to 3C back in 1996. It had not been activated for some time and the pileups were horrendous -
Mat, Your December 12 post addressed the assisted vs. unassisted issue very elegantly. I completely agree with you. I hope the committee will reconsider it's decision. Marv N5AW -- Marvin Bloomquist
This has been about beaten to death but there are occasional instances where I find cut numbers N and T helpful. - if someone insists on leading zeros I prefer they use T - the normal zero can sound
Interesting article on working all night that has relevance to amateur radio contesting. http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140902-how-to-pull-an-all-nighter Marv N5AW _______________________________
Randy could probably verify this but I wouldn't be surprised if number of check logs went up when the submission date was put so much closer to the contest. Seems like late logs would go into the che
Unfortunately the current low band bonus point system actually discourages operation on 80 and 160. Why fight the QRN and tougher propagation when you can get the same points on 40 meters. Actually i
Just a comment that may be obvious to most but 23 feet is not the correct length for all types of coax. It depends on the velocity factor - 23 feet is the length for Belden 8237 but, for example, if