Ford and others, Just got home from operating the CQ WW 160 from W7MCO's QTH and found my certificate for winning the NM award for that same year had arrived Friday or Saturday. This is quite usual t
PTT The repeater must NOT have been operating per FCC rules (3 minute TOT) or else this fellow was the fastest casanova around. Makes a DXpedition contact pale by contrast. Milt, N5IA -- CQ-Contest o
Oh Bill, you're SOOOOOO mercenary!!!! Honestly though, I hope you can get it. I always clap my hands when the Good Guys win one. Take care. Milt, N5IA I'm outta here! :) -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://
It is GeoClock. I have used it for 4 years. Very good. The amateur version gives you on map centered on your geographical coordinates. There are 40-50 other maps; various views of the world, the diff
Dave and all, These are called bell& socket suspension insulators for use in electric power line applications. They are the basic building block for strings of vertical or horizontal strings of insul
Pat, I agree, but the proper direction towards a possible solution is to recommend what would be more "fair". No set of rules regarding scoring is ever going to be 100% fair, especially in this conte
I don't subscribe to this. It is not the 0001 minute until the 0000 minute is complete. Until then it is the 0000 minute. If you make a contact in the 0000 minute and do not make another until the 0
Paul EI5DI And so are ALL the citizens of ALL the various countries of North and South AMERICA. Cheers. Milt, N5IA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@c
Excellent analogy!!!!! Thanks, Mike. 73 de Milt, N5IA with on these emergency a -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS!
All the Interstate Highways in AZ and NM allow 75 MPH for all vehicles including the 18 wheelers, day and night, with the exception of where they go through the cities and towns. 65 MPH is max for a
For the XZ0A trip four years ago, my home brew Beverage transformers were encased in small pieces of one inch diameter PVC pipe and sealed with silicone, with the RG-59 pigtail cable and the antenna
Hey Mal, Go to http://www.qth.com/inrad/ and read all about it. Spectrum analysis plots included. CU this next wekend on TopBand. 73 de Milt, N5IA Where is there any published info about this new swi
I run QRP in only two contests, Field Day with solar power and the SPDC on 160. I choose to do so for the challenge it presents to my operating skills and my antenna systems. The power level multipli
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Hi John and all, It certainly makes the playing field a bit more equitable for all of us that are FAR from any metro area OR large population region. In our situation there would not be ONE Q logged
Hello folks, IMHO, the BEST way to go these days is with the Cimp on "N" connectors. I use them extensively in everyday work up to an including 2.4 gHz. Buy LMR-400 cable at about 60 cents per foot.
antenna design and My solution to a "full" band antenna for Top Band is as follows. The TX antenna at W7MCO, that I designed and constructed, is resonant at 1.890 and provides 1.25:1 or less from 1.8
Martin, Thanks for the insight. Let me explain how the operation was run at N7GP. We certainly are aware of Grey Line propagation. We use Geo-Clock to keep track of the critical locations, both conti
Nearly identical to your report with the exception of 15 Meters. It was better than you nreport but far from great. Our group, Eastern AZ Amateur Radio Society, running 3A solar powered QRP at 9,000'
Kelley, Just use the schematic in the back of K8CC's NA manual. At Radio Shack the total parts are maybe 20 bucks unless you purchase some premade cables to match your radio connections. It will take