OK, then I will enter in the SO239 category (that's Single Op, 2 39-watt transmitters ... no wait ... I've seen those numbers somewhere before ...) _______________________________________________ CQ-
Thanks, Jim. I'm sure the ARRL does not endorse every news article printed in QST. I can remember a few "special operating events" that were downright weird. I'm sure ARRL staff thought so, too, but
Heehee ... Did you beat my score in 1996? I thought I'd won it that year. What was your score that year? See... http://dayton.akorn.net/pipermail/cq-contest/1996-April/006282.html 73, Zack W9SZ _____
Hi Barry, How much do you know about PIC programming? You can download K1EL's firmware for the K8 keyer and modify it to do higher rates. He uses a 12C509 but the newer generation PIC's with flash me
Not too hard to find, either. I can remember several instances where 3830 was occupied after a contest. I just tuned around and listened and usually found a few of the contesters I'd worked in the co
As a note, the really rare ones do not get on nets. It's possible to work DXCC on nets but not to get 300 countries. If the guy who has been using nets to work his DX gets really serious about it, he
They already are (when a ham is on board)! But not as priority comm. Mainly to give other hams the thrill of talking to the shuttle. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Hey, it isn't so bad! I worked FT5XO there the other night. They were legitimately peaking over S9 here on my dipole. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
In my final log submitted, yes. I always keep the original QSO in my base log. Say for example I work W1AR but log him as W1AA (I'm picking calls at random, sorry if I used yours as an example). Then
It's true on April 1. The rest of the year, I doubt it ... 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
Reminds me of a station that showed up in All-Asia CW a few years ago. I heard 4S7AX working people at a pretty good rate. I was happy to work him as I still needed that one for DXCC. He had quite a
There's no such thing as "too much South Park"!!! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/l
I even get those through the buro. I got a card for what was obviously a miscopied call by a JT for an 80 meter QSO. I've never worked a JT on 80. 73, Zack W9SZ ______________________________________
There ARE such things as Long-Delayed Echoes (LDE's). I have heard them a few times, even back in the days when there was no digital equipment to spit back what it just received. Conditions may have
Back in the late 60's I heard an LDE that had about a 10 second delay and was a repeat of everything I and the station I was working sent for about 3 minutes. We were both pretty freaked out by it. I
I have seen several theories for LDE's. The most plausible was a Ph.D. thesis done at Cal Tech, I believe, back in the mid-70's. I wish I had a copy of it. A fellow grad student in radio science at t
All these section/state/province/country designations seem to have anomalies. We have DXCC entities still on the list that shouldn't be entities by today's rules. We have section designations that se
During the week, Chicago rush "hour" starts at 7 AM or earlier, goes till about noon, then you get a couple hour break, then rush "hour" starts again at about 2 PM or so and goes till maybe 7 or 8 PM
Guess I'll move to North Dakota. I could make 75 QSO's/hr! 73, Zack W9SZ -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http:/