Hi Guys, This morning, after calling a general "CQ" several times on an apparently vacant frequency, the passband of my receiver was inundated by someone deliberately sending a continuous string of r
The "Gentleman's Band" has been dead a long time, Eddy. It's now inhabited by the same type of operators that infest all the other bands. As for QRL? It's often used by lids on the DX's frequency to
What I hear lately are those who send QRL (Not QRL?) a couple of times and then call CQ. It drives me bonkers. A smart engineer I used to work with at Western Electric said: (paraphrasing) M
Hi Eddy, While I agree 100% with you, sadly this is nothing new. You only need to look back to Hiram Maxim's "rotten QRM" and the Wouf Hong to see the longevity of this RF Graffiti. I'm guessing that
I believe that it's high time for every piece of transmitting equipment sold, to have enbedded an indelible unique identity code which is included in a high-speed burst with every transmission or by
Yes, the response to bad behavior seems to be more bad behavior. Sometimes the response to QRM is 10x as bad as the QRM. Sometimes a polite and directed response can be constructive (as in "EF up" if
Hi, Some of the things that happen on the radio - including on top band, are very disappointing and can be irritating. I have two or three *other* activities like playing a musical instrument, garden
So, in these times of "I want it all at no effort", let's raise the bar. Create new thresholds, filters etc. at which only serious new ops will get through. Close all DX clusters for Topband; yeah ha
Exactly. For those that missed it - there is more here: http://www.arrl.org/news/world-radiocommunication-conference-2012-begins-today-in-switzerland-will-consider-secondary-mf-amat Tree N6TR _______
Can only imagine how big the loading coil for my 40' vertical would need to be for 500 kHz operations. Hi Hi _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
But, then, at 5w EIRP I guess the playing field is level. You just have to work on your receive antenna! -- Jack, W6NF Silver Springs, NV DM09ji _______________________________________________ UR RST
You should see the loading coil used at the Fallon LORAN station! At least the diameter if a 55 gallon drum to match the 600-foot vertical. Quite impressive. -- Jack, W6NF Silver Springs, NV DM09ji _
Boy, you said it! That is exactly how it is. How many really competent engineers, doctors, amateurs, auto mechanics, teachers, machinists, you-name-it are really good at what they do? Not that many,
In truth, exactly 50% of the people on this earth are below average - not most. Still that's a sobering thought for anyone who expects average and bases expectations on average. 73, ... Joe, W4TV __
We have a winner.... I have noticed this correlation with cluster spots and unsportsmanlike conduct as well: In the CQ160 contest last month, EA5RS was calling CQ. I found him on a routine sweep of
Ive seen a few that use copper tubing wrapped around a 55 gallon plastic drum and a 30-40' vertical element! Im running a top loaded T supported off the side of the 180' tower and elevated radials. C
A trivial point in this discussion, but of some consequence in assessment of data, the average is almost always NOT the 50% point of a population. The Median is the midpoint -- that is 50% of the pop
I think your take - knowing what the distribution is - is a worthy consideration, Tod. Using a technique called Bernard's approximation and given, oh, six to ten data points, and some graphing paper
Ooooooooo... I smell a lot of kit building in the future! Gary - KA1J _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK