I really feel like a space cadet -- this is only my 40th ARRL DX test or
so, and suddenly I'm confused. Following from the ARRL web site:
1.1. W/VE amateurs work as many amateur stations in as many DXCC
countries of the world as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10
meter
bands.
The way that reads, I need to work a W and a VE on each band, but that
isn't right, is it? Never has been, right....? Shouldn't there be an
"other" before "DXCC countries"?
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
Don't forget to update your entry on the World Contest Station Database, at
http://206.102.70.3/search.htm
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>From g4piq@btinternet.com" <g4piq@btinternet.com Thu Feb 17 14:12:59 2000
From: g4piq@btinternet.com" <g4piq@btinternet.com (Andy Cook, G4PIQ)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SSB INRAD Filters for FT1000MP
Message-ID: <01BF7951.19E96020.g4piq@btinternet.com>
I'm thinking about fitting an FT1000MP out with the INRAD filters rather
than the standard Yaesu ones, in both the 2nd and the 3rd IFs. The SSB
choice for the 2.0 kHz position is obviously between the 1.8 and 2.1 kHz
variants. Would be interested in people's experiences of each for SSB
contesting.
Is the 1.8 kHz a bit too narrow so that significant intelligibility is lost
(a bit like the standard cascaded 2.0 kHz Yaesu options in the FT1000D)
Is the shape factor sufficently good on the 2.1 kHz variants goods enough
to negate the almost emulate the 1.8 kHz filters with the WIDTH control (I
think probably not quite - the slopes on the 1.8 kHz look significantly
steeper than the 2.1)
73,
Andy, G4PIQ
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