Nice.
I used a couple of ty-wraps. K7BV calls me Tommy TyWrap
At 09:00 AM 7/29/2006, you wrote:
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>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:56:54 -0000
>From: "Doug Grant" <k1dg@ix.netcom.com>
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Adding a mike to Bose headphones
>To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
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>Since K3LR mentioned it, I have posted some photos and instructions
>on the Web detailing how to add a Heil boom mike to Bose Quiet
>Comfort acoustic noise-cancelling headphones.
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>www.freewebs.com/k1dg/boseheadphonemod.htm
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>Enjoy!
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>73,
>
>Doug K1DG
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:58:58 -0600
>From: "Dale Putnam" <daleputnam@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contesting in the Sunlight [was: SO1R and
> SO2R]
>To: jimk8mr@aol.com;, radiosporting@yahoo.com;,
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>Jim makes a good point, and I have often wondered how the
>geographical differences weighed in, have tried many times to study the "other"
>station and learn. Without taking to stand that nothing west of the
>Mississippi can win... that logic becomes "location, location, location" and
>skill seems to take a back seat. I've been told many times that I
>have "the biggest signal on the band" during non contest times... then in the
>contest... an hour later.. the same station or one very close can't
>hear me. So it can't be just the propagation between here and
>there... it has also be the local propagation, the NVIS, that covers
>the "others".
>But you know... when it all gets totaled up... I know what I did,
>this year, last year, last contest, which antenna worked or didn't,
>what technique worked, or didn't, and why. Keeping my focus on
>things that I can control, remedy, and correct, allows me to focus
>on getting better.
>It would be nice to know what the other station was setup as, to
>compare what he was doing and what I was hearing... to be able to
>learn how my setup reacts and to make adjustments to improve.
>Thanks for the bandwidth,
>C U in the next test,--... ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy
>
>
>
> > From: Jimk8mr@aol.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:04:21 -0400> To:
> radiosporting@yahoo.com; cq-contest@contesting.com> Subject: Re:
> [CQ-Contest] Contesting in the Sunlight [was: SO1R and SO2R]> > >
> In a message dated 7/28/2006 9:24:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >
> radiosporting@yahoo.com writes:> > > If you knew this about each
> participant...you could> easily compare your results to other
> similarly> equipped stations. Are there any other factors that I>
> may have overlooked?> > > > > Probably the biggest one of all.> >
> Location. > > The quality of propagation on paths to areas with
> the most contest activity. > This includes both qso activity
> (number of people active) and multiplier > activity (number of
> different multipliers active).> > In DX contests from the USA this
> means the path to Europe. From outside the > USA it means the path
> to Europe and North America.> > In domestic USA contests the
> differences are less pronounced, but mainly > it's the path to the
> Northeastern quarter of the country.> > In VHF contests this
> means the path to the northeast. Mostly this requires > being in
> the Northeast, but when six meters is open it means being one Es
> hop > away.> > Take a fairly decent station well located, and
> you'll beat just about > anything from elsewhere.> The rest is
> mostly window dressing.> > > 73 - Jim K8MR >
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