Per the RKR website, RKR sold Alpha to "Alpha RF Systems" which I understand is owned by Dishtronix. Recall that Dishtronix purchased Ten-Tec several months ago. Alpha RF Systems new website was up y
This seems like it would be a good opportunity for the contest community make good on the claim that contesters are the best operators and have the best and biggest stations: http://www.arrl.org/news
Thank you, Gerry. It is great to hear that contesters are stepping up to the plate. On a related note, I just saw this email from N0AX indicating that there is a need for bilingual operators to suppo
And a badly needed enhancement to ventilation in the men's lavatory. Mike W4EF................. Joe WB9SBD _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
It looks like my work is going to have me in the greater Toronto area for both the CQ WW Phone and CW weekends this year. If anyone has an empty chair they would like to fill for either of those cont
What multiplier/zone did he send, Doug? That would clinch it in terms of being a European call sign rather than a busted NA call. I've heard allegations of monkey business in that region of certain s
Barry, If you want to avoid cutting your feedline just to test the 1/8 wavelength shortening hypothesis, you can add the equivalent of 3/8 wavelength of feedline (as measured at the center frequency
From the webpage for the ARRL International DX Contest (http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx): /"Certificates will be awarded in the top operator CW and Phone scores in each category in each DXCC entity and A
Yeah, but when I heard "5NN NAA", I knew who it was right away. I didn't need to wait for him to send his call, which as an operator in the unassisted category, I really appreciated . 73, Mike W4EF..