Steve, I'm sure I speak for all of us in thanking you both for taking on this responsibility and for keeping Rich's legacy alive. My antenna farm is modest compared to his and to that of other major
That's a good thing -- the HARA location had several important virtues -- 1) large outdoor areas for flea market and parking, 2) large indoor areas for exhibits and presentations, 3) geographic locat
Alan was also an NCCC member, having lived in NorCal before moving to 7-land. We honored him with Alan in the NA contest following his passing. This time around, I'll be signing Milt. 73, Jim K9YC __
If you think working EU from CO is depressing, try it from Northern California! 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
Exactly right, Mike. It's the equivalent of signing /QRP -- making the QSO more difficult. I work most DX contests QRP because I'm not competitive from W6,but I've NEVER signed QRP, and I won't work
Hi Jim, I know nothing specific about NA or TR-Log. After many years off the air running my own small biz, I got back on the air in 2003, contesting with WriteLog and using DXKeeper as a general logg
Hi Tim, Thanks for doing this. Some concepts. 1) Read the rules for each contest before you start. They're usually pretty short and pretty simple. They define the exchange, how the contest is is scor
Not quite -- the op who HAS qualified is going to pick a very well qualified op to be a member of his/her team, and is going to choose from those he knows. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________
Hans, My point is that the op who qualifies is going to choose the partner who he/she believes will make the team most competitive, taking into account their personal compatibility. Most competitors
A solution implies that there is a problem with a qualifier choosing his/her partner. I don't see a problem with that. As I have said, the far greater problems are those related to geography and the
That's pretty much what you have to do, but success depends on lots of things, like the strength of your signal relative to others and to other folks noise level, band conditions, and QRM. The best p
I'd be very surprised if many serious contesters were using a single wire antenna fed with ladder line on all bands as a primary TX antenna, for exactly the reasons John cites. My advice is to work t
So, if you were in my shoes, what would you put up? Be a guest operator in a station that doesn't get enough use. Or operate remote. You're a member of a great contest club. I'll bet they would be ha
Not if you have neighbors -- it's a sitting duck for RF noise because there's no practical way to choke it. And, of course, with the pattern issues you noted. qrz.com says Tim is near Cleveland. K1AR
Hi Carol, This may be a bad decision -- here on the west coast, we often can't work east coast mults until later. KD4D called me on 80 about ten minutes before the end of the contest, and I often wor
The difference between coax feed and open wire feed will be loss, not pattern. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://li
I don't view Dave's comments as a diatribe, but rather as an awareness of human nature. The fact that 4O3A considers it important strongly suggests that he has good reason to believe that some compet
My problem with broadband digital modes is that, for the most part, the only thing they have to do with ham radio is their use of the ham bands for transmission. I strongly suspect that most if not a
K9YC -- First Place US/VE High Power Mixed Mode Thanks to W4TE for sponsoring the plaque, for the GAQP guys for consistently running a very good contest and putting a lot of mobiles on the road to ma
Some observations. As usual, TNQP was bolstered by several mobile operations, some more serious than others. Working a QSO Party from 2,000 miles away is a challenge for the stations on both ends of