I was so glad that I only had to watch 10 minutes of that show.... Chip and Ken were most impressive, particularly considering the conditions under which they were working. 73 Roger VE3ZI ___________
I guess that this forum was not the place to get a sympathetic hearing - and boy has that turned out to be the case! I am going to add my own lack of sympathy. (1) NO amateur frequency is the place f
Clearly some people are cheating. More importantly, I totally agree with Tonno ES5TV: AURORA causes UNFAIR ABSORPTION and MUST BE BANNED 73 Roger VE3ZI _______________________________________________
Hi Pete As Yuri has said there is most unlikely to be anything wrong with the broadcast transmission. The problem is just that is is very, very strong at your location. Kind of similar to our neighbo
I stand corrected on two counts! Hadn't checked the actual TV channel frequencies. (When there were VHF TV transmissions in the UK they were well away from the FM BC band and I assumed it would be th
Seems to me that there are two very distinct classes of contesters. Those who have time/energy/will/ability to spend an entire weekend on the radio. And those who don't. I venture that the latter cat
I too wonder about the purpose of the 15 minute rule, and am quite sure it discourages use of 160, 10 and even 15 in this contest. We put up a 160m antenna this year and foolishly went onto that band
<The reason this rule was implemented was to outlaw the use of an "octopus"..... ....dreaded "fifteen minute rule" to preclude it's use. Dave/K8CC Thanks Dave Now I understand why they did it, and cl
I hate the 10 minute rule! I can also see no reason why it can't be replaced by a rule that says "only one signal can be transmitted at any one time". That outlaws 'octopuses' (octopi?). Although I a
Early in the contest I was called by K3JJG who nicely advised me that my transmission was noisy. It was a recurrence of the well known Icom PLL trimmer phase noise problem (I think - I will fix it ov
I have been playing at radio for too many years, and my main interests have been 160m DX, contesting and (previously) DF contests. Deep inside, and hidden from the world, I have always felt that thes
I thought I was the only one who felt that packet assisted should NOT be a separate category. Jim gives one very valid reason. A second reason is that many casual contesters are primarily DXers. They
I operated SO160(A) in the contest. About 30 minutes before the end I was called by a station from one of the NA DXCC islands. This was the first time I heard him over the weekend and I don't think h
Many thanks for all those who contacted me about this. For some reason Yahoo thought all the messages were spam.... The universal recommendation was to claim the QSO, so I will - and I have and will
Whilst it seems to be generally accepted that 1830-1835 kHz (or possibly 1825-1835 kHz) is a DX window for normal operating, the DX window in the ARRL 160m contest is for quite a different purpose. I
I apparently did not make myself clear. There are very distinct differences in the optimum use of the DX window in the ARRL 160m Contest, other contests, and normal operations. I did not say, or mean
I give up. Yes, you are factually correct with regard to the rules of CQWW Richard. That little point is quite irrelevant to the purpose of my posting, which if you recall, was about the DX window in
I think that the answer to international designators such as M and MM is that they should appear before the callsign. So if I operate from England I should sign M/VE3ZI. If I operate mobile from Engl
I have to add my voice in support of a 'wires only' category. Whilst most of the serious entrants have serious stations, the great majority of amateurs can only dream of owning any type of beam. This
Tried to send this direct to Bill, W5VX, but it bounced. FWIW, the Doubletree still had rooms available last week. That hotel is cheaper than the Crowne Plaza, within easy crawling distance if necess