I know Field Day isn't a contest, but after 13,000 QSOs it sure felt like one... http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-ham-radio-field-day-20170624-story.html Don't forget to click on the p
Hi Kelly Its always fun to see us through someone else's eyes, as imperfect as it may be 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- The lead is overwritten, and code sounded much different in Samuel Morse
It looks like NO3M had lots of fun using Ham Radio 0.5 during Field Day 2016. He didn't slow down the Ham Radio 2.0 ops at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRGvv-Lp6Q 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original
Back in the 1950s and 1960s a pair of 807s or 6146s ran 150 watts INPUT. 73 Frank W3LPL It appears that for the ARRL contest, and maybe for CQ contest, 150 watts is the break point between high and l
In 1959, my first Field Day, 150 watts input power was one of the multiplier categories. During the 1960s it was hanged to 200 watts input power Twenty years later is was changed again, to today's 15
Hi Scott, The 24 foot boom JK Antennas Mid-Tri is worthy of your consideration. https://jkantennas.com/jkmidtri.html 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- ____________________________________________
Hi John, Your question about winners of the early Sweepstakes contests is readily answered by browsing Sweepstakes results in ARRL's on-line QST archive. The results of the first Sweepstakes -- a two
Our scientists, physicists and engineers may enjoy this recent article: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.04117.pdf It predicts that upcoming Solar Cycle 25 will be weaker than current Solar Cycle 24. It al
The Sony MDR-7506 are excellent for ham use, but if you need noise cancelling they're definitely not for you. They have little to no isolation from ambient room noise. 73 Frank W3LPL 73-Gary K9GS --
Hi Joe, Its not apparent to me how one low pass filter can substitute for separate bandpass filters. How does he intend to use it instead of bandpass filters? 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- A
A big thank you to Drew K3PA for his generous sponsorship of the 2017 W/VE Multioperator Unlimited Transmitter CW plaque recently received by the W3LPL team. 73 Frank W3LPL __________________________
Hi Ranko, You didn't mention WHAT You want optimize... Maybe you want to optimize gain in a 4 Yagi stack? It's not possible to optimize gain on both 40 and 20 meters. My recommendation is to optimize
CD parties had no power limit, and no multiplier for low power. That was the contest where many of us learned how to maximize rate. 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- Jim, The amount of power you
Hi Bob, This is an exact quote from page NIST-25 of the proposed FY2019 NIST budget: < www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY19CBJ/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President 's_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf> "NIST will discon
Hi Maarten This is an exact quote from page NIST 25 of the proposed FY2019 NIST budget: < www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY19CBJ/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President 's_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf> "NIST will dis
Hi Art, Its hard to beat the Bose Quiet Comfort QC25 -- or the older QC15 -- in a noisy environment. There's a terrific sale on new Quiet Comfort QC25s right now for only $115 hwww.cnet.com/news/the-
NOAA updated its predictions for smoothed sunspot numbers and solar flux through the end of 2022. As of last month, their predictions ended in 2019. Their prediction shows a smoothed sunspot number o
Hi Yuri, There are two types of forecasts... Lucky or wrong. 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- From: "Yuri Blanarovich" <k3bu@optimum.net> To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com> Cc: donovan
Hi Randy, I'm very suspicious of this NOAA forecast. It forecasts that solar flux will to drop below 60 (58.9 in the associated table); however, t he lowest value ever recorded was 64.4 in the summer
Its the same situation if you're in Tennessee or Kentucky competing against Delaware. You're only hope is to guest or remote operate from much further east. Under these rules, you're only hope for be