My bad story is using a KW into a tribander with an 40m inverted V fed two feet under the tribander. My second receiver in an ICOM IC-730, no filter, using the 40m ant, and tuned to a separate band,
Some Asians and other non-Westerners I have met have a different view of contesting, i.e., not as an effort to crush one's enemies but to have private satisfaction (that they are reluctant to speak a
My voice is developing a quaver, quiver, "old man's voice." I think I should record usual ham radio statements, like 'cq contest,' now before it gets worse. It seems important to be aware of this onc
I would not do this plan .... 1. 1.5 kw split equally (good question itself) FOUR ways is 375 watts for each antenna. Someone with more data can compute the ERP and directions. 2. Most useful, simple
I have been told by others that KK9A is wrong and that having two different coax lengths will present different impedance and different phase to the different antennas, in some case being lucky and o
I am seeking a single box containing a10 band bandpass filter system to cover 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 and 10 with the bonus of 6 meters if possible. What I seek is like the old ICE Model 419 only fo
The full answer for WHY WARC desired for BP filters. I have one SPE Expert 2K-FA amplifier which provides for six antenna outputs and two inputs, all switchable automatically as driven by my TWO tran
The results of my search for one integrated automatic switching bandpass filter unit indicates..... Both Dunestar (Top Ten Devices also needed) and Array Solutions sell a separate unit for the six co
Great suggestion Mark. However, where does your RF output from the two filters go? If directly to antennas and antenna switches, ok, but what if one puts a linear amplifier to follow the BP filters?
My own and perhaps unique solution is to depend on the isolation of the Radio 1 and Radio 2 and SO2R wiring inside the Expert 2K-FA. That is the SO2R RF socket on the amplifier can be either shorted
Doug, I fully agree with you, but we must face the fact that contesting is no more. Automation of all kinds has removed the original reason for contests... copying skill improvement and fun. Now a "c
I like "5NN and pse rpt ur call." I also still hear T6 signals. Ah, why not just send one dit ? Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Con
This matter relates to the constant problem I have, as a little pistol, in calling the rapid professional contest ops. Often they copy my call wrong, I send correction, and then instead of replying w
simple? Did someone say "simple"? If there is a time deadline in this huge process, some DX will not get the mail nor have his mailed-in reply fast enuf to satisfy. Maybe there are no more time/date
I have never used EZNEC. I put up the most aluminum I can as high as I can afford and work everything I can hear. I do believe in lots of radials for verticals and ran some of mine down into the near
Sorry, but no SLASH /, no good. The little dot in the center of the zero is easily smudged and mistaken. Military mills knew best. Slash is still best. Charly ////// -- Charly, HS0ZCW _______________
If my contest uniques got taken out, I could lose 1/3 of my contacts and assume is true with other DX stations. The FACT is that I get unique calls from ops who want to work Thailand and then do not
Thanks for your interest in my logs. They have some uniques. I have finally realized, after a lifetime of obeying the rules, that my contesting career was not really in a honest contesting environmen
People can go where ever they can and enjoy, but is it really a DXpedition that goes where there are active resident hams already? For such trips, don't ask me for a donation; I would rather help a l
I just bought a short Logitech wireless with matching mouse...... as small as possible and yet keep full sized keys. Very smooth action. I have a full size Microsoft with mouse and it is wonderful. Y