Franki, I am happy to see a topic of importance to ham radio, and thus to contesters, on this venue. I have had lots of weird tarnish, corrosion, and coax deterioration over the years...... first in
Oh, how would you like it if you worked anything from Turkey to Japan and from Asia-Russia to India........ count the distance and number of hops........ and all COUNT ONLY ASIA ? Oh well, 73, Charly
Winner from those answering about a general logging program is DX Lab with DXkeeper suite. 73, Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
Loaded my LOTW log from Dec. 1995 to date. If you need a card from me for any date, pse contact me directly regardless of LOTW. Pse pass on to DX news folks. 73 Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________
I just reviewed my log against LOTW and found 43 callsigns in entities I need but not confirmed in LOTW. I just broke 300 with 304 claimed and sure would like an LOTW confirmation on those missing 43
At higher speeds my CW copying is not so good. But I use a solution in contests, using the K3, P3, and a monitor. K3 is set up at 400 bandwidth, NR on or off, and the connected P3 band-scope outputs
Yep, Hallucinations are common when a person either goes into a zone via intense concentration or via repetition. On Phone, a repetition of a CQ, done by the operator's mouth over and over again is l
Planning and putting new feedlines for my contest antennas, I researched joint sealing techniques. 1. Wraps of black electrical tape, even Scotch 33+ for example, is inadequate. I have cut mine open
Smart kid u have Mike. I have given up advocating a younger appeal as a strategy to ARRL. The age to appeal to now days is 9. At age 9 a youth is interested in two things that ham radio provides in a
ARRL contesting and the big guns who run it are hyped on WINNING. Some of these Type A personalities are that twisted away from real ham radio. Forget ARRL and its pics of pro stations. Forget contes
Good question. My experience is with TWO 70ft crank up towers, HyGain and US Towers, both motorized, over 28 years I used the stand-off arms at the TOP of each section to allow full retraction. I rou
Added notes for thoughts......... -Using the tower cranked down for storm watches, etc., makes the tower very much more rigid as well as stronger; however, all down and rigid puts all the wind load o
Bill, A reason DX do not use LoTW is it is too difficult to set up. Use is ok, but the set up is a killer. I recommend you and many others good at its use, ADOPT A NON-USER, talk him thru the install
Is the a service "like ClubLog for QSL cards" for grouping of requests for contest contacts to be confirmed on LoTW ? I have several contest QSOs I wish I could get confirmed on LoTW from the other s
PARTIAL SOLUTION: One smart ham ADOPT one other ham who wants to use LOTW but finds it too difficult. The first ham sets the second ham up completely ! Leave a cheat sheet in HIS language to use mont
KN4VUD to K4VUD first time issued. Kept and will keep. AC4TT club station, recovered, is in honor of Tibet prefix of AC4. HS0ZCW first time issued, Kept and will keep. 9N1UD and 9N7UD first time, kep
Ham radio, formerly the most trusting and honest group of people, has descended into kneejerk distrust of fellow hams. My example is working 9U4U SEVEN times as he reported me on Clublog. Nevertheles
Did I sleep thru Feb and most of March or is CQ WW WPX in March 2017 ?? Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
I admit I forgot. I forgot that ARRL contests are really American contests. So, I got ready at 0000z, 7AM local Thailand time, and began looking for NA contacts, finding abt 5 strong CA stations and
What is the difference between a CQ and a self spot? Both call attention to you, both announce your desire for contacts, both are self-promoting. We in SEAsia seem seldom spotted in contests, maybe d