I do NOT believe that NA to NA QSOs is the key to making CQWW more competitive. What IS needed is a significant change to the scoring model. As long is the model is tied to multipliers, then a lot mo
Hi Kelly, On Sat,7/23/2016 1:08 PM, Kelly Taylor wrote: Do you really think distance-based scoring will lead to a change in distribution of winning scores? Some, yes. More important, virtually all st
Actually, SS and NAQP are relatively competitive between different parts of NA. In SS, PVRC, SMC, and NCCC have each turned in wins in Large Club competitons, and another half dozen or so smaller clu
Yes and no. In that book, George has not considered the location of stubs for optimum performance, and when he did consider it in a piece in NCJ a couple of years ago, it was poorly done (that is, te
Sure. It doesn't suppress harmonics produced by the power amp if it's on the INPUT of the amp, and suppressing harmonics produced by the power amp is the reason to use harmonic stubs. 73, Jim K9YC __
I've received email from a friend who tells me that my comment with respect to W2VJN's work on stubs was somehow viewed as a personal attack. Nothing could be farther from the truth -- I have a great
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Hi Rudy, All those "amp people" are WRONG. I'm not "an amp person," but I am an EE. Another EE, N6BV, retired editor of the ARRL Antenna Book and other ARRL tech publications says that the second har
Yep, at its best, ham radio combines operating, technical knowledge, building things, and hanging out with your friends. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailin
Yes. That is, takes a lot of time. I spent about 6 hours on each set of double stubs -- one set to go on the 40M antenna, another for the 80M antenna for our CQP trailer. I did a very quick back of t
On Tue,7/26/2016 8:56 AM, Jeff Clarke wrote: I'm going to be taking over running a smaller contest soon and need some tips on how to incorporate log submissions on our webpage. I'm also wondering abo
Or better yet what is proper amp loading/tuning. I posted a link to K6XX's slides for the talk he did to NCCC on the topic, http://k9yc.com/K6XXAmpTalk.pdf I also addressed it in http://k9yc.com/Cont
On Tue,7/26/2016 7:37 AM, Jeff AC0C wrote: I built the stubs up on an as-needed basis with whatever I had laying about; there's no LMR400 around here. It's all RG-11 or 213. 213 has a bit better atte
Been following this thread since it started (this time) several days ago. I have lots of interest in it as I have a multi multi station here in VA. I have built coaxial stubs in the past using my AIM
Jeff is exactly right about resistance, but a note of caution about cheap coax made for CATV. It tends to be made with a copper clad steel center and Al shield. That depends on skin effect, so RF res
Hi Rudy, I remember seeing this years ago when I read George's book, so I went back to look at it to respond to your question. I have the second edition, which shows this concept in a table on page 3
Thanks for taking the time to think about the question and even model it. Really appreciate it. You have a point that considering the extra time needed to make a second stub is independent of the len
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0728/FCC-16-96A1.pdf This could have serious negative impact on our CW bands if the new Rules are not carefully written. Imagine CW band
Not quite. The Commission is asking several questions here about bandwidth limitations and sub-bands. Here's what a thoughtful NCCC member (and serious operator) wrote after a quick read. 73, Jim = =
I agree. I'm an EE grad of the Univ of Cincinnati, and lived there five years. While working at R L Drake as a co-op student, I lived in Dayton only a few months, but quickly retreated to Cincinnati.