During SS CW, in my extended S&P (QRP) mode, I ran across the following numerous times: .....k2xyz 59 nnj...tu cq ss k9abc ss Normal, no? not from my point of view. I can't tell you how many times I
Contest Radio Amateurs Perform! Contesters Rapidly Amassing Zonal Yields! Contest Ops Operate Longer! Only nn more hours till my first break! 73, Dale Martin, KG5U kg5u@hal-pc.org http://www.hal-pc.o
Maybe down on the General portion of the bands. We, up in the Novice portion of the bands were restricted to crystal-controlled operation. How many of us had a 7175 kc in our limited crystal inventor
Now, let me get this straight: A bunch of operators are on teams under the banner "Handkey". Are they all going to be using handkeys? That is, J-38 types? This should be good. 73, Dale Martin, KG5U k
(It was a coin toss as to whether this question should be posed to CQ Contest or TowerTalk Reflector; CQ Contest won). I currently have an A3S at the top of the 70' tower. At 40', I have an A3 hardmo
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_01F6_01BCFC34.D73F9AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A couple of weeks ago,
Contest Radio Amateurs Perform! Contesters Rapidly Amassing Zonal Yields! Contest Ops Operate Longer! Only nn more hours till my first break! 73, Dale Martin, KG5U kg5u@hal-pc.org http://www.hal-pc.o
Contest Radio Amateurs Perform! Contesters Rapidly Amassing Zonal Yields! Contest Ops Operate Longer! Only nn more hours till my first break! 73, Dale Martin, KG5U kg5u@hal-pc.org http://www.hal-pc.o
Sunday afternoon, at 22:41Z, I worked VE2UA/zone 2. Only a couple of minutes earlier, I heard and participated for a short time in a pile-up on another VE2 farther down the band. I left that pile kno
I had the same experience...in spades...but with some differences. I was QRP. It was sometimes difficult making the initial contact, then doing seemingly endless repeats of my call (There's a lot of
Years ago, when I was in TV Operations at work, one of the astronauts (KB5AWP--Ken Cameron) asked if we could put together a wireless (infrared?) headphone system with a VCR and Monitor so they hear
I think Sony produces a 900 MHz RF full-ear headphones capable of coverage throughout the house (and outside?) for about $100. Years ago, I lashed together a little VHF FM transmitter and plugged it
In a contest earlier this year, I found that many south Americans (and likely elsewhere overseas) do not fully understand our state abbreviations. I think saying the proper state name may be less pro
OJ, The biggest hurdle with ganging headphones together is the loading that they present to the audio source. Multiple IR headphones could use the same source--we did it in the astronaut's gym at the
Now that I've retired from work, I have time to finally attend a Dayton Hamvention. Of course, no room (I tried calling at 8:15am that fateful day). Does anyone at the Crowne Plaza have available flo
Hey, Al, I'll copy as best I can whatever anyone sends me. It doesn't matter what you sent last year or the year before. What matters is what you send me now, that you report it as such, and that I
Sorry this is off topic, but I thought this was worth passing along. If your local theater carries it, go see the movie Enigma. http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/377679 It is a war (WWII),
We all know how humble and reserved Jim is. He won't tell you, but I will: He failed to mention that he was the ONLY operator to work ALL 255 Texas counties in that Armadillo Run -- 254 real countie
I've had a hard time with the commercially avaiable footswitches. I change my body position a lot during a contest. Constantly trying to keep track of where the footswitch is in relation to my new f
Kelly, that is the downside to doing footswitches that way with the hinge on the 'near side'. I don't think it would take much to turn the footswitch around, attach a piece of wood to the 'armature'