Similar Situation. Go figure the guy (ME) that has limited income, what does he do? He has TWO hobbies that can be and now days mostly are expensive to do. Radio, & Astronomy. These two hobbies are v
Re[ly to paragraph A below This I agree 100% I had a down time from ohhh 1993 till about 2005, And when I fired up the Old Drake that was sitting in the damp basement, I thought it had died because w
other than the zero and nine if the person uses cut numbers they loose my contact. I hate them, so just don't work anyone using them. Or maybe I will next time just keep asking for repeats until i ge
I agree totally, This is where I used to go into the old novice bands and run the contest if i was out jut for fun. Hey I get on the air, and make a bunch of contacts, maybe just ATT for the whole we
Either would work just fine electrically,, BUT......... There always is a but isn't there....... Check your soil,,,, how do pop cans survive in your location. I use that ALUM wire for all my in the a
You can get both, shop around. It is a special made Alum, it's made to be strong when being Pulled, IE: long electric fence, But one caution,, while it is STRONG while being pulled, it is very brittl
Isn't there a charging thing too like if they are charged via a non petroleum based method IE solar or like alcohol? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.
Now that Field Day is over, And I was looking for something to try until IARU happens, I found this in the calendar The NRAU NAC 10m contest http://www.nrau.net/activity-contests/below-30mhz.html It
Agreed, And it should ultimately have been 48 hour contest window Operate a max of 24 hours Time off's no less than 60 minutes. This way strategy not brute force iron butt enters the contest Joe WB9S
oops By Bad, I took what the other guy was saying without actually reading the real rules them selves. Sorry, Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-ty
What I would like to see is that option, or even another one is, say it's a 30 hour contest window, max 24 hour of operating, it posts the time you would have to stop at when you hit the 24 hour poin
I'd rather have it pass along the errors then the click and shoot folk that don't COPY what is sent get the dings. Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.id
I am curious, Has there been and studies comparing the error rates between the RBN spots and "Human" made spots? There MUST be a human error rate out there too. Who makes more errors? Joe WB9SBD Sig
It isn't jut southeast Asia.. The bands are dead here in the USA also. I remember when I first got licensed in 1975, you on any day would not have aqso without some qrm on one side or another of both
Question. My motherboard network connection is getting flaky, so I was thinking of getting a separate PCI card to make the connection to the router. Now since I gotta get one anyway. What way would p
On 8/9/2013 6:52 AM, Bob Naumann wrote: The facts support my claim that non-contesters get to enjoy a clear majority of the time without a *major* contest going on and that *they need to be tolerant*
Apologies to Bob, Not really sure why this message from me came through looking like it came from him. Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com
I want to add a good external speaker to this TS-430S When i had my Drakes the best external speaker I ever found was a old heavy all metal about 4 inch or so cube Motorola batwing spealer looked lik
I just made one with the large momentary normally open push button switch from Radio Shack, Mounted in a 3/4" thick piece of wood. Havent failed in like 20+ years? Cost like 89 cents? Joe WB9SBD Sig
Has anyone bought one of these? http://www.ebay.com/itm/ART-HeadAmp-4-Headphone-Amp-with-4-Free-Headphones/360727494055?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3