Kostas; I have sent one to you that I have presented a few times to local hams here in the Pacific Northwest. I hope it is of use to you! 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- I am trying to prepair a
I found myself with a new broadband S7 level noise that basically wiped out 40M-160M for me during the CW test last week. It sounds like a high frequency sizzle, and it was all across the bands. I th
I worked a guy last night (V43Z) on a couple of bands that was giving out "TTT" as a power level. I'm savy enough to know that this is "000", but do I really log this as "000"? He is running NO power
I have my monitors (two) at the same plane as the radio, with the radio set to the left so I can move the VFO knob with the left hand while using the right hand to key the keyboard. I've operated at
Hey, at least they weren't saying "RRR" or "TTT", or some other obscure exchange...... 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- Actually Chris, there were at least two different stations doing that. Now
I think that applies only during the contest. Nobody else can adjust the antenna tuner or amp for you, or rotate the yagi. 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- Hopefully, the ARRL will also fix the t
Question for the CQ contest experts: Is the "tribander and wires" overlay for the CQ contests only for single ops, or can it apply to Multi-Singles too? Hope to work everybody on the air this weekend
What about guys that want to do a contest using older radios (such as a vintage Drake C line, for example), and can't get that kind of resolution with an analog dial? 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Messag
While you don't necessarily need separate categories for SO2R verses SO1R, it would be interesting to note which is which, at least in the 3830 listings. I know there is a box to checkmark as to whet
Yes, thanks, Bruce! This is much easier than looking up each score individually to see if that operation was SO2R or SO1R. 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- Thanks Bruce! This is an excellent addi
If all three are the same price I would pick the FT-3000, only because it is newer, and has a better receiver than the FT-2000. The FT-2000 with the low band u-tune filters would be the second choice
I am all for the "everybody works everybody" rule that the CQWW RTTY has, especially since we run into so many US people in the contest that don't know that you can only work DX, and will answer you
I just bought a 70's vintage nice quality transistor AM radio at at thrift store, and have been taking it around my house to listen for noise. Surprisingly, the LED bulbs I have in all my lighting fi
I have a variety, but the one that I have easiest access to for checking was marked as "MaxLED by Maxlite, 800 lumens, 2700K, 9W". I could put the AM radio within a few inches of the lamp and there w
I had a similar issue with my 3 station logging computers, which each use dual monitors. Turns out that my video cards are older ones and W10 decided that instead of using the drivers it was using fr
I agree with the transparency issues in the petition, but what's this idea of the "peer review" for all technical articles and books? I have hung around e-Ham forums to know that everybody is an expe
The ARRL Bandplan on the website shows: 7.040 RTTY/Data DX 7.080-7.125 RTTY/Data I don't know where the 7047 kHz frequency came from, but that choice kind of surprised me when I first loaded FT8/FT4
I'm certainly active in contests! Either as W7VO, AA7CR (now WW7E), and sometimes as W7RM. Ria, N2RJ, was on the P&S committee last year, but has moved over to the Admin and Finance committee this ye
Just passing this along. It appears you can use the "DX" contest setting in N1MM+ to log the contest. 73; Mike W7VO SEA-PAC QSO PARTY - SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020 - 9:00 am - 9 PM PDT. We may not be gath
The ARRL is listening! I actually noticed the key click situation first hand in the CQ WPX contest last weekend, and I agree it's an issue. It's worse than I ever remember it being for a long time. I