I'm confused. I have F0OL and FO0L in my log a zillion times. I'm assuming they weren't the same station, but they had me fooled for a while. 73, Zack W9SZ (a Runner-Up?) ____________________________
One for each ear? Wow ... awesome. That would be fun! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
I used one on Field Day a couple years ago. I wanted to make some CW QSO's and the OWNER couldn't even figure out how to turn on the sidetone for CW. (Admittedly, he must not work much CW). I am not
I fell asleep ON the key(er) once. I woke up to the sound of "dah-dah-dah-dah..." To this day I have no idea how long I was asleep with that going on. :) 73, Zack W9SZ ______________________________
I was only able to operate from one grid in the microwave sprint this weekend. I was set up in EN51, then planned on dashing off to a hill in EN62 north of downtown Chicago (an 80-mile trip). Howeve
I don't know what to make of that. Most of the people I work on weak-signal modes on VHF+ seem to have Extra class licenses. Maybe the Techs are only interested in FM? 73, Zack W9SZ _________________
Nothing wrong with that, but I'd hope some of them eventually become interested in RADIO also. I guess those of us who do contesting, DXing, etc. have to get them interested. Field Day is a great opp
I just got back from two days at Dayton. I wish I could've stayed for Sunday but I had to be back. There was some mention of this at the ARRL Members forum this morning. I forget the exact figures bu
My 40-meter loop is a double-turn, two full wavelengths of wire. The loop is 12 feet high and 56 feet long. The two turns are separated by 18 inches. It came from an article in one of the ARRL Antenn
If yu can't find any audio snippets, maybe do a live demo? Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
You can still get them at hamfests for $1 to $2.50. Pasternack Enterprises is extremely overpriced, as far as I'm concerned. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
I'd really like to see some old photos of people like W4KFC, KH6IJ etc. BTW I met Nose once when he came to Joliet, IL because his daughter was in college in the area. He gave a presentation on micro
Although FD is not supposed to be a contest, as I mentioned before, it's what you make it to be. I have always noticed the difference between the contesters working FD and the ops who are not contest
I own an 850 and I have used an FT1000MP owned by my fellow contester NO9Z. The 1000MP has more features but they are both great contesting radios. I love the 850 and consider it the most "bang for t
I dunno ... that kind of looks like fun. 73, Zack ex-WA9UOT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listi
I would've operated that one from W9YH, the Synton ARC at the University of Illinois. I forget exactly what year we moved, but it was either 73 or 74 that we moved from the basement of an old house w
We used to say "The Nose knows." :) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-con
As an aside (bot not too far off topic I hope) how many of you tuned in to the CW stations on the Night of Nights? That brought back memories! Zack W9SZ ______________________________________________
I think it was Dave W9GR who came up with those phonetics. The rest of us just started using them. Dave has a way with words. :-) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
??? My Cabrillo logs all have a line "CLAIMED-SCORE:" followed by a number. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://list