Sounds like fun, boys and their toys. Don’t overthink it, or take yourself
so serious!
Now where is that old yardlight from the Farm. I just KNEW there’d be a use
for that someday.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 14:39 David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Any excuse for a contest , including this one, is fine by me. But the
> premise behind it ... that the bulb is doing most of the radiating ...
> is totally bogus. I read the material on his web site and it's
> incredibly full of holes.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
> On 8/21/2018 10:14 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> > Maybe it's just me, but this sounds like a contest more suited for
> September 14th & 15th 2019 -- UTC dates, that is.
> >
> > Or April 1st.
> >
> >
> > 73, ron W3WN
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Siddall <hhamwv@gmail.com>
> > To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tue, Aug 21, 2018 11:30 am
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: For Immediate Release - 2019 lightbulb qso
> party
> >
> > Latest on contests and antennas.
> >
> > 73, Dave K3ZJ
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: David Day <davidlday@yahoo.com>
> > Date: Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:03 AM
> > Subject: For Immediate Release - 2019 lightbulb qso party
> >
> >
> > Do you have what it takes to be TOP BULB? Announcing the 2019 Lightbulb
> > QSO Party.
> >
> > March 9th, 2019 20:00 UTC through March 10th, 2019 20:00 UTC
> >
> > That's right!......a QSO party where the participants transmit and
> receive
> > signals on CW, Phone, and digital modes using an antenna where a
> lightbulb
> > is the main radiating element. TOP BULB honors will be awarded to
> > participants in 4 categories of operation.
> >
> > *HOUSEHOLD COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL HOMEBREW DUMMY LOAD*
> >
> > Skeptical? Check out work that has already been done to prove that a
> > lightbulb-based antenna can be used in QSO's over significant
> > distances at *hamsignal.com
> > <http://hamsignal.com>. *
> >
> >
> > The Objective of the Lightbulb QSO party is to build and use an antenna
> > constructed in a manner so that the lightbulb is the main radiating
> element
> > and to promote understanding and practical application of antenna
> matching
> > concepts that allow a lightbulb to be used as a radiator in two way radio
> > communications.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The Lightbulb QSO Party <
> https://hamsignal.com/blog/the-lightbulb-qso-party>
> >
> > The Lightbulb QSO Party
> >
> > Do You have what it takes to be TOP BULB? This is it: the ultimate
> > challenge in ham radio.... Announcing the ...
> > <https://hamsignal.com/blog/the-lightbulb-qso-party>
> >
> >
> > 73 from the Lightbulb QSO Party Administrators
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73, de Hans, K0HB
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