[CQ-Contest] January 1999 CQ out

[henrypol2 at juno.com]

Made the last pre-Christmas stop by the PO box this morning and found the
latest CQ.

Front cover photo of a winter scene at the QTH of K3WW, including his
tower/antennas, home and truck (Chevy).  The fine-print writeup on the
Contents page doesn't provide any more information than what is on the
front cover!  At least they included another picture, this one of K3WW in
his well equiped shack.  Check out that 2 inch feedline that uses
hand-turned valves to control the RF going to those 3 stacked tribanders!
:-)

Contest related items:
How To Get the Most Out of Antenna Patterns, Part 1 (by L.B. Cebik,
W4RNL; be sure to check his web page at     
<web.utk.edu/~cebik/radio.html> for a wealth of antenna information)
CQ Reviews - AEA CableMate Analyst
Contest Calendar column - Maximizing Your Contest Scores in 1999, 97
CQWWDX SSB & CW score updates

Other interesting items:
Zero Bias (editorial) - more on the ARRL's new proposal and CW
How to Build a Personal Computer AC Line Filter
The Multiple Dipole Antenna
EI4VVF/p IOTA Expedition to Aran Islands
How To Make a Lead Acid Battery Voiltage Monitor
The End-Fed Random-Wire Antenna
The Digital Dipole column - Antenna Notes on items from LDG Electronics,
Nye Viking, Olde Antenna Lab, Butternut,      and the world's largest
globe
Packet User's Notebook column - A Rugged J-Pole for Packet Node Sites
(including formulas for making one for any      frequency, let's see....
705/1.8MHz = almost 400 ft.!!)
VHF Plus column - Exotic 6 Meter Propagation Modes and more
DX column - Campbell Island
Washington Readout column - sample of individual comments being sent to
the FCC re amateur restructuring

Ads:
Icom has an inside-front-cover ad with the caption "It's a 1kW Contest
Station" featuring their IC-756 and IC-PW1.

Happy Holidays!

73 and good reading,
Henry Pollock - K4TMC
Raleigh, NC


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