[CQ-Contest] Jan/Feb NCJ and Feb CQ Contest out

[henrypol2 at juno.com]

Another great day at the PO box this morning (except fot the VISA bill
from the holiday shopping).

NCJ....

Front cover photo of K3MM in his shack holding the 95 Nov. Sweepstakes CW
& Phone Plaques (no story or details inside!)

Feature articles:  Low Noise Antenna Switching; Using Double 1/8 Wave
Stubs; NCJ Profile - LU2BRG; OH2HE - Station Profile; One Method of
Band-Planning for Contests; Propagation; The UK Speaks Up (G4BUO); and
Two-Radio Headphone Switch.

Columns:  Contest Calendar (Jan-Mar 98); 98 NA QSO Party Rules; Where Are
They Now? - WA6SBO/VE7SBO; Contest Tips, Tricks & Techniques - Contest
Activity Levels; VHF/UHF Contesting - K9PW & QRP; Contesting For Fun -
QRP & 97 BUBBA Results; RTTY Contesting - RTTY Software; International
Contests - Results of 97 RAC Canada Day Contest, and high claimed scores
of 97 WAE CW and 97 SAC; The Contest Traveler - Notifying Others of Your
Trip and Health Considerations; Contest DX-Ventures (whose going where &
when); and DXpedition Destinations (places to go)

Scores:  August 97 NAQP CW and SSB; and September 97 CW and Phone Sprints


CQ  Contest....

Front cover photo of K3TUP in his (nice!) shack with a related article
inside!

Feature articles:  IRTC, A WRTC for "Poor" People; A Brief History of the
CQWW Contest (50 years old!); and Antennas for Contest Expeditions, the
6Y4A Experience

Regular departments:  Up The Tower - More on Crank-Ups Towers; Contesting
History - Back on the Air; Monthly Collectible - NCDXF/IARU International
Beacon Network; Antennas for Contesting - The Optimized Wideband Antenna
(OWA) Yagi; Operating Techniques - ARRL DX Contest; Contest Breakdown -
The 40 Meter Dilemma; Contential Countdown - Understanding Italian
Callsigns & Call Areas, Ham Radio in Russia's Far East, DXTelnet,
Contesting in Cuba's CO8, and 97 CQ WPX CW Story; and A Conversation With
- K3TUP (front cover photo).

Thats all for now....

Still no ads in either magazine for the new Icom IC-746 or Yaesu FT-846.

73 and good reading,
Henry Pollock - WB4HFL
Raleigh, NC (where "Trees are not for wire antennas only!")


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