I'm not much for the idea of a "wires" category, but if there was a "wires" category it might need to specify single half-waves, or a maximum amount of wire in the antenna in terms of wavelength. Or
I recall a recent CW Sprint where RTTY contest activity around 7040 pushed the Sprint activity down as low as 7005. The sprinters seemed to have survived the shift. The 3Y0 operation will be a challe
This will not cure the problem perceived/observed by LA5HE and others, but I did notice Sunday evening that 7100-7105 was clear and unused, other than G4BUO CQing at 7100.6 or so. There were more rea
Meanwhile, in honor of St.Patrick's Day, there will be a special warm up version of the Poisson d'Avril Contest today. The winner no doubt will be that active Czech contester, O'K1DG. 73 - Jim K8MR _
The results of the 2005 Ohio QSO Party are available at the OQP web site, http://www.oqp.us Congratulations to winners: Ohio: N8VW SOHP K8BL SOLP N8IE SOQRP W8FT Multiop WT9U Mobile K8MR Rover WB8TDA
E Pluribus Unum - Out of Many, One. If the software community can figure out how to handle multiple contests, there is an interesting outcome awaiting - a contest combining several different though s
Another very cheap, simple, but effective 6 meter antenna I've used is the "PVC-1", a six meter dipole attached to a piece of 1/2" or 3/4" PVC pipe for mechanical support. You can pull it up into a t
NU1AW will be /8, not /3 W1AW will be /4, not /5 CU from NU1AW/8! Jim K8MR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
If you have the space available in your car, IMHO the IC-746 is perhaps the best rig available for mobile contesting. It has an internal antenna tuner with memory for 100 KHz segments, so one can QSY
If you knew this about each participant...you could easily compare your results to other similarly equipped stations. Are there any other factors that I may have overlooked? Probably the biggest one
"Di-di-dah-dah-di-dit" does not mean "is the frequency in use?" Using it as such is bad form. MHO. MHO disagrees. The "?" has a dual meaning, as heard by a guy who really is using a frequency. Not on
The multiple reports of Bencher paddles being examined by customs and security people is no surprise to me. I had one attract the interest of customs inspectors at the Toronto airport back in about 1
The web site for the Bulldog paddles is: _http://www.amateurradioproducts.com/_ (http://www.amateurradioproducts.com/) The advantage is not just the customs/TSA issue. You are also saving a couple of
<snip> Well it is clear that WRTC is not a plain level field event! <snip> Clearly, in spite of the great efforts of the WRTC organizers, some stations were more equal than others. This is not a knoc
We in Ohio wish to invite you to join us for the Ohio QSO Party, this Saturday, August 26. It runs from 1600z Saturday to 0400z Sunday (noon to midnight EDT). Quick Start Guide: 80 through 10 meters.
Today (Saturday) is the Ohio QSO Party, starting at noon EDT / 1600Z. Mobiles are what make these contests fun, especially for out of state stations. We've got 12 mobiles/rovers announced, plus lots
As for VHF/UHF, as an HF contester, I tried it maybe 20 years ago...rather slow, kinda boring unless you get really psyched by tiny openings which are "cool" by some measure. On a band like 2m, you h
A couple of things to note about the Pennsylvania QSO Party: 1. Last weekend 15 meters was open very nicely (on both days) to California during the CQP. I suspect the band was also open further north
I did not file any comments, but a year or two ago I did a bit of observation on 80 meters on several random weekday winter evenings. Basically there were no open frequencies in USA phone band. On CW
But if you don't like using phonetics for section names, come out my way. No wimpy "Oscar Hotel" out here. It's "O-HI-O", and it works. Where phone SS might actually become fun when we get the extra