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1. [CQ-Contest] Virus outbreak (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC@aol.com)

Date: Mon Sep 9 14:52:22 2002

I have been receiving a large number of unsolicited emails with attachments. They are reported to be infected with viruses. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY .EXE OR .ZIP FILES UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2002-09/msg00090.html (6,324 bytes)

2. [CQ-Contest] Where are they now? (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC@aol.com)

Date: Sun Jan 13 13:45:33 2002

Several years ago I did a presentation at the International DX Convention in Visalia entitled "Where are they now?" It was an introspective look at "then and now" photos of contesters and DXers. It m

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2002-01/msg00281.html (7,117 bytes)

3. [CQ-Contest] Has the black hole turned to gold? (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC@aol.com)

Date: Sun Jan 20 15:38:33 2002

I have a great research project to propose to someone who has the time. That is to perform the analysis of what has happened to stateside contest scores in the last decade. My gut is that there is no

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2002-01/msg00396.html (7,452 bytes)

4. [CQ-Contest] Book Realities (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC@aol.com)

Date: Fri Jan 25 10:17:51 2002

The group has really stirred up quite a lather over writing a contesting cookbook. I hate to be a wet blanket, but there are some realities you need to consider before turning wild enthusiasm into wr

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2002-01/msg00556.html (7,629 bytes)

5. [CQ-Contest] I won't log /QRP (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC@aol.com)

Date: Sat Mar 23 12:22:47 2002

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6. [CQ-Contest] NV QSO Party this Weekend, Also (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:14:15 EDT

This weekend holds a plethora of opportunities for rate and counties with the MARAC CW, Oregon, Indiana and New England QSO Parties all going on about the same time. Of course, we must point out the

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-05/msg00040.html (7,524 bytes)

7. [CQ-Contest] Chirping Birdies (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 20:49:38 EDT

I just spent the time to locate the source of a number of annoying birdies I'm hearing on 15, 10 and 6 meters. They are coming from my Linksys Wireless G 2.4GHz Router. Anyone else encountered this p

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-05/msg00160.html (7,009 bytes)

8. [CQ-Contest] LINKSYS Problem (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:08:32 EDT

Thanks for the dozens of responses to my problem. I have narrowed it down to two sources. First, I use a microwave link to my ISP. There is 80' of CAT 5 cable running on the outside wall of the shack

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-05/msg00278.html (7,022 bytes)

9. [CQ-Contest] Create RC5 Connectors (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 17:41:37 EDT

After tracking down the manufacturer in Japan, I have just received a shipment of cable connectors that fit the Create RC5 Series rotators. They are metal bodies with a waterproof boot. Much more rug

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-05/msg00325.html (7,210 bytes)

10. Re: [CQ-Contest] 2005 Dayton Forum Wrap Up (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:05:51 EDT

How about a thread wrap up? Conventions are about Fellowship, Forums and Flea Markets. Which do you use to evaluate the event? Dayton is a cattle drive, too spread out, old facilities, too many prope

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-06/msg00117.html (9,653 bytes)

11. Re: [CQ-Contest] biggest 20M array in the world ? (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:51:57 EST

In the early 90's I engineered the K5XI station and erected 5/5/5/5 for 20M on a 250' tower. We had a similar stack for 15 on a 200' tower. The station appeared in the first CQ Almanac. As with most

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-03/msg00099.html (9,285 bytes)

12. Re: [CQ-Contest] biggest 20M array in the world ? (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:54:44 EST

Lest also not forget the WX7M 16 element 20M beam on a 280' boom. Of course, it was fixed on EI, Patricks homeland. I say "was" because it was seriously damaged in a record windstorm several years ag

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-03/msg00100.html (9,188 bytes)

13. [CQ-Contest] Remembering the BEST TIMES at Multi-Multi Operations..... (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:52:26 EST

Wow, this really stirs up some emotion. The M/M's of the 70's and 80's at K5RC/K5GA should have been video taped for Saturday Night Live. Between K5LZO blowing cigar smoke in your face when the rate

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-03/msg00279.html (9,743 bytes)

14. [CQ-Contest] K5RC (W7RN) Streaming Web Cam (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:38:47 EST

I have established a web cam at the following URL. http://isotom.camarades.com/ The structure in the upper left is Tower #4 with a C31XR on top. The web cam is part vanity, part technology, but mostl

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-01/msg00070.html (7,390 bytes)

15. [CQ-Contest] 10M NAQP Weirdness (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:37:01 EST

AD6E and I both experienced a very weird phenomena during the first hour of CW NAQP on 10M. For a number of QSO's, the contest exchange just sent came back as a very loud received signal, most of the

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-01/msg00125.html (8,639 bytes)

16. Re: [CQ-Contest] 10M NAQP Weirdness (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:46:16 EST

So far, the phenomena was experienced by W7RN, K3WW, K0VBU and ND6E. K7SV reported echoes that sound more like multipath scatter than what the rest of us reported. After long discussions about Long D

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-01/msg00146.html (10,159 bytes)

17. Re: [CQ-Contest]re: NAQP and the (midwest)(south)east coast (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:41:34 EST

Time out gang. As one of the fathers of the NAQP, we invented it to replace the ARRL CD Parties both as a training ground for new contesters and to give us all an opportunity to compete with the best

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-01/msg00415.html (9,055 bytes)

18. [CQ-Contest] 160M - Sublime Torture (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:31:41 EST

W7RN 282, 48, 6, = 36,072 4.5hrs TS950-Alpha 87-Full Size Delta Loop, beverages Talk about mixed emotions, the CQ 160 CW contest gave them to me. After 7 winters in NV, I have nearly forgotten how I

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-01/msg00439.html (8,418 bytes)

19. Re: [CQ-Contest] re: NAQP and the (midwest)(south)east coast (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:43:59 EST

I think we can conclude the discussion of geographic advantage by looking at the CQ 160 CW high claimed scores. Life ain't fair. Get over it or buy houses in the Caribbean, EA9, Maine, New Mexico and

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-01/msg00469.html (8,211 bytes)

20. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ (score: 1)

Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:45:15 EST

In a message dated 2/12/2004 6:30:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, w5asp@earthlink.net writes: I first met Jim at the ARRL National Convention in Houston, Texas in 1983. The Texas DX Society had just rec

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00276.html (8,573 bytes)