Last minute change of plans and I can't make Dayton this year so I have one ticket to the contest dinner available. $30 via paypal or check. 73, Jon Hamlet, W4ZW 602 South Casey Key Road Nokomis, FL
Let me express my heartfelt condolences to you, Ellen and to Jim's family. Jim was that unique individual with that sharp wit and enthusiastic manner that gets people motivated and moving. He has cer
I have to add my endorsement of the ICOM 736 as an ideal portable rig for contesting. I used one for several years while running around the Russian republics. It is small, fully self-contained (110-2
I disagree. I routinely have a half dozen or more middle schoolers and high schoolers here for many SSB contests. They don't think it's "nerdy." "Nerd" is an in thing right now in this age of comput
I'm oceanfront here and I call this ocean in my yard "nature's amp". One year in an effort to convince our club to enter FD in the QRP category, I had a bunch of the guys over here and we ran 100W a
I just screened my CQWW CW Log for zero point W/K Q's. Almost everyone of them were double mults for me, including NQ4I and K4XS. I'm a part time contester with kids still at home and in school so my
I thought the DX window was 1830-1850 according to my YAESU Frequency/band chart I keep taped behind a cabinet door. I haven't been on 160 in so many years that I had to check the window freqs when I
Wow, an Italian station talking about QRP! This got my attention! I have used QRP before in contests just to make things interesting, especially for FD, but I am one who objects to the "/QRP". I neve
Who cares? If some has the initiative to put up a Bobtail or half-square, or a non-steerable rhombic (been there, done that), they'll still be competing against other entries in the "wires" category
Actually, just turn it upside down. Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, FL "A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico" _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ
Guy, You left out the most important rule of honor in golf; calling a penalty on yourself when you commit an error. I, like most golfers or contesters, do it for the sheer pleasure of the game and d
Paul, I use both Zonet KVM and I just recently added a Avocent KVM because I wanted DVI and USB switching with a common USB hub. Both work well, but the shortcoming in any KVM is in the cable. The vi
I haven't spent enough time with one to venture an opinion, but the short time I did operate one it seemed quite capable. It's no FT-1000, but for a rig that operates from 160 thru 440, it's quite a
bang for the $$. I agree. I've had just about everything except for the new IC-7800 and Yaesu FTdx series, and I keep going back to my FT-1000D as my rig of choice. It hears really, really well! I a
Yes. Had both and there was no contest. The FT-1000MP was clearly superior, especially on CW which is my preferred mode. I did like the band scope feature, but that's about the only advantage in my
For Pete's sake, Field Day is about getting activity going, not score or run rate! Just getting everybody we can on for a bit is a worthwhile goal in itself. Class "D", "A", whatever. I have my fonde
Pete has a good point. Another reason is the disparity of rigs/filters. When I have my filters tightened down to 250Khz with DSP on, and the roofing filter and the 40M yagi are in line with big sign
I think the "?" has become the de facto standard of asking if the frequency is in use. Like most guys, I send a quick "C" and if I missed the exchange I send the calling stations call with a fill req
Ah, Bob you said all! The "ie", "AS", "e" and all those other NTS shortcuts we all learned as kids seem to have been lost in this new age. I've found that "?" with a "C" response still works most of
Exactly. And that is the pure logic of "what difference does it make?" If your call is busted in the DX log or in the contest log, no credit is due. Seems like most of the big Dxpeditions send out c