Hey Locust, it's already started! I discovered one thing I have never encountered before. One DX station, if he has already worked you on another band, simply sends your call and a TU, his call, gets
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] Sorry, Kelly, there was one DX station sending "2K" Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico" No virus
the lack of reasonable periodic ID is Judging from all the busted spots I saw, a lot of logs are going to have busted Q's if they just pointed, clicked, and logged. The absence of a definitive statem
tried to achieve perish. I agree. This seems to be another tempest in a teapot to me. CW, and those of us who cherish the mode, are rapidly heading for extinction. More and more of my old CW buddies
IMHO there are NO advantages, in fact, there are many disadvantages. Here in Florida, just about every residential community has become a CC&R "restricted" community. Florida is still a primary desti
Having just finished the FQP as a mobile, I can tell you that it's a lot easier to actually run on CW than on SSB, using low power and mobile antennas. In the first phase of my mobile itinerary, I w
Now that brings back some memories! I guess someone else remembers useless trivia. Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico" _____________________
I, for one, don't ever want to go back to the days of putting my keyer upside down so I could send with my left hand, trying to sync the separate TX/RX, while logging and duping with my right. I lov
I, too, will be on from our new Pine View School Amateur radio Club, W4PVC, with 8 new students who were licensed last week. We did a little "how to radio" last week, and this Sunday from 2-5 EST we'
And we wonder why there are so few new hams? A bunch of kids who are new hams don't care about "competing", they are more interested in finding out how the radio works. Get serious guys! I have 8 new
Pete, I've done this, and regularly do it when I really get to operate a lot, which with kids is not too often. I use one of those monitor stands you can pick up at Staples or Office Depot. Most have
1D? All you need is a good deep cycle battery or two to have fun for FD, even from home. I did the battery QRP thing for several years but with very good antennas (yagis, bobtails, and full wave loop
I bought one of those massage units that attach to my operating chair with a variety of options for running the massage features. Works great! It is comfortable and really wakes you up when the going
Amen! Nothing gets you like an unexpected cut number or omission or transposition of the exchange. My brain gets it, but my fat fingers don't! Invariably I mess up the keyboard entry, lose concentrat
Just because you can doesn't mean that you should. If you have higher power, big stacks, tighter filters still doesn't mean you can plop down on a strong station and drive him away, does it? What hap
Did anyone else have trouble with N1MM parsing the CK-SEC on S&P? Worked fine when running, but needed a space on some combinations in order to log when S&P? Don't remember the sequence, but watched
Advantages?? When Murphy comes to visit, the remote station is SOL. And there are many more things to go wrong with the remote station. Remote HF stations are popular in Florida because most communit
Now this seems like a sane suggestion. As a golfer, I have always liked the capability to play with anyone on a competitive basis with golf's handicap system. Using past scores for handicapping would
Don't forget our Colorado QSO Party tomorrow, September 3, starting at 8:00AM EDST. Exchange is NAME and STATE - Colorado Stations NAME and COUNTY Colorado operators planning to be active in the Colo