DXAID is sold by Peter Oldfield. You may contact him at poldfield@proxymedia.net I believe the current price is US$25 and it must be paid by mail. Best to check with him directly. Excellent program,
Hello everyone -- In preparation for the Peter 1st DXpedtion's 160m propagation study, please help us beta test our website at www.dxmap.com/160m. A description of the study, and how to use the websi
There would be less SSB contest activity pressure on the bands if USA stations were permitted to operate down to 3600, 7100, 14100, etc... -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE
The de facto band splits between phone, digital and CW modes for non-USA countries are well established in practice (and, on 40m, well-abused during phone contests!). While it's difficult to tell in
Having been an operator at W3LPL for many, many years, I'll take a crack at answering Ken's question. First, a little background. W3LPL has 12 operating positions: two per band. Each pair of radios i
People are overlooking the value of the "pregnant pause". What happens at the end of the transmission is as important as what happened during the transmission! Consider these two S&P scenarios. You a
To make life more interesting, the contest could require that the exchange you send is the one you just copied in the previous QSO. I think this is used in one of the Scandinavian contests. Not only
Last week an envelop arrived in the mail from Russia. Inside were two certificates and a 58-page book of results, statistics, soapbox, awards, records-to-date, commentary (in both Russian and English
Cracks due to resonances and vibration-induced fatigue can be halted. Drill a small hole at the end of the crack (the end which is propagating into the heart of the tubing) clear through the wall of
Do you have access to fiber optic cable? Can you or your radio club make a targeted donation to the 3Y0X Peter 1st DXpedition? Then read on... N1DG, VK4GL and I are responsible for the IT infrastruct
The Kerry website has a page for feedback on issues. The URL is: http://www.johnkerry.com/contact/contact.php This sounds like an excellent topic for polite, prompt reaction. -- Eric K3NA --Original
I occasionally get the chance to operate SOAB-HP unassisted. I use DXAtlas and Ionoprobe, both of which download real-time data from the Internet. In reading the WW rules, nothing seems to remotely i
Actually, what is more fun is the see the 6 guys in my category who are centered around my score. That gives me a few folks to try to catch up to... and an idea about who is trying to catch up to me
Does anyone have a current email address for Dave? Thanks. -- Eric _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
Hi everyone -- After the 3B9C DXpedition earlier this year, Eric K3NA built some animated views of interesting 160m openings to North America. These have been shown during presentations at Dayton, Ha
Sounds like the transmitter's signal is getting into one of the receiver's last IF stages. --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Be
My personal preference is for the radios to be stacked, one above the other. I typically use the top radio as the running radio (and call it "left") and the bottom radio, whose tuning knob is easier
Just to confuse matters on 80m, W1KM's station operated under the callsign "K1XM" this year. (I understand this is because Paul has a QSL manager...) The operators were: 10/160m: Eric K3NA 15m: Greg
Yes, the IARU band plan for Region 1 places SSB operation between 7040-7100 kHz. But in some places, SSB is also restricted by regulation to be above 7040. When I operated in HZ for WW SSB a few year
For some time now, ARRL and others have included in their collection of receiver performance test the blocking dynamic range and two-tone 3rd-order IMD, using two signals with some spacing such as 5