Hello Dick, I am afraid that I do not follow the logic of this discussion. In my experiences as a DX operator, is is counter-productive to withhold your callsign in the belief that this is the best w
Hello Dick, I am afraid that I do not follow the logic of this discussion. In my experiences as a DX operator, is is counter-productive to withhold your callsign in the belief that this is the best w
Contesters, here is the best suggestion in this debate so far! When you look at the size, population and political structure of the 48 contiguous States, there should be a multiplier awarded for each
Has anyone found a way to send CQ from a .WAV file using the Soundblaster card? Thanks Martin ZL1ANJ -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-R
Thanks for the interesting list of reasons for dupes. The one I like best is the "propagation" QSO. When you ask QSO before? the answer is: "Yes we worked yesterday, but I heard you calling CQ with n
Good morning, Like Tom, I try to set a personal target. Each year I try to work all states, but the last time I achieved this was in the previous sunspot cycle. WAS in one Day! - -- This year I was o
Hi Brian, If you suspect the MB-V-A, I suggest you take off the top cover and look for discoloration or signs of overheating. I purchased a used MB-V-A from a sale of surplus equipment from a previou
Thanks for you comments, Tom. Perhaps I should replace the braid with teflon covered wire...not sure of the spec. but I have seen it used in a high power 4:1 balun. Where could I purchase this? I hav
Hi to the contest group, I have OH5BM Tapani as a guest operator next weekend, and he has asked me to get some info about best times to work North America on 80/160M. We are hoping to put up some new
Just finished my first attempt at a multiop/single transmitter effort, and found a few surprises. * Total was 1336 QSO's and mostly hard going for each one. * Best band was 40M with 525 Q's and 51 mu
Hi to the Contest gang, Woke up this morning- feeling a bit twitchy...lets see, it must be nearly two weeks since the ARRLDX Phone. Maybe I need a contest fix. Better check the contest calendar, now
Hi again to the Contest group. < Can some more experienced person help a little further... 1. Are the cqcontest/wpx rules really meant for 1997, or are they a carryover from 1996? 2. Were there any s
Good morning to the Contest group. Well here is the big one...the WPX Phone March 29-30, 1997. Hope to work all our friends on 80/40/20/15m. I have not heard anything on 10m for several weeks, but mi
Thanks to all contesters for some great contacts in the WPX Phone. The four weeks interval since the ARRL Phone has seen a rapid change is the seasons here with the Autumn (Fall) equinox occuring on
April 1, 1997 Good morning to the Contest Group. I spent the WPX weekend searching 5 bands for the renowned *LPL* station. Nothing heard on 80/40/20 or 15M. Was Frank using his EU stacks and forgetti
Good morning to the Contest group. I experienced a failure of my AMECO PT-3 external preamp while operating on 10m in the WPX Phone contest. The unit seemed to be switching properly from RX to TX, bu
Good morning to the contest group. After following the WPX Contest discussion points, I would like to offer a summary from the *DX* perspective: 1. 0 points -- i) It is noticable that the big M/M sta
Good morning, * Checked my mail box this morning and collected my certificate for 1st place ZL on 15 meters Phone in the 1996 contest. * Certificates from Contest Manager John ZL1AS should be in the
Good morning Contesters, Geoff GJ4ICD has a Web page reporting an evaluation of the new Yaesu FT920. http://user.itl.net/~equinox/ft920.html Regards, Martin ZL1ANJ -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.co