Here's an easy way. Before you cut your RG-6, measure its velocity factor, using the procedure in your MFJ manual. The K2TR stub lengths were calculated using a velocity factor of 0.66. Calculate the
You have the old version of the MFJ 259, so yes, use the 50 ohm resistor method. Calculate the exact velocity factor (VF) of the ENTIRE LENGTH (you said about 100 feet) your specific cable, and then
I think an assisted category should be added to the NAQP. Whenever I'm doing a manual S&P on CW or RTTY, I keep thinking of how inefficient the process is, compared to skimmers publicly broadcasting
It's going to be interesting with both of these activities going on tonight. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contest
My LOTW shows 104 QSO's with Ron. They were mostly CW, with a few SSB, and starting in 2015, quite a few on RTTY. WD4AHZ is a very familiar and instantly recognizable call sign. I didn't know him per
I was hearing CW coming from the refrigerator motor on Sunday night. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, Arizona . _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesti
I used the Dunestar unit for a year or so. It worked perfectly with a pair of K3 Transceivers and the Dunestar 600 Filter Box. Now I am using the 4O3A high power triplexer system, and it is working f
The 7QP sponsors have added Assisted categories for this years event. Here are the rules: http://ws7n.net/7qp/new/Page.asp?content=rules This rule change has the potential to make the contest more ex
Mine are labeled TX and ANT. ANT is hooked to the antenna. TX is hooked to the amp. I've been using them for 2 years now and nothing has blown up, so I guess it's correct. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma
NAQP Team scores from 3830, arranged by score, as of 1950Z on 1/15/2018: Arizona Outlaws - Chollas 1,297,270 AdHoc 1,188,150 DFWCG SLATE 1,185,192 WJ9B 1,112,313 FRC Team Dude 955,619 Deep Dixie CC T
I think Pete has an excellent idea! Since multipliers count on each band, a few CQ's on a "dead" band like 10 Meters could be picked up by Skimmers and draw some action - more fun for everyone! Dave
Has anyone modified and published a "how-to" to modify the ICE system for better performance? I have a friend who has two ICE 419A's. I help him maintain his station, so I have a LOT of experience wi
I consider myself a mainstream contester, and made 776 QSO's in Last weekend's FT8 Roundup. Believe me, it is not a matter of Robots doing battle with each other. I did SO2R, and there sure was a lot
Jim, Thanks for doing all the work! Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ I've finally completed a year's worth of work on a completely new cookbook. It covers use of both the newer 4-in o.d. cores and the
I have done both FT4 and RTTY contesting. Let me compare them. RTTY Using a heavy-duty 1500 watt amplifier, I call CQ CONTEST. A station comes back, automatically goes into N1MM's GRAB box, and I hit
I suggest that discussions like this be moved over to the rttydigital reflector https://groups.io/g/rttydigital In November of 2018, folks on the rtty Reflector got tired of seeing postings about FT8
I had access to a KPA1500 for one day during ARRL DX CW 2018. I found that 1500 watts into 1.5 SWR always produced a hard fault. SWR had to be 1.4 or less on every tuner segment. The tuner had to be
Heres a little article that may help to overcome the tiredness, aches & pains, QRM, QRN, line noise, boredom and other unpleasant aspects of contesting: https://www.raptitude.com/2020/09/the-inner-su
I have the CM-500. I also have a Koss SB45 Headset that feels even more comfortable to me. It has a nice padded headband, instead of the webbing on the CM-500 that irritates my bald head. I never use
The danger with "spot all s&p QSOs" is that many casual and not-so-casual operators who don't use sound card DVK don't switch between Run and S&P properly. Any number of times I've found a frequency,