My friend Kari Korhonen, OH5TS died this morning. I met him many times in Finland, and we kept in touch between visits. He had a big tower on Kuorsalo, an island in the Gulf of Finland near his home
For the first time I can recall, in yesterday's NAQP CW I noticed operators making many QSOs between IDs. I suspect this is a consequence of the new assisted category. It is really annoying to those
Because the assisted category was recently added to NAQP, possibly leading some operators to assume their callers would just get their calls from spots. 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad
Samlex SEC-1235. 73, Scott K9MA Tnx, Barry W2UP _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-conte
I did a very simple mod to 1235M: A resistor in parallel with the thermostat. This causes the fan to run continuously at low speed, rather than cycling when demand is low. The fan runs at full speed
I've never detected any RFI from my 1235M, and it has worked flawlessly for about 15 years. It may be an old design, but I really think they got it right. It's quiet, reliable, small, and inexpensive
Yes, I can. None of those electronic devices are trying to hear -130 dBm signals! 73. -- Scott K9MA k9ma@sdellington.us _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
Sounds like the fan of the 1235P-M works the same way as that of the 1235M, so the resistor mod should work. 73, Scott K9MA On 11/13/2024 12:41 PM, Steve Dyer W1SRD via CQ-Contest wrote: It's not var
OK, Barry asked me for the resistor value, so I had to look it up. 73, Scott K9MA 73, Barry W2UP I was afraid someone would ask that! According to my 2011 notes, it was 50 Ohms, and dissipates about
Not so expensive in the US! ($253 at Mouser) 73, -- Scott K9MA k9ma@sdellington.us _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.conte
On 12/3/2024 12:36 AM, Charles H. Harpole wrote: RF of some ham frequency composed of electrons emit from an emitter, the transmitter, and go up the feed line to the aluminum antenna yagi above. I th
I don't know if there's a way to do it, but how about a function key for repeats that sends your without the cut numbers? 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________
On 2/18/2025 10:56 AM, Mike VE9AA ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca wrote: Scenario #2 me: TEST VE9AA you: K4SBZ me: K4HBZ 5NN <exchange> you: K4SBZ (or if you're adamant, MAYBE send it twice in this scenario-could
Wouldn't it make sense for log checking to either remove OoB QSOs from the running station's log without penalty, or to include them with no NIL penalty if the offending operator deletes the contact?
I noticed the same thing a few times. Unless one changes frequency while running, the spots shouldn't be all that far off. I notice that sometimes they are when I click on them, but that may be becau
I agree totally! Not more than about 100 Hz away from zero beat, though. While I use a 350 Hz bandwidth most of the time, the filter in my head is much narrower than that, so I can copy weak signals
As I recall, the minimum N1MM offset was greater than the 50 Hz or so I prefer. I use the XIT instead. 73, Scott K9MA 73, Steve W1SRD On 12/9/2025 12:17, K9MA wrote: I noticed the same thing a few ti
On 12/9/2025 5:02 PM, Joe wrote: I wonder if some of these spots that are way off are from people that have their loggers set up to spot all S&P contacts, and they when they make a contact are way of
I'd delete the 9-lander. S/He kept calling when you called the K3 and failed to correct the call, so deserves the NIL penalty. And K3ES was a bit too polite! 73, Scott K9MA I dig out "K3E", and I sen
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