I got the chance to operate at N5CQ for the M/S effort in the ARRL International DX contest, phone. N5CQ's station is located WSW of Austin, Texas, EM10. I took a few photos. (http://n5xu.ae.utexas.e
I operated in the 144MHz Sprint last night for the second year in a row. And, for the second year in a row, I was unable to break the 20 QSO barrier. Four hours of work resulted in 17 contacts and 8
?? I was addressing my ideas to the contesting community at large, not the ARRL specifically. But since you bring it up, I think it would be a great thing if the ARRL, NCJ, CQ, or someone like that w
I guess I don't understand why we need a "contest" to do this. If you need to find out whether an antenna or amp is working, just get on the air. Why have a "it's-almost-a-real-contest" contest just
This is exactly my point. Right now, on VHF, every contest is one of either two types: an all-band, all-weekend contest, or a single-band four-hour contest. Unless you live in the northeast, the latt
George K5TR had a small gathering last weekend at his new QTH in central Texas. Many of the guests were members of the Central Texas DX and Contest Club (CTDXCC). Some of us took a few photos. (http:
I've recently acquired a new radio for the N5XU VHF contest station. Unlike our other radios, this one requires manually toggling the PTT line while sending CW. We use a Super CMOS Keyer III for the
Yes, we could do that, but we have four radios on five bands now, and usually our ops are trying to manipulate two radios at once, already with a foot switch and headset mic for ssb. I'd like to be a
This is also on the web: (http://www.arrl.org/contests/months/may.html) -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign:
They all will, if you have a second PC running Linux, and a null-modem cable. -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Call
I wrote some time back: Dale KG5U sent me a simple circuit description to do exactly what I wanted. I wired it up on a little corner of perfboard, and added it to the keyer. It works great. If anyone
A few of the state QSO Parties are actually kind of big contests. In particular, I've seen some impressive QSO totals from the California QSO Party and the Texas QSO Party. The rest of the state QSO
I am the current president of the University of Texas ARC, and as a graduate student with an indefinite graduation date, I'm what you would consider "stable membership." I've been involved with the c
As I do not recall seeing this mentioned here before, I would like to call everyone's attention to the following URL: (http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/98/rules-novss.html) These are not, d
I am the current president of the University of Texas ARC, and as a graduate student with an indefinite graduation date, I'm what you would consider "stable membership." I've been involved with the c
As I do not recall seeing this mentioned here before, I would like to call everyone's attention to the following URL: (http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/98/rules-novss.html) These are not, d
I am confused about the second to last paragraph. How do these two rules changes affect the Sweepstakes exchange? serial number - precedence - callsign - check - section -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox
Through 1998, the precedence was based on power output, not on entry class. Multi-single entrants could give Q, A, or B precedence. But, I agree that maybe that's what the change is. In which case, t
I am confused about the second to last paragraph. How do these two rules changes affect the Sweepstakes exchange? serial number - precedence - callsign - check - section -- -- Kenneth E. Harker "Vox
Through 1998, the precedence was based on power output, not on entry class. Multi-single entrants could give Q, A, or B precedence. But, I agree that maybe that's what the change is. In which case, t