Filipe; I took the lid off my PT-3 and R12 is 100 ohms, 5%, 1/8 watt. I am pretty sure this is a resistor that acts as a fuse to protect the front end in case the transmit power does not switch out p
I know CA is in dire financial straits, but did anybody else get an award from the 2008 CA QSO party last week that had the California state map in the background upside down? I can't tell if this is
Andy; I prefer to keep my special "upside down" version, which now hangs proudly on my shack wall! I was just trying to figure out if they were all that way, or just mine...... As an ex-patriot of CA
Not acknowledging contacts is one pet peeve of mine as well! Some stations end the contact by moving on to the next contact, which seems rather rude and abrupt to me. The other thing I ran into were
I want to apologize to anybody who was offended by my comments. They were not meant to be disrespectful in any way towards anybody. The wink at the end was supposed to signify that a joke was being m
I fully agree with the notion that good band conditions are great for fighting operator fatigue.... Adrenaline pushing its way through your veins while running a pileup is a good way to stay awake! E
Well, at the risk of getting flamed, I think there should be MORE limits on running "multi op, single transmitter". To me, "single transmitter" means just that, ONE transmitter. In my "perfect world"
I want to add that I found the operating courtesy during SS Phone to be well above average, considering how much QRM there was, especially on 20 and 40 meters. We invited some new local hams to the s
I'd like to make a point that a lot of calls today do not qualify as vanity calls either, despite what the FCC calls them. If your name is Abel B. Charlie, and you request the call of K1ABC, that to
The one BIG problem I see in limiting contesting to a specific set of frequencies are how they will affect the big gun stations that sit on run frequencies for hours on end. There is not enough bandw
The Cabrillo program was named after Cabrillo College, a small community college in Aptos, CA (Near Santa Cruz). Trey (N5KO) lives very near there. 73! Mike, W7VO Scappoose, OR (Used to live in Aptos
Ryan; I use a couple of professional Linemaster brand foot switches. They are one of the major brands of such products. Solidly built, and are available at places like Allied or Newark. Here is a lin
The death nail for the FT-1000/D is going to be the special display unit, which are vacuum fluorescent, and like an old vacuum tube tuning eye, eventually lose brightness when the cathodes run out of
Thought this might be something for the QRO contest guys...... I bought my wife a brand new Samsung "top of the line" 55 inch LED 240 Hz 3D HDTV recently, and was informed by her that every time I tr
Dennis; The Rohn 25AG is the special 9 foot tapered top section for standard Rohn 25 tower, and yes, with the proper rotator shelf plate the Ham IV will fit just fine. I think Rohn 25 is about a foot