This business of errors reminds me of a VHFer who gave out rare grids, but often wouldn't QSL because he didn't always hear the ROGERs. With the computer checking we are making two things important:
After looking at my list, when senility sets in a bit more, they will add a special category: "Don't deduct points for contacts with this guy!" N0UU _______________________________________________ CQ
An old thread: The latest issue of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, listed on the WEB as (appropriately) the Sprint issue is focused on Fatigue and the Practice of Anesthesiology. http://www
This topic is getting a bit long, but probably to the point for contesters. Hamvention as it has been referred to recently (dropping the Dayton) seems to have been a happy accident. The center of bun
Gee, what other times of the week do you have so many people with such good gear scanning the band in all directions for that weak signal? N0UU _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
I actually would like to see yet another category: I don't like staying up all night fighting 80 and 40. Would like to see an upper band section. At this stage of the cycle, 15 and even 10 open for a
My present antenna is only 35 ft high, a SteppIR, but it is 5 ft from the edge of a 140 ft high plateau with slopes to JA and EU. I really DX rather than contest, as I will in the upcoming ARRL 10M,
Not sure which list this belong on, but took a half mile hike up to my station to check things out for the ARRL 10M. About 6 miles from town and the same from the local airport where the Global Flyer
I have a nice call for CW, but try November Zero United United over and over. I get many requests for a repeat of the first letter with November, but not Norway. A try of Nancy was a total bust from
All this with the verticle on the slope. Some modeling in order for a vertical back a 1/4 wavelength from the slope and on flat ground. N0UU _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
Going to double post this to the top band reflector also: From the British ShortWaveMagazine: In a short note on p. 12 of the Nov05 issue: "..... www.drmradio.co.uk ... This site .... highlights that
From the Tacos list: http://www.wicab.com/technology/overview.html Just a little imagination and you too could add a third (or more) channel to your equipment. The brain is plastic... After all, I re
Just go back to the old categories of High band (20M and up) and Low band, get rid of the triband/single wire and let propagation take care of the time limit (partially). N0UU _______________________
I'm signed up for the Lindblad National Geographic Explorer relocation cruise Oct 2006 which sails from Papeete, Tahiti to Easter Island and just happens (!) to arrive the first day of the CQWW Phone
No Eu for me from Kansas, but almost no Carib stns Sat. Great E to W4 Sat, I think I worked them all. Then Sun here came the Caribs, it was until about noon local when they finally were giving number
Add heard on the radio: Powernap.com http://www.wendi.com/html/power_nap.html Good way to break? Love that binaural bit. Maybe send it that local rival during the contest? N0UU ______________________
I may have gotten it wrong, but the excellent PVRC CD compilation might indicate that the following comment is not universal. I could send a clip of audio indicating that some feel that you have to "
From Kansas: I've always stuck to the high bands for the various contests. This time I put up a dipole broadside to Eu. Operated about 9 hours total, until about 1A local both nights. Rig Orion I and
Probably early, but checking the Hamvention Forums, no contesting, no DX, no antennas??????? N0UU _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com htt
I'm going to be cruising in October and looks like I will be on Easter Island for part of the first day of the CQWW and Santiago, Chile for the last part. Assuming I get tickets for both, any suggest