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1. [SECC] Amps (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:29:09 -0400; MFJ is a separate facility with separate people, and better QC than MFJ. I warned Martin Jue many times that associating Ameritron with MFJ would cost customers, just because of the poor quality and; /archives//html/SECC/2002-05/msg00048.html (8,859 bytes)
2. [SECC] Amps (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 22:05:53 -0400; I can't believe I typed that. Ameritron is a separate facility from MFJ, but I'm sure everyone knew what I meant.73, Tom W8JI W8JI@contesting.com; /archives//html/SECC/2002-05/msg00053.html (7,467 bytes)
3. [SECC] Amps (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 22:58:56 -0400; I think you mean the knob was put on backwards, not the switch. They must have had the painted line end of the bar knob 180 degrees out. They should check stuff like that more closely. I hope you to; /archives//html/SECC/2002-05/msg00054.html (7,704 bytes)
4. [SECC] 160 plan (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:27:08 -0500; As a regular user of 160 meters since 1962 or 63, I disagree. I also wish people would consider the problems created for regular uses of the band by not having a rule, instead of only thinking of th; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00016.html (10,244 bytes)
5. [SECC] 160 plan (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:47:53 -0500; As recently as a year ago, a notorious 75-meter truck driver in Alabama was trying to get his friends to start a net on 1830kHz. In 1972, W8VLN, W8EOT, W8LZM, and others started a SSB net on 1830 ca; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00018.html (9,444 bytes)
6. [SECC] 160 plan (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 19:45:16 -0500; It might be if we get rid of the keyclicks! 73, Tom W8JI W8JI@contesting.com -- SECC on the Web: http://secc.contesting.com/ Submissions: secc@contesting.com Administrative requests: secc-REQUEST@co; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00023.html (7,421 bytes)
7. [SECC] CQ160M SSB Contest (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 02:01:48 -0500; bad behavior and disrespect for others = bigger scores Or do I have that wrong? 73, Tom W8JI W8JI@contesting.com -- SECC on the Web: http://secc.contesting.com/ Submissions: secc@contesting.com Admi; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00085.html (7,593 bytes)
8. [SECC] CQ160M SSB Contest (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:27:35 -0500; Actually it is unfortunate CQ Magazine and other contest promoters don't suggest people follow bandplans, and behave properly. People would certainly work a lot more DX if they operated split, but t; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00087.html (8,477 bytes)
9. [SECC] Stop policemen on 160 SSB (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:22:33 -0500; I'm glad I'm staying off 160 this weekend, except for a morning sked! SSB contests always seem to bring out the worst in everyone. Since there is such a tendency to point fingers and lump people into; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00103.html (10,453 bytes)
10. [SECC] Re: Topband: Conditions on 160m last night (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:34:07 -0500; Right you are John, I know of many other people who do the same. Like you, and like them, I just simply refuse to work ANYONE I hear below 1840 even if they move up the band later. Let them go low i; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00104.html (7,836 bytes)
11. [SECC] Stop policemen on 160 SSB (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:58:52 -0500; I'm sure most QRM is innocent, because people just don't know any better or get careless. Virtually all Hams traditionally have been really good natured and don't want to cause problems for others.; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00107.html (9,240 bytes)
12. [SECC] Stop policemen on 160 SSB (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 13:47:31 -0500; Hi Jeff, A long time ago someone flipped the switch called "good manners" off. Too bad we can not flip it back on. You are confusing jammers with policemen. There is nothing at all wrong with helping; /archives//html/SECC/2002-02/msg00118.html (12,557 bytes)
13. [SECC] FW: Re: Contest Results (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:10:59 -0500; I think perhaps you are expecting the wrong results, based on most of what is published in QST contest results. Put yourself in the position of a non-contesting person and read the contest results a; /archives//html/SECC/2002-01/msg00044.html (8,973 bytes)
14. [SECC] Re: Topband: Dedicated topband transceiver (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:43:33 -0500; With no RF amp, it is possible to get into the -130dB or better range on sensitivity. But the biggest problems are actually poor filtering, poor gain distribution, and simple design errors. Narrow f; /archives//html/SECC/2002-01/msg00074.html (8,575 bytes)
15. Topband: 46 radials now on vertical/FT1000MP S/N observation (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:44:12 -0500; Hi Ken, The overall selectivity of a receiving system determines the noise window, not the front end gain. The only exception is when overloading and clipping in stages with noise, which would be dev; /archives//html/SECC/2001-12/msg00013.html (9,352 bytes)
16. [SECC] Yeasu FT-1000MP (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:48:02 -0500; Hi Gordon (and other SECC), The first mod you should consider is getting rid of the keyclicks all FT1000 series rigs have, unless you want to park next to a YCCC member in contests (just joking here,; /archives//html/SECC/2001-12/msg00202.html (10,291 bytes)
17. [SECC] Stew Perry (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:17:30 -0500; I think conditions were horrible. Compounding the poor propagation are the very silly power multipliers that seem to cause most stations to operate with low power. I made just over 2000 points (no wa; /archives//html/SECC/2001-12/msg00247.html (8,002 bytes)

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