Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:58:05 -0500
I can share W4ATL's frustration. Having a wire antenna farm works OK for domestic contests but a DX contest is a different story. I was planning on doing SOLP until K4BAI offered to loan his AL811. I
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:10:38 -0400
I noticed WA1FCN now lives in Ala.. Has anyone tried to recruit him into the SECC?? He had a good score in the CQP. I worked him in many contests when he was in W1... Jeff , KU8E
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:30:25 -0500
Is there any interest in a SSC team??? Since I'm on RTTY now I guess I will try this one out .... Jeff , KU8E North American RTTY Sprint--sponsored by the National Contest Journal, 0000Z - 0400Z Oct
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:38:05 -0500
Gee... I thought we had a bunch of RTTY contesters in the SECC ??? From the response I have got you wouldn't of guessed that ???? So far I have WW4LL and myself. If anyone else in interested please e
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:00:18 -0400
Last year I made a motion that the SECC nominate W4AN for the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. Problem is we missed the deadline, which is Jan 1st ,to get around to doing it. I would like to make a proposal
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 11:29:16 -0400
The first draft is located at http://secc.contesting.com/W4AN_Nomination_Letter.htm Everyone please check for accuracy plus any spelling grammer mistakes. Plus I might of missed something. Here are t
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:54:27 -0400
I would like to request the use of W4AN during the CQWW SSB contest weekend. I am not going to be able to make it to NQ4I this year for SSB. I thought I would try to break one of the W4 low power sin
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:06:26 -0400
I will be a "serious" FT LP for CW. I have the SO2R with the Dx Doubler all wired and ready to go. I have been testing that out the last few weekends... If I can get the RF out of my DX Doubler when
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:54:58 -0500
I went out back last night an did some measurements. I don't have enough room for a 40 meter bobtail so I am counting that out. About the highest I can get up into the trees is maybe 55 ft. I present
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:49:03 -0400
Comparison: El Angle Half Square Dipole 2 Ele Vert 2 El Inv Vee 14% above 30 2.1 5.7 1.9 8.7 20 3.6 3.8 1.8 7.1 15 3.5 2 1 5.4 10 2.3 -1 -.5 2.4 == I knew a half square was a low angle antenna but I
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:48:49 -0400
Comparison: El Angle Half Square Dipole 2 Ele Vert 2 El Inv Vee 14% above 30 2.1 5.7 1.9 8.7 20 3.6 3.8 1.8 7.1 15 3.5 2 1 5.4 10 2.3 -1 -.5 2.4 == I knew a half square was a low angle antenna but I
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:26:59 -0400
Hi All.. If you remember a few weeks back I had posted a message about trying to interface my Icom 756PRO to the computer. I had bought a used CT-17 from a guy but it I never could get it to work. It
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:37:42 -0500
[SECC] AA4LR - QRV - Six bands 40m - A743 rotatable dipole kit on A3S. While the bandwidth is limited, it works much better than the 125 doublet. And a bit better than the half-sloper. -- A shortened