the Pacific, Guam and Hawaii all count the same as KH8 and KH8S in the vast Pacific region thousands of miles apart. None have even a chance to do well with the decks stacked against them. So they ju
Good Day All, Without a doubt, this weekend will see the band wall-to-wall full of Hams engaged in the "ARRL 160-Meter Contest"...however, the second weekend coming will see participation of a number
Hi Tree, My successful experiences with the CAC go back some 25 years ago... I recall, in one instance I "petitioned" them to get away from using "Maritimes" as a multiplier in some event (SS, maybe.
Well FWIW, I personally think that the notion of keeping 1825 - 1830-KHz "clean" of NA stations calling CQ is a good one... We bemoan the fact that this contest is, in essence, just a "WAS" contest,
Hi All, Obviously this "typo" was a test meant to see if anyone was awake yet...! Hi Hi Of course I MEANT to say 1830- to 1835-KHz--but fat fingers (and a skinny mind) got in the way. Thanks go to Be
What's this...?! NO planned list operation...?! And you dare to call yourselves a DXpedition"...?! T'is to laff...!!! ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _______________________________________________ Topba
Hi Bill, I'll try that again (had a power failure here!)... They will accept an e-mail QSO only via LotA, and an eQSL only! (There--that's better! Hi) ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ____________________
Hi Len, Yes, for sure, but keep in mind that we're only talking about the setting aside of a mere FIVE KILOHERTZ of the band for this use! Now, a 5-KHz preserve may not mean much to a super NA CQ TES
Hi Gary, I agree with your sentiments 101%, FWIW... Alas & alack, nothing will ever come of it: our Ham "society" to-day seems to have embraced the domain of society at large, in that we'd rather go
Good Day All, Well, if you're at all historically-minded, and the coming 10-meter contest is not your thing, why not sit back & relax this weekend, and listen for the participants in this the second
Good Morning All, Well, the dust has pretty much settled down upon this year's 160-meters portion of the Antique Wireless Association's "1929 QSO Party" (barring any stalwarts who might show-up tonig
By far, the absolute BEST DX antenna that I've ever had the pleasure of using for the low bands is the inverted Bobtail array (40-meters): no radial fields required, super-easy to feed, all-wire cons
Good Day All, I wonder if I might prevail upon any & all with some first-hand real-world experience as to the "criticalness" (if any) between the two wires running the length & span of a 2-wire bi-di
Hi Guys, Many thanks to one & all for sharing your ideas & experiences with the two-wire bi-directional Beverage antenna with me...it's quite obvious that there's a wealth of know-how and experience
Hi Herb, Many times I used to go down to the shack right at our local sunset here, & try & snag a few of the European stations on the band that were easily getting across with 569 - 579 signals--but
Good Day All, In case anyone was wondering who in the world that "CG3CUI" station was that you worked during the SP event out of grid square FN03, here's the explanation: in honour of the Diamond Jub
Hi Guys, I wonder if what I've been experiencing here is strictly a local case of RFI, or if others are hearing it to, especially at stations near southern "VE3"-land...? Specifically, since roughly
Hi Wayne, Obviously you do not employ any sort of an "isolation" (matching) transformer between your Beverages & rig...? I wonder what harm (or good...?!) installing a 2.5 mh. RF choke might do for y
Hi All, Many thanks for all of the responses to my original query of this morning... General consensus has it that the noise here is some sort of switching power supply, possibly linked (according to
Hi Again Wayne, I assume that by "...antenna input" on your transceiver, you're referring to a RECEIVE ANTENNA ONLY jack (probably RCA-style) at the back of the rig...? (My assumption must be correct