Sadly, a number of A1 Op members use this tactic and you would think they would know better. 73, Larry W6NWS There is one particular ham who always does this and is in the top 5 in the challenge. Sen
I have started looking at tuners myself and was mainly interested in auto tuners. There are some that claim to handle the legal limit except for RTTY. I have a Dentron MT3000A manual tuner and it doe
The main e-mail address for the DXCC desk went to someone who is no longer there for a long time and no one else looked at the mail for that ID. I don't know if it has been fixed. I mentioned it in p
VO2NS was on 160 a day or two ago. 73, Larry W6NWS I believe that VO2NS in zone 2 is planning to be active in the CQWW CW contest. That wouldn't help with 30 mx, but should with 20 and 80. Powodzenia
The traditional JT65 QSOs are a bit like watching grass grow. But a couple of DXpeditions have run some JT65 lately. But I have had a number of cases where I called CQ and stations responded with a s
There was a time when SSB was considered evil. 73, Larry W6NWS On 10/25/2017 4:23 PM, Bryon Paul Veal NĜAH wrote: RF/IP will save amateur radio. It is a HUGE industry and is growing by leaps and boun
The "Call 1st" option would seem to imply the auto QSO notion but "Call 1st" causes the "Enable TX" to be disabled when you send the "73" message regardless of the settings value for this behavior.
I worked a couple EU stations from NC and heard a few more on 160M. TK5R (I think that was the call as I'm not at the radio computer) was the strongest I heard and worked. Only a half sloper (top is
About 0300Z (11PM local time) the only station I heard was TZ4AM. I couldn't stay on longer as I have to get up around 0730Z (3:30AM local time). 73, Larry W6NWS The band was clearly open (got a +48
I seem to recall reading that the "ideal" angle between the legs was 110 degrees. How that was derived or even if it is true I do not know. I had a half sloper and converted to an inverted vee. I had
You missed the horror of SSB (c 1950s) - who wants to sound like Donald Duck? 73, Larry W6NWS REAL Horrors QRO stations making contacts on FT8? Horrors SSB that Donald Duck stuff isn't PHONE? Horrors
I've used 3 inch PVC pipe at the bottom with 2.5 inch above to make a supporting pole. I used the loop to guy it at the top and just rope guys at the middle. Not push up but it works. 73, Larry W6NWS
I have had similar results with half sloper connected at 50 feet on a 100 foot tower (45G). I have radials now but didn't always have them but never tried to do a definitive look to see if the radial