I have an 1825 crystal so that is where i usually hang out, with a vairied power level depending upon which final in use: 833a, 211, or 6V6. mike w7dra _______________________________________________
to me running QRP in 160m contests is the great equalizer. my NC183 is now the equal of the FT12000 MKVII MODXXX with 35 roofing filters. my ARC5 with VR150 regulated voltage sounds no different than
i think i was M/W7DRA/P, ah yes, in Canterbury..........if i remember............... mike w7dra, back when i had money to travel ____________________________________________________________ LifeLockÂ
when calling CQ, ending with QRP can be informative, like when i am in a DX location like Nebraska, and ending with /NE after a CQ mike w7dra come to think of it when i was W7DRA/3D2 i never had to s
if i may quote my neighbor trying to find his 160m receiver noise problems: mike w7dra ......................................................................... ........... Hi Mike, there were four (
Oh, no, you should all belive the 160 meter season is over................................foundly looking at my first in world SOSB160 certf from the AADX contest a few years back, while stroking sof
remember a couple of years ago in the CQWW when i went head to head with K7SS who lives on the same cliff 10 miles north of me; my 1953 era station against his 2011 era station 5 watts is 5 watts we
need a Beverage? hearing a station just above the noise? there is a VE3 i hear at 0200z at 559 and have to wait until 1000z when he is 589, in order to work him. you guys who never work QRP, when is
well the antennas are again up, and the cabin roof no longer has a hole in it, so I will be active this coming WPX on 160 mike w7dra ____________________________________________________________ 53 Ye
Barry Kirkwood's (ex ZL1DD, now XU7AEL) latest receiver acquisition from Ken, W7EKD ended up in my storage shed. I have been interested in possibly updating my topband receiving capability and though
Bob, W7LR commented that in my original missive I left a dit off of W7EKD's call ................it should have been W7EKB sorry mike w7dra ___________________________________________________________
there should be a stew class that has three powers - 6V6, 211, 833a if you can't work 'em with the 6V6, go up to the 211, etc etc and mark each qso accordingl;y that should keep the score keepers bus
that is in the 833a class. i am not fooling, this might be the way if the future in contesting. points would be rigged to give the 6V6 more than the 211 class etc etc maybe part of the unlimited clas
NO3M, 2,136 miles away from my station, after about 30 repeats correctly received my call and message. An operating technique usually not spoken of, is not transmitting back until everything is corre
gosh, thanks, was going to ask, but thought i would look dumb...... mike w7dra ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://w
what is it.................... lightening strikes elephants' stomp sharks' bite whales' thrash beverages just sit waiting mike w7dra ____________________________________________________________ 53 Ye
no flames, but it makes me embarrassed to say all i do is use extension cord material i buy at big lots and solder directly to the connectors. the wires break less than real coax and i can use my rad
in my simplistic way of settting up an antenna, link coupling a tank circuit, the top of which is connected to a half wave long inverted L, the bottom of which (right now) is connected to a 5/16 wave
I once heard an old wives tale ..................I think............... "verticals on the beach, horizontals high on the hill" me laddie, cackle cackle, or whatever old wives say....... mike w7dra __
I go down in the basement, put a blanket on my lap, Barry the cat jumps up for some attention, as I turn on the RAL-7 and listen to the CQWW trudge forward. why did I not discover this years ago? mik