Great feedback! I can see how the heavy 450 ohm stuff could easily ice up and become very heavy! You guys keep all that ice back east! Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - Dec
High enough so people can't touch it would be my answer. Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net ______________________________________
Not much different for the CQ 160 either. We tried to operate it from V47 twice and we were ignored while we made huge numbers of contacts in the ARRL DX SSB test... Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.
I didn't realize that 160 and all its challenges to get on this band with a decent xmit and receive antennas was the birthplace of new contesters. _______________________________________________ UR R
Many people do not understand how to zero beat. I found someone up nearly 1/2 kc calling me in the WW contest. Many are high or low and by more than a little. W0MU ___________________________________
Legally signing /M is only legal if you are in England or one of the countries that uses the M prefix. It is readily accepted as Mobile but is not a legal designator. I am not sure that most of the o
Many are just looking for an edge to be heard in a pileup and I have heard it work. I don't listen for QRP or Mobile or whatever. I just want a callsign. Many times QRP stations are just as loud as t
I noticed that the last time I was at the big box stores that they are only carrying one type of connector that they say is good for both types of cables. I don't use Quad shield cable so I don't kno
Really? FCC rules: (c) One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Each indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/) or by any suitable word that denotes the sl
After stripping off the jacket you need to fold back the braid over the jacket and then slide the connector on. It should not be terribly difficult but they do not slide on without resistance. Mike W
R or a string of RRRRRRRR's has shown to work better for me. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
I heard that there is a reason to run the coax on the outside of the table as running it inside can create some issues. I just don't recall what it might have been or if the warning was based on fact
Many of the QSL Manager probably sell them too. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
I have never had an issue talking with tech support. I had an issue with one of their Beverage couplers and he spent quite a bit of time with me. My emails always get answered in a reasonable time pe
You are probably about to be served papers anyway.....Is the owner an attorney or his wife or does he just like to make lawyers lots of money? I wonder what the laws say on someone reverse engineerin
What we usually here is some east coast guy.....Hi Bob nice to work you again on topband for the upteenth time this week. Just wanted to let you know that you are still 20 over 9 here. Any luck worki
I understand the importance of this issue and ham radio but what exactly does this have to do with topband? Are we really concerned that people are going to use topband for this? The best course of a
I see somebody is trying to sell a copy or two for 369.00 on Amazon and Ebay.........LOL Mike W0MU _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
and this thread was closed days ago............... Mike W0MU 73, Don k4kyv Hawaii is being donated to Mexico?????? I don't think so! Eugene what the heck are you talking about and where did it come f