While preparing for the first fishing trip of the season, I made a quick stop
by the PO Box and was rewarded with the latest issue of CQ.
Front cover photo of K5UR in his well-equipped shack with details inside on a
1/3 page column (in regular size print!). This issue's main caption is "VHF
Special!"
Contest related items:
Zero Bias (editorial) - is titled Gone Fishin' (about the continued
attraction of ham radio), with the other half of the column titled Contests
vs. Nets
Results - 2001 CQ WW VHF Contest
Rules - 2002 CQ WW VHF Contest
Contesting - Contest Marketing and 20 Meters
Propagation - What are Those Spots on the Sun?
Other interesting items:
Saving Lives with WIRES (internet linking of FM repeaters)
Mobile Antennas for 2 Meter Single Sideband
CQ Reviews - Alinco DJ-596T Handheld with Digital Voice Option
It's Not a Hamfest (Ham Radio University)
Computers and Internet - Electronic Publications, Saving Space
Reader Survey - results from April issue about antenna restriction; this
months questions about VHF/UHF operating patterns
The N0GSG Portable Radio Direction Finder
World Of Ideas - Survival Radio Challenge Winners and Awards
Washington Readout - ARRL Petitions FCC to Eliminate Novice CW Bands and
Expand Phone Segments
VHF Plus - A New Level for Weak-Signal Communications
What's New - Switching Power Supplies from Daiwa and MFJ, MFJ pocket CW
reader, SKB molded shipping containers, and more...
DX - QSLing and Donations
QRP - Foxes, Micro Rigs, and More
73 & Tight Lines, (oops) High Rates,
Henry Pollock - K4TMC
Raleigh, NC
(NHL Carolina Hurricanes - next Stanley Cup Champions!)
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