Joel Harrison, W5ZN, takes a look at contesting ethics.
Joel Harrison, W5ZN, takes a look at contesting ethics.
K9LA and W3LPL will review the status of Cycle 24 for the next half-year, and
will discuss how the contest bands will be affected.
Bonus – K9LA will also tell host K4ZW whether the lowbands will open this
year during his XW4ZW lowband DXpedition or, whether to bring extra
beer money and a deck of cards.
Slides: WWROF – A Look at Propagation for the 2017-2018 Contest Season-pdf
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (“WWROF”), a non-profit donor-supported organization, is pleased to announce the completion of a major redesign project for the contest web sites that it maintains and operates on behalf of the contest community.
These sites include:
http://cqww.com
http://cqwwrtty.com
http://cqwpx.com
http://cqwpxrtty.com
http://cq160.com
http://cqww-vhf.com
Tim Duffy, K3LR, provides a look at contest activities at Dayton 2017.
Jose Nunes, CT1BOH, explains the concept of operating two bands, using synchronized, interleaved QSO’s.
Slides are available at – 2BSIQ-20170331
N4IS looks at lowband receive principles and construction of the Horizontal Waller Flag
PRESENTATION SLIDES:
Tim Duffy K3LR showcases Contest University (CTU) and other contest related activities at Dayton 2016.
Jose Carlos (JC), N4IS, will look at basic concepts of RX antennas and share his experiences with lowband RX antennas on a small lot, including the Waller Flag.
PRESENTATION SLIDES:
Carl K9LA will deviate from his usual presentations on propagation and solar topics to discuss design issues for a 50 Watt VHF-UHF solid state RF power amplifier. This is not a construction project, but rather a presentation of notes gathered from his 41-year career as an RF design engineer for Motorola and Raytheon.