Re: [DX-CHAT] Best Antenna - Surrounded area-?

2005-03-13 Thread John Warren
Title: Re: Best Antenna - Surrounded area-? Sara VU3RSB wrote: My name is OM Sara, VU3RSB from India. Member of recent VU4/Tsunami operations in Andaman Islands. After the expedition curious about DxingUnfortunately recently city developments took my place in bad shape and things are change

[DX-CHAT] Best Antenna - Surrounded area-?

2005-03-13 Thread Sarath
Hi My name is OM Sara, VU3RSB from India. Member of recent VU4/Tsunami operations in Andaman Islands. After the expedition curious about DxingUnfortunately recently city developments took my place in bad shape and things are changed too quick. I may not get the station at all but the other st

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Michael Keane K1MK
At 11:11 AM 3/13/05, Bob Nielsen wrote: I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appears to be there to equalize things for the guys with smaller antennas, but if I interpret the rules correctly, with a vertical, I have to compete against the guys with the stacked yagis (I

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Gerry
I agree that this category is Triband and single elements or less. Us vertical all band guys still have to compete with the BIG GUNS using tribanders at 35' Gerry VE6LB/VA6XDX ARRL Card Checker (403) 251-6520 ve6lb (at) rac.ca www.qsl.net/ve6lb/ - Original Message - From: "Gerry Maira

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Michael Keane K1MK
At 11:58 AM 3/13/05, I wrote: Tri-bander/Single Element (TB-WIRES) is an all-band, single power (i.e, high power ) category. I typed too fast... TB-WIRES is an "overlay" category not a separate category. So, one can enter as single-op, 20M single-band, low power (SINGLE-OP 20M LOW) with or withou

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Michael Keane K1MK
At 08:05 AM 3/13/05, Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. What category do I enter in the contest: Single

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Gerry Maira
Actually I think the S in TS stands for single element, which would include verticals. I'm sure that verticals would be allowed in this category, but I haven't looked at the rules in a while. Gerry KA2MGE Bob Nielsen wrote: I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appe

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appears to be there to equalize things for the guys with smaller antennas, but if I interpret the rules correctly, with a vertical, I have to compete against the guys with the stacked yagis (I guess I could use that category if I st

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Gerry Maira
Here's the web site for the contest - http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/ Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. Wh

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Gerry Maira
I would enter as single op, low power, TS (tribander or single element wire ant) 20 meters. As I understand it - You can work stations on other bands, but of course they won't count toward your score. I believe you can just give them the next SN in your sequence. These qso's will be filtered out

[DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Leon M Foot
I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. What category do I enter in the contest: Single band low power or single transmitter w