Note: Below I refer to the various modes developed by K1JT
and his team as JT modes.
Yes the JT modes should have their own categories for awards
and NOT be mixed with traditional modes. Reason being that
all the JT modes (FT4/8, JT65, JT9, FST4 and others) are
unlike traditional modes. In traditi
I've been on FST4 for all of 5 days now (as of 09Feb) and haven't
seen more than 12-15 individual calls print all Stateside
excepting VK4TUX. For anyone contemplating the mode the Quick-Start
Guide at
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/FST4_Quick_Start.pdf
has lots of good info much more th
Follows a rundown on the 02Mar-16Apr2019 operations of DU6/N6SS
with topband data on CW & FT8.
Rig: K3 and a pampered KPA500, 300W max
Tx Ant: crossed 80 & 40m inverted vees up 50 ft on top of a 70 ft
hill, 80 broadside NA, 40 broadside EU. Inverted vees force fed
on 30-10m using a THP aut
Very sad news, following from Joz, YD1JZ.
Pres/N6SS
-Original Message-
From: yd1jz@gmail.com
Sent: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:22:26 +0700
To: n...@inbox.com
Subject: YC0LOW SK
Hello OM Pres,
Hope you are doing fine.
Would like to inform that our dear friend OM Jo - YC0LOW has passed away
My 2 cents, below is a slightly abbreviated/updated email I sent to
the CADXA Reflector on Friday 22Jan2016
Thursday evening his sig was inaudible here from our sunset (0046Z
in Dewey) until 0408Z/22Jan when they restarted after a ~1.5 hour
break. The sig was very weak but readable. I called 2 kHz
Here's a partial post I emailed to the Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
reflector following the 2011 ARRL 160:
"On the positive side the DX window from 1830-1835 was mostly well
observed by W/VE and provided a haven for Caribbean, SA and EU stns
to establish runs of their own altho no copy on the Euros
Tracey
BOGs here are made from #14 stranded insulated house wire
stored off season on Cordwynds. Before rolling out at the
start of each low band season the reel is submerged for a
week in a tub of diesel fuel mixed with a bag of chili
powder. This procedure renders the wire is far less tasty
to A
Concur with Roger, N1RJ. Saturday morning a zero a few hundred miles
away in Colorado started CQing less than 250 Hz above my run QRG.
I use a K3 and this is normally no problem but his sig had severe
clicks. I told him he had bad clicks and asked him to go from full
to semi-breakin. I've found thi
Reflectees
Majority of the nay sayers are northern hemisphere upper tier
stations who can work all the DX they want on their run QRG with
a quick pounce to pick up a multiplier. The fact that the CQWW
is a world wide contest seems to have been lost.
The value of a window is apparent for our frie
