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Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serial EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
GLOSSARY BY PATRICK BARKEY, N9RV - 1 - Glossary – by Patrick Barkey, N9RV 10-minute rule The 10 minute rule restricts band changes for some multi-operator categories for certain contests. The implementation of the rule depends on the contest -- in some cases it has been replaced by a band change rule. WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of Scranton EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Legacy PC Serial Ports USB Ports and Devices USB-to-Serial Adapters Using the Device Manager Managing Serial Port Numbers Using Serial Ports for CW / FSK / PTT Keying Sharing Serial Ports USB Sound Cards Q & A Presentation Overview 2 EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
CONTEST UNIVERSITY© Registration for Contest University 2022 will open in December, please check back for updates.COURSE OUTLINE
Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serial EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
GLOSSARY BY PATRICK BARKEY, N9RV - 1 - Glossary – by Patrick Barkey, N9RV 10-minute rule The 10 minute rule restricts band changes for some multi-operator categories for certain contests. The implementation of the rule depends on the contest -- in some cases it has been replaced by a band change rule. WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of Scranton EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Legacy PC Serial Ports USB Ports and Devices USB-to-Serial Adapters Using the Device Manager Managing Serial Port Numbers Using Serial Ports for CW / FSK / PTT Keying Sharing Serial Ports USB Sound Cards Q & A Presentation Overview 2 EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID.PROFESSOR BIOS
Visit the post for more. Thanks to KA9FOX and QTH.com for donating the web design and web hosting services to CTU! GLOSSARY BY PATRICK BARKEY, N9RV - 1 - Glossary – by Patrick Barkey, N9RV 10-minute rule The 10 minute rule restricts band changes for some multi-operator categories for certain contests. The implementation of the rule depends on the contest -- in some cases it has been replaced by a band change rule.ROB SHERWOOD, NC0B
Rob Sherwood, NC0B Ham radio began for me in 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as both a novice and general-class operator. After graduating college in 1969 with a degree in physics, I moved to Denver WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.comCONTEST UNIVERSITY
Contest University
TIM DUFFY, K3LR
Tim Duffy, K3LR Tim has been an active contest operator for 49 years. He has hosted over 145 different operators as part of the K3LR multi operator DX contest efforts since UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of Scranton 60 YEARS OF COMPETITIVE CONTESTING AND CONTINUOUS My First Contest - 1960 Novice Roundup 48 QSOs in 33 hours of operation over 15 days Rhode Island Section KN1MIJ 148 QSOs 47Sections 37 Hours
HYBRID ARCHITECTURE EXPLAINED Rigs run at NC0B during this past season CQ WW SSB October 2018 TS-890S 15 & 20m* CQ WW SSB October 2018 IC-7610 40 & 80m ARRL 160m CW Dec 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 ARRL 10m December 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 W1BB Top Band Dec 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 CQ WW 160 CW Jan 2019 IC-7610 * 20 meters was the “money band”, but with good Qs CONTEST UNIVERSITY© Registration for Contest University 2022 will open in December, please check back for updates.COURSE OUTLINE
Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serial EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
CONTEST UNIVERSITY
Contest University
WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
SLIDE 1WEB VIEW
Vertical Polarization on 160 Meters almost always provides better DX performance than any horizontally polarized antenna. Vertical, inverted-L, T, or umbrella transmitting antennas . almost always . outperform horizontally polarized antennas at distances beyond 1500miles
CONTEST UNIVERSITY© Registration for Contest University 2022 will open in December, please check back for updates.COURSE OUTLINE
Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serial EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
CONTEST UNIVERSITY
Contest University
WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
SLIDE 1WEB VIEW
Vertical Polarization on 160 Meters almost always provides better DX performance than any horizontally polarized antenna. Vertical, inverted-L, T, or umbrella transmitting antennas . almost always . outperform horizontally polarized antennas at distances beyond 1500miles
VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID. 2022 REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Registration Fee is $85 (extra $10 discount available see below for details). You may pay online with your Credit/Debit Card, or via PayPal. You will receive a Registration Confirmation email from us. This email is YOUR TICKET. CONTACT US – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO If you have questions, comments, etc., please use this Contact Form to submit them to us. we would be glad to hear from you and will welcome your feedback on this exciting project. Name *. First Last. Callsign. Email *. Phone. Message *. Name. This field is for validation purposesand should be
CONTEST UNIVERSITY
Contest University
WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com TRANSCEIVER PERFORMANCE FOR THE HF CONTEST & DX OPERATOR Transceiver Performance for the HF Contest & DX Operator Rob Sherwood NCØB RX performance is now so good, TX limitations may dominate today. Sherwood Engineering EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Originally a 25- pin male D-SUB connector (DB-25M), used with dial-up modems Smaller 9-pin male serial connector became standard (DE-9M) forserial, DB-25F for
UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of Scranton CW AND RTTY SKIMMER AND THE REVERSE BEACON NETWORK Acknowledgements lRBN web site and first aggregator originated by PY1NB (similar to his other web site, www.dxwatch.com). Felipe pays all the bills. lLots of code by W3OA (aggregator), F5VIH (Spots analysis tool) lCW Skimmer evangelized and tested by N4ZR (also publishes RBN blog) –“RBNSLIDE 1WEB VIEW
High Performance Receiving Antennas10-14 dB RDF. 10 dB: 500-600 foot Beverage . 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500-600 foot Beverages,staggered 65 feet
CONTEST UNIVERSITY© Registration for Contest University 2022 will open in December, please check back for updates.COURSE OUTLINE
Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serial EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of Scranton EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Legacy PC Serial Ports USB Ports and Devices USB-to-Serial Adapters Using the Device Manager Managing Serial Port Numbers Using Serial Ports for CW / FSK / PTT Keying Sharing Serial Ports USB Sound Cards Q & A Presentation Overview 2SLIDE 1WEB VIEW
Vertical Polarization on 160 Meters almost always provides better DX performance than any horizontally polarized antenna. Vertical, inverted-L, T, or umbrella transmitting antennas . almost always . outperform horizontally polarized antennas at distances beyond 1500miles
CONTEST UNIVERSITY© Registration for Contest University 2022 will open in December, please check back for updates.COURSE OUTLINE
Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serial EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of Scranton EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Legacy PC Serial Ports USB Ports and Devices USB-to-Serial Adapters Using the Device Manager Managing Serial Port Numbers Using Serial Ports for CW / FSK / PTT Keying Sharing Serial Ports USB Sound Cards Q & A Presentation Overview 2SLIDE 1WEB VIEW
Vertical Polarization on 160 Meters almost always provides better DX performance than any horizontally polarized antenna. Vertical, inverted-L, T, or umbrella transmitting antennas . almost always . outperform horizontally polarized antennas at distances beyond 1500miles
FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID.PROFESSOR BIOS
Visit the post for more. Thanks to KA9FOX and QTH.com for donating the web design and web hosting services to CTU!FRANK DONOVAN W3LPL
Frank Donovan W3LPL Frank’s contesting career began as a twelve year old at the Providence Radio Assn. 1959 ARRL Field Day, W1OP/1, onNeutaconkanut
TRANSCEIVER PERFORMANCE FOR THE HF CONTEST & DX OPERATOR Transceiver Performance for the HF Contest & DX Operator Rob Sherwood NCØB RX performance is now so good, TX limitations may dominate today. Sherwood Engineering WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com HIGH FREQUENCY PROPAGATION Day and Night F1 and F2 Variability The F2 region is the only ionospheric region providing 24 hour long distance HF propagation F2 ionization varies greatly with time of day, HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR TRANSMITTING ANTENNAS FOR LOW SOLAR Transmitting Antenna Elevation Angles Needed for Low Solar Activity l 10 meters –primarily open to the south l almost all DX propagation is at elevation angles below 10 degrees l many marginal DX paths require elevation angles well below 5 degrees l 15 meters –much shorter openings to Europe l almost all DX propagation is at elevation angles below 10 degrees UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of Scranton HYBRID ARCHITECTURE EXPLAINED Rigs run at NC0B during this past season CQ WW SSB October 2018 TS-890S 15 & 20m* CQ WW SSB October 2018 IC-7610 40 & 80m ARRL 160m CW Dec 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 ARRL 10m December 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 W1BB Top Band Dec 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 CQ WW 160 CW Jan 2019 IC-7610 * 20 meters was the “money band”, but with good Qs CONTEST UNIVERSITY© Registration for Contest University 2022 will open in December, please check back for updates.COURSE OUTLINE
Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIOCONTEST UNIVERSITY DAYTONCHRISTIAN COLLEGES NEAR DAYTON OHIOCONTEST UNIVERSITY 2019CONTEST UNIVERSITY VIDEOSCTU CONTEST UNIVERSITYCONTEST UNIVERSITY2020
Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACESIS USB A SERIAL PORTPARALLEL PORT TO USB CABLESERIAL PORT TO USB CABLESERIAL PORT TO USB CONNECTORSERIAL PORT TO USB DRIVERAMAZON USB TO SERIALADAPTER
Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serialPROFESSOR BIOS
Visit the post for more. Thanks to KA9FOX and QTH.com for donating the web design and web hosting services to CTU! EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Legacy PC Serial Ports USB Ports and Devices USB-to-Serial Adapters Using the Device Manager Managing Serial Port Numbers Using Serial Ports for CW / FSK / PTT Keying Sharing Serial Ports USB Sound Cards Q & A Presentation Overview 2 CONTEST UNIVERSITY© Registration for Contest University 2022 will open in December, please check back for updates.COURSE OUTLINE
Click on the presentation to view/download the slide deck (these will be available the day of the event) 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC Welcome to CTU 2021 from W8CI and K3LR. 9:05 am EDT/13:05 UTC WW2DX – “Cloud Contesting – Live Demonstration” moderators NN1C and W9KKN 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W3LPL – “Preparing Your Station for Competition” moderators NN1C and W9KKN FILES – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Visit the post for more. 2018: K1DG: Radio Contesting – Having Fun is Easy W3LPL: How to Improve your Transmitting Antennas for Low Solar Activity N0AX: RadioSport Contesting Hints and Kinks N0AX: Hints and Kinks – Technique and Station N6TV: CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network W5ZN: Utilizing Digital modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIOCONTEST UNIVERSITY DAYTONCHRISTIAN COLLEGES NEAR DAYTON OHIOCONTEST UNIVERSITY 2019CONTEST UNIVERSITY VIDEOSCTU CONTEST UNIVERSITYCONTEST UNIVERSITY2020
Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACESIS USB A SERIAL PORTPARALLEL PORT TO USB CABLESERIAL PORT TO USB CABLESERIAL PORT TO USB CONNECTORSERIAL PORT TO USB DRIVERAMAZON USB TO SERIALADAPTER
Managing COM Port Numbers ⚫ Over time, ever increasing unique COM port numbers are assigned by Windows, difficult to keep track ⚫ Some software doesn’t support COM13: or higher ⚫ Suggestion: renumber serial ports “left to right” to match your station layout, starting with transceivers ⚫ First, use Windows Device Manager to uninstall all serialPROFESSOR BIOS
Visit the post for more. Thanks to KA9FOX and QTH.com for donating the web design and web hosting services to CTU! EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND High Performance Receiving Antennas 10 - 14 dB RDF 10 dB: 500 to 600 foot Beverage about 7 feet high 11 dB: Two or three close spaced 500 to 600 foot Beverages, staggered 125 feet 11 dB: Vertical Waller Flag array 12 dB: 4 square array of active or passive short verticals 80 x 80 ft 12 dB: 3 element YCCC tri-band array of short active verticals120 ft long
WWW.CONTESTUNIVERSITY.COM www.contestuniversity.com EASY TO BUILD LOW BAND RECEIVING ANTENNAS FOR SMALL AND Receiving Directivity Factor (RDF) proven measure of receiving antenna performance Compares forward gain at the desired azimuth and elevation angle to average gain over the entire hemisphere EZNEC computes antenna RDF Assumes noise is equally distributed over the entire hemisphere an invalid assumption for suburban and especially urbanlocations
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USB AND SERIAL INTERFACES Legacy PC Serial Ports USB Ports and Devices USB-to-Serial Adapters Using the Device Manager Managing Serial Port Numbers Using Serial Ports for CW / FSK / PTT Keying Sharing Serial Ports USB Sound Cards Q & A Presentation Overview 2 VIDEOS – CONTEST UNIVERSITY© – DAYTON OHIO Dayton 2015 Contest University: Session 1 – Play by the Rules – Your Most Important Skill – N0AX. Session 2 – CW and RTTY Skimmers and the Reverse Beacon Network – N6TV. Session 3 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Contest Score – K1DG. Session 4 – Enhancing Contest Station Audio – K9EID.PROFESSOR BIOS
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Tim Duffy, K3LR Tim has been an active contest operator for 49 years. He has hosted over 145 different operators as part of the K3LR multi operator DX contest efforts since HIGH FREQUENCY PROPAGATION Day and Night F1 and F2 Variability The F2 region is the only ionospheric region providing 24 hour long distance HF propagation F2 ionization varies greatly with time of day, HYBRID ARCHITECTURE EXPLAINED Rigs run at NC0B during this past season CQ WW SSB October 2018 TS-890S 15 & 20m* CQ WW SSB October 2018 IC-7610 40 & 80m ARRL 160m CW Dec 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 ARRL 10m December 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 W1BB Top Band Dec 2018 TS-890S & IC-7610 CQ WW 160 CW Jan 2019 IC-7610 * 20 meters was the “money band”, but with good Qs UPDATE ON THE PERSONAL SPACE WEATHER STATION PROJECT nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project & HamSCI Activities for 2021 Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF The University of ScrantonContest University
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