When I lived in Oklahoma City, the yearly ham fest had a QLF contest. Participants did not need to bring a key. The club had a straight key that was about four or five feet long and about two feet wide. All contestants used that key.
It was quite fun to watch ;o) Good luck, Ted Tom, N5GE On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 05:30:01 +0000, you wrote: >I just learned there will be a QLF contest at Frostfest in Richmond in >February. (Our son and his family live there, so the trip wouldnt be >entirely fanciful.) If I enter the contest Ill want to train for it >seriously. Having never done QLF before, I am open to advice. First, the >equipment do the contestants each bring their own key or is there some >contraption everyone has to use, to equalize the challenge? How about a >KXPD3, for the low power single toe division? Whats the duration of the >transmission? What characteristics will the judges be most attentive to >would a snazzy sock design give an unfair advantage? > >And yes, Elecraft reportedly will have a table there too. > >Ted, KN1CBR >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >Message delivered to n...@n5ge.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com