I'm sure thats what the 2 guys in Oklahoma thought a few years ago when they were rag chewing on 200 during the persaids effectively preventing folks in North Carolina and who knows where else from u
There is some great information about stacking antennas of different bands on the Directive Systems website: _www.direcivesystems.com_ (http://www.direcivesystems.com) , App Notes, "How to Plan The I
The only people I can imagine that are having a problem are those who do not use 144.200 as a *calling* frequency, but rather that a *full time rag chew frequency*. Actually those rag chewing on 144.
The AA4ZZ team will be ooperating from our moutaintop site near Boone, North Carolina EM96 with KWs and stacked beams on 50,144,222, and 432. 73 Paul _______________________________________________ V
What if Grid6 (not Grid4) were used as the exchange? stations was allowed for additional contest credit? I actually like the idea. I think distance scoring would be a blast. I'm not sure, however, if
I found a case where George and I have the same "incorrect exchange" recieved from the same station, the grid we both have in our logs is nothing like the station's true grid. This indicates to me a
I will be doing a Saturday only Rover operation for the January VHF contest 2-2:30 PM FM04cw near Rockingham NC 3- 3:30PM FM05cb near Ellerbee NC 4:30-5:30 PM EM95wi Morrow Mtn NC 8-9PM EM94ox near W
There were a lot of multimode 2 meter rigs back then (IC211, IC245, TS200, FT221 ect.) Where the 706 type rigs have added most to the activity level these days is on six. 73 Paul AA4ZZ --Original Mes
Bill W4GRW put the INRAD filter in his 847 and it made it a much better radio as far as stong signal performance is concerned. 73 Paul AA4ZZ --Original Message-- From: n5ten@yahoo.com To: jarritt@vt.
For years there was the Central Sates VHF net on Sunday night on 3818. And 3818 was sort of like ping jockey during major meteor showers. There were also weekly 2 meter and 70cm EME nets on 20 meters
Something I suggested long ago for VUCC (and DXCC as well): The ARRL should allow contest contacts with stations who have submitted logs in ARRL contests to be applied to VUCC and DXCC, without the n
?Back when I in college (1979) I worked from North Carolina to Vermont (before grid squares) on 223.5 FM as part of the W4BFB? #1 national? September VHF contest Muti OP. We were running a Midland cr
You might also want to look at the SYS-3 from COMTEK Systems here in NC. http://www.comteksystems.com It can stack 2 or 3 yagis. Jim K4SQR of COMTEK is very knowledgable. (COMTEK is best known for th
The preamp transistor in my 12+ year old 1452G was recently replaced with a MGF1302 with good results. 73 Paul AA4ZZ Does anyone happen to know what the preamp part is in a TE Systems 1452G (2m) bric
If you don't hear weak CW in the noise of the bathroom fan you spent too much time on phone. 73 Paul 1. If you still have a voice on Monday morning, - then you didn't call CQ enough.... 2. If you did
The AA4ZZ team will be active in the VHF contest this weekend from NW North Carolina EM96. Please look for us on 50 144 222 and 432. On 144 we are often about 144.212 mhz. We have 1KW and stacked bea
They are less common but there are 1296 slugs available for the BIRD 43. 73 Paul AA4ZZ I know there are a lot of watt/swr meters out there for 1296 but can someone suggest a brand and model out there
The TS2000 is a good chioce for these conditions(but only with the INRAD filter addition). Use a DEMI xvtr on the 222 radio. You can even run 432 and 222 from the same TS2000, 222 from the HF 28 mhz
Because otherwise with Eskip one part of the country would be in the contest and for others it would not have started yet. I'm sure the west coast would not be happy to be working the east coast and
?I know of no time (at least here in the SE) where a 1296 score would ever approach the score of? well equipped 222 station. I also think a pass from 1296 to a lower band very unlikely and certainly