Mike - You asked: "...for a rover what are your "opinions"... for the minimum, and maximum height for a 4 band (50/144/222/432) portable tower..." The minimum height for a rover antenna should be suc
"...Unless you are running 100+ q's an hour (4 band total) I don't really see this as a problem..... I'm figuring 12-15 minutes tops. ..." Well I went to 9 grids the last rove and that is over 2 hour
"I have capability on 6M, 2M, 222MHz, 432MHz and 1.2GHz, but I seem to find few stations on 222 and 1.2. I suspect that the more powerful contesting stations have some schedule that they use for look
"Just curious. I'd really like to know what the difference between someone like Les handing his handi to someone to use during the contest ... and lets say someone else building a whole bunch of "loa
Another technique is to use a half wavelength or integral multiple of half wavelengths of the 75 Ohm coax. A half wavelength transmission line will repeat the impedance at one end to the other. So if
"The rules, as currently written, actively encourages manufactured contacts and grid circing. That is true of all three rover categories, although there are some limits for Classic and Limited Rover.
There have been several good points made here. I run horizontal polarization in the rover, including a horizontal loop while roving. Here are some observations I have. With my horizontally polarized
Joe - You asked: "...So we can do a Limited Rover with 4 bands and two operators?" Yes. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mai
The log submittal deadline for the June VHF contest is over. There were 1023 electronic logs submitted and with the paper logs not yet counted, it appears that activity will be close to what it was l
Steve Thanks for the comments on my post. I made my post on the contest activity before the claimed scores were posted, so I did not know about W6YLZ's impressive score. I don't agree with you that W
Any information on whether or not rules changes for VHF/UHF Contests were acted on by the BOD at the second of their twice annual meetings? Even rumors of changes? Inquiring minds want a new topic to
Steve - After some thought, I think that a score of 100,000+ is possible for a limited rover without coordination beyond what most of us do, that is announcing what grids we think we be in when we th
Thanks for the nice note Bob. Can you comment on the six meter antenna and power combination used in your 2008 rover to rack up that impressive 6M QSO total? If it is not a trade secret. ^:)= - Duffe
I just put up a new yagi for 432, and currently only have a FM rig for 222.?? ? MY question is this: every 432 contact I have ever made was a move up from 2 meters, or set up by chatroom, email or ph
I had no idea that my comments on the low activity in the Unlimited Rover division would draw so much attention. I have heard from everyone that roved in that category now, all 5 of them plus one of
I am going to present a talk on VHF/UHF operating at CactusCon, a QRP convention near Flagstaff AZ, this weekend, so my operating time in teh contest will be a bit disjoint. We may be on sporadically
Our trip to SD is delayed a half day, so instead of heading out east on I-40 to COlorado, I will operate Sunday morning from the Moriarity Convergence, DM74 first at 1400Z, then Dm75 at 1500Z, then D
Marshall - Unfortunately, submitting a zero QSO log and not particpating will send the wrong message to the ARRL. They will think participation is down and may consider canceling the contest. Look at
The comments on DM82 have been interesting to me. DM82 was the last grid I needed to operate from to complete having roved from all 22 NM grids. I did it in the September 2008 contest and made a gran