If you want to see what KK6MC/r looks like and sounds like in person go to: < http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=215595 > This is a video interview that QRZ.com did while I was at CactusCon, a QR
Yes having everything in one box is very nice; no worrying about which box the audio is coming out of and which mike goes with which band. With 4 transceivers, a transverter, 4 amps, 3 preamps and an
It looks from the ARRL Logs Received page that 201 logs have been submitted for the 2009 UHF contest, achieving a relatively long standing goal of 200 entries. Congratulations to all who entered. - D
I will be participating in Midwest Mania, the roving/fixed station extravaganza arranged by Bruce, W9FZ this weekend. Thanks Bruce, for getting this going. Bands will be ABCDE, 100 watts on each band
What RoverMania! has done for the UHF contest, MidwestMania! promises to do for the September VHF/UHF contest. If you are in the Great Plains states and complain of little activity in VHF contests, g
The only experience I have with STEPP-IRs on 6M is with a friends 2 element version, which gave reasonable results, that is it behaved like I expected a 2 element beam to behave. So I can't give you
I will be giving a talk on "VHF and UHF Operating and Contesting for the Beginner and QRPer" at the NorCal QRP group's annual forum, QRPacificon, October 10th. QRPacificon is a serious of events of i
Inconspicuous rover will join down escalator, objective opinion, and original copy as oxymorons. Unless you keep everything inside the rover vehicle it is nearly impossible to be inconspicuous. Case
Frank - I have written this before to you and the list, but submitting a blank log won't do anything positive. It will confuse those who process the logs. By not participating in the contest, you hav
Has the time come to move past the rover category? With the ARRL contest hierarchy unable to effectively deal with the various controversies surrounding the rover category and categories over the las
Jim - Nice web page that explains what you do, and it is nice to see all that VHF/UHF/microwave communications capability in a compact unit. I have a couple of questions about the setups and the pack
Steve - You wrote: "We go through this every single time and I can never get a decent answer to a question. If you want to pack- rove, what is wrong with being an Unlimited Rover?" Well for one thing
I use an Elecraft XV-222 transverter for 222 MHz. It has a very good receiver as it is sensitive and very immune to overload and strong signal intermod. Having said that, it has a couple of faults. T
OK John - I am aware of the ability to run the local oscillator of the XV222 without turning the transverter on. I am leery of doing this for a couple of reasons, the primary one being that I do not
Yes, I have that problem too. Mine is 1.5 kHz high; not bad and easy to compensate for when signals are adequate. When roving and signals are weak and nobody is exactly on frequency it is a bit of a
Mark - I have the same problem with the XV222 indicating IF overload when I operate 6M. In my case I drive the XV222 with a TS-2000X. This is in a rover ssetup with the 6M and 2M antenna separated by
I will be giving a talk entitled "VHF and UHF Operating and Contesting for the Beginner and QRPer" at the NorCal QRP group's QRPacificon, Saturday, October 10, at the Milpitas, Ca Crowne Plaza Hotel,
I will be on Sandia Crest for the Fall Sprint tomorrow, OCtober 7. AA5B will be a co-operator. We will take the tram up and operate from the south of the tram terminal. That will get us away from the
It is raining and windy here now and the prediction is for rain on and off all day. If this continues, it will be miserable to operate from the Crest, so I am exploring other options. So please look
The car is packed and ready to go. I am going to drive to the Crest rather than take the tram incase the weather gets bad, but for now it looks nice. See you on the air. _____________________________