Mike - I guess I was not clear enough in my original response to Petes lament about mobile operation. Neither Pete nor I are necessarily advocating for a new mobile category. Rather he is advocating
Alex - I think that the first thing you need to do is find the source of that s9 noise on 6M. The vast majority of signals from beyond line of sight on 6M are less than S9. There are a lot of signals
Joel - The problem is that there is no place for mobiles who stay in a single grid, but travel more than 500M, to enter the contest. They cannot enter as rovers if they stay in one grid: 2.5. Rover:
Well I think that there are several approaches to allow mobiles to submit logs. It just needs to be done. And, as far as that guy going to WalMart with the rig in the car, I think that those are guys
I am pretty much ready for anything, except the heat, and am packing up to go out to the Maricopa convergence; DM32/DM33/DM43/DM42. This evening I will be in DM44 and tomorrow morning, DM44, DM45, DM
The ARRL Ad Hoc Subcommittee on VHF and Above Revitalization is looking for ways to expand participation in the August UHF contest. They are asking for responses to several questions about your UHF a
W7QQ and I will rove in his rover. We will start in Western CO and go down to Albuquerque. Bills rover has all bands 50MHz to 24GHz, with 24GHz being WBFM. Time Grid Saturday September 12, 2015 1800Z
The digital modes for EME and MS have become important tools for fixed stations to increase their grid multiplier totals in contests. There are few other ways to increase ones 2M grid total in all of
Sean - Congratulations on your Limited Multi effort! It is not bad for January. You seem to be mainly pursuing hardware solutions. That is OK, but some simple operating techniques can help as well as
Jarred - This is a known issue with the Elecraft transporters. Bill has given you some good tips to resolve it. You can find out more information about this problem by searching the Elecraft e-mail r
The QST article detailing the ARRL September VHF contest results is available on the ARRL web site. There is a short discussion of the use of assistance in the September contest, which jives well wit
N6NB asked me to post this for him as he cannot post directly to VHFContesting. I am happy to do that for him.- Duffey -- Thanks to James Duffey for his analysis of how the new assistance rule is wor
This has just been posted on the ARRL site: < http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-2016-august-uhf-contest-cancelled > I have promised to myself to try not to make cynical and snarky comments on this l
Jay - W7QQ and others speak highly of this: < http://www.sg-lab.com/TR1300/tr1300.html > and the price is right. I posted this to the list as others might not be aware of these transporters. - Duffey
Yes, it should be transverter, not transporter. Damn autocorrect. Sorry for the confusion. The price is slightly less than $200. I am not sure exactly, but a couple o fears ago I remember seeing 165e
This is good news indeed and thanks to Wayne for pulling it all together. And thanks to those who stepped up to support the continuation of the UHF contest. One of the keys to the success of a contes
W7QQ and I roved in his rover for the September VHF/UHF contest. When I reviewed the Log Checking Report I found that four out of our six logging errors were for not logging rovers with a /r. I am no
John - Welcome to the world of VHF contesting and ham radio! You discovered how much fun roving can be in the last contest, but to be frank, FM operation only just scratches the surface of what can b
John - You have gotten good advice here. Now that I understand you want to have a dominant station in the FM category, I see the situation more clearly. Some more comments based on the new informatio
Patrick - I am not sure where the data for this map came from, but it is useful, and I think indicative of current activity: < https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zuRYgFdmxl8A.kIS-49hrR_Ec&hl=en