I had a great time in the UHF contest, despite a modest score. I roved to 9 grids, made 24 contacts in 3 different grids. I am happy with this given the usual low level of activity in the UHF contest
I thought I would share my recent experiences with rover antennas to use while in motion. My first 6 roves, through the June 08 VHF contest, I did not operate while in motion. I went to good spot, st
Les - I am not an experienced rover. I started roving in the June 2007 VHF contest and have roved in 7 contests since then. So I have some experience with starting roving from scratch. Here is some a
Frank - Good points. I would add a few points. The Arrow antenna is probably a poor choice for a beginning rover. The two bands have orthogonal polarization and the beginner is best off with horizont
Does that mean you have broken others? That gets pretty expensive doesn't it? - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list
have been told that it's lossy on 2M SSB. You got good advice from nearly everybody. As others have said, it depends. Three big considerations are how much loss can you stand, how long is the feed li
If you operated in the UHF Contest, please submit a log. The UHF contest existence is tenuous at best, the ARRL threatened to cancel it all together a few years ago, so submit a log and show that you
I realized after I sent my previous message that it is a lot more detail than is needed by most (all?) ops. Sorry for hte bandwidth. Here are the essentials: On Saturday Start DM65 1800Z DM64 1845Z D
Well I managed to subdue the IF problems for the transverter, so it looks like I will have 222 MHz for the rove. This is a new band for me, so I am a bit uncertain in new waters. Still some last minu
I love the Sprints. They are short so they dont require a big commitment of time, they are on an evening so that you dont have to commit a whole weekend to contesting, they are on a single band so th
"4 Grids in 4 hours sounds impossible, and it probably is." It is not impossible if you keep to the schedule and are near a grid square corner so that travel time from one grid to another is 10 minut
Here are my plans for roving Wednesday evening: 1900 MDT DM75 2000 MDT DM74 2100 MDT DM64 2145 MDT DM65 We managed to hit this schedule pretty well in the 2 Meter sprints, so I thought I would stick
"I'd like to get on 222 and 902MHz for contest. I don't seem to be able to find radios. Are transverters the only option now-a-days? What are good sources of radio gear for these bands?" As your rese
There are no 2009 rules posted on the link you give. 2008 is the latest file. Are there any changes from 2008? Does the ARRL have the 2009 rules posted yet? Are there any changes? - Duffey -- KK6MC J
In all this ado about KB6TOA winning the limited rover class no one has recognized that the rules that give microwave QSOs 4 points played as much a role as grid squaring did in his winning the limit
I agree that all submitted contest logs should be published after the contest is over. This would give credibility to the log checking process. If I am not in the log (NIL) and lose a contact, then w
The results of the second contest under the new rover rules are now official. They seemed to have little impact on the January contest, in the June contest, there are those who feel rovers who partic
To answer Jamess question : The issue is more the manipulation of the rules and lack of forethought in the creation of the rules. That being taking something that was meant to encourage new people to
Steve - I still think that you are focusing on only part of the issue. It is clear that the 4 points for the microwave QSOa played as big a role in KB6TOA's winning the limited rover class as did gri
Erich - You wrote: My experience shows that the microwave contacts are actually harder. It may not be the case at grid corners, but over any appreciable difference, it is more difficult. It is much e