Once again during the CQ VHF contest I noticed a rather weak signal coming from the south on about 50.185 during the times when the band was open to Florida. It sounds like some sort of low baud rate
A couple of other observations on VHF contests: The inverse corelation of HF and VHF activity is not at all surprising. Over the past few years I have not been as active in VHF contests as I was back
The September VHF QSO Party happens to coincide with two of the better hamfests in my area, Butler, PA (FN00) to the east of us, and Findlay, OH (EN81) to the west. Both are fairly close to grid corn
Who'd have thought that televised card games would be of any interest? I now notice that, with the correct "packaging and marketing" applied, Texas Hold'um is an exciting spectator sport. While this
Only potential 'opportunity' that I see is, since the FD Exchange is Class and Section, some 'less aware' participants may not know their Grid Square. I would also propose that the band totals also b
Yes, but all the rule means is that you can operate only one of those transmittters/transverters at a time. On the low bands you must wait 15 minutes between band changes. Not so on VHF, so you can j
If all that is keeping you on an unlevel playing field is the lack of a second operator, you ought to just go find yourself one. Mixing contest operating with driving, especially when sleep deprivati
Bill, I did not call you stupid, nor did I know your manner of operation. I'm glad you operate responsibly. But the facts in your case do not mean that everyone else will do the right thing. The pote
Using that philosophy, do you draw no distinction between a single op fixed station and a multi op fixed station? With fixed stations nobody gets hurt, killed, or sued if the operator falls asleep or
If money is an issue, those who really care about a particular contest ought to be willing to chip in a modest amount, in proportion to how much the contest means to them. I'd never pay to support a
Ahh, The secret of Mount Greylock is Bascom Lodge. Delicious and nutritious hiker style food served hot and steamy, no $1.50 extra delivery fee by Dominos. 73, K2TR Speaking of mountaintop lodges, ha
After these past few weeks of all the talk about rovers, captive rovers, captivated rovers, and so on ad nauseum, I'd like to suggest a brief respite from the above. This Saturday, August 27, is the
AC8E and I are planning to visit the Findlay (OH) hamfest Sunday morning, followed by a side trip a few miles west to the grid corner of EN70-71-80-81 for a low key rover operation in the VHF QSO Par
It could also be a power supply problem... I had that with mine. The supply voltage dropped to around 12.0 vdc from 13.8+, and the power went down about as much as you are describing. It's worth a ch
For most, if not all, of the many years I've had my DEM 432-28 transverter I've been bothered by a swath of crud covering much of the useful 432 band. Being about 2 miles from a tower loaded with pag
Good luck on your big rove to FL and a few notes from K2QO/R here in WNY. The 2M calling frequency for rovers is 144.260. Keep an ear hear to maximize your Qs. Once you work hear, change bands and do
A week ago I posted a query about intermodulation problems with the Downeast Microwave DEM 432-28 transverter. Today I was able to borrow a spectrum analyzer to provide some more details of the probl
There is no way I can be convinced that deprecating the VHF-DX logging program encouraged more contesters nor was it a necessity. After all the ARRL robot was accepting the both the Alpha and Numeric
The contest weekend for me is more occupied with my daughter's graduation from Ohio University on Saturday morning. However, approaching this as an opportunity, I'm going to try to take the IC-746 an