This is the last of my AM-6155 amplifiers for 144 MHz. It is all converted by me, and ready to plug in the wall outlet for an easy 350 watts on 144 MHz SSB or CW. I did not have a good 8930 left for
Hello VHFers As for Directive Systems, I was just with Terry this past weekend in Virginia as we are transferring the business there, and we were talking about just such things as new products. We bo
Here is my story. 144 Sprint: Turn on the 144 MHz gear for the first time on the 144 Sprint. The 12 volt supply craps out and puts 23.6 volts into my K3, my DEMI transverter, sequencer, and Teletek s
I looked at the 222 MHz 12 volt supply. It is really hosed. Three of the six 2N3771 transistors are shorted and I have open emitter resistors, so it was a catastrophic failure. Someone asked what kin
Hi Jeff, I tried starting the flakey 222 laptop this morning and it worked, so I could get at the log file for the 222 MHz Sprint. I had 34 QSOs in only 14 sections. I added up all the distances and
So the guy with the best internet connection has a big advantage. I do not have any internet in my shack at this time, so that would now be a problem for me. EME contests are now pretty crazy. If you
Hi 2M Sprinters, I will be banging away up around 144.210 or maybe a tad higher. I am always noting that there is a dearth of signals early on from many outlying areas, as everybody aims at the large
A very interesting 144 MHz Sprint! I got on about 10 minutes early and chatted with Andy K1RA at the K8GP site. I told him there was no tropo enhancement in New England, but he said it looked like th
I had forgotten that the 222 Sprint was on Tuesday evening, so the XYL and I stopped for a leisurely dinner on our way home from our camp on Tues. I got home at 8 PM and realized the Sprint was on. A
Thanks Ron, I really debated quitting when I saw my arm starting to expand and swell, but I figured that wasp stings never really impacted me before, and that if I had an allergy, the symptoms would
Ken, That is a great score. You beat me by a mile. It sounds like you had a some good propagation. My only long QSO was K8GP at 470 miles, but they were quite loud at times. All of my grids were in o
Did you see this on the MMRA Larcan site? I had poor gain, efficiency and low output at 50.1 vs 53 or 54 MHz with my converted CH 5 Larcan amp. This helped immensely. http://www.mmra.org/larcan/Impro
The snow & ice on the ground is in the process of melting. Sunday I still had some snow to trudge thru to get to the shack. I cannot drive up as portions of the road are a mudhole with quicksand type
I quit early as it was starting to rain and I had a long walk thru the woods back to the house, and the road is very muddy, with running water and piles of snow. I figured I better get out while the
Hi Buddy, Using the calling frequency is always some sort of a problem and it never fails that somebody will get upset. The farther away from any activity center you get, the advantages of using the
Hi Pete I am hoping to be QRV for the 432 sprint, but my receiver seems to be dead after a long winter. The preamp on the tower seems to have croaked. It always dies in the winter and never in the su
About 5 1/2 years ago, I joined up on LOTW. I had entered most all of my EME and VHF DX contacts on 144and other VHF bands into my computer logging program. I went back to 1974, and have about 75% en
Hello Les, I think that combining 6&10 meters is a great idea. I have been a VHFer since 1962, and for most of those years, I was strictly on 144 and above CW and SSB. I even got nose bleeds and star
I will be QRV this Tuesday evening on 222 MHz for the Fall Sprint. I hope people will take some time and aim my way (FN43MJ) and try to make contact. The 144 Sprint was very discouraging here as I wo
Well, it seems as if my 3456 system is totally hosed. I could not make any contacts with it. I am afraid I'll have to bite the bullet and take it down for repair. I am sure that water has contaminate