As has been pointed out by several on this reflector, running a major VHF contest takes a lot of work. Most of the magazines don't have the resources to run major contests yet alone market them to th
Anyone else try out the "Hilltopping" category? I did a stint on Saturday and sure picked the wrong six hours--worked only 14 stations and eight grids on 6 and no one on two. Then, while editting the
Hi Mike, Unfortunately I am working nights in September which will prevent me from doing a rover effort in FL. I will most likely be operating as a portable QRP, but if I'm really pressed for time, I
Tree wrote: "I took some personal risk and threw out a piece of data to make it clear that the data might not be so hypothetical when it became clear that many people didn't believe this was going on
I hope to be active in the September VHF Contest in the portable category from the Jacksonville, FL area. I would appreciate SSB or FM schedules on 6, 2, and 70 cm. Rig will be my Icom 706 MKIIG runn
Hi Everyone, I plan to be active from EM90 (Jacksonville, FL) in the QRP portable category. I am having last minute antenna problems but hope to solve them and at least get out on 6 USB/CW and 2 mete
Operated 1B1 battery from the local park. This was my first time ever using computer logging in a contest running QRPDUPE. It worked fine except it didn't count my six meter contacts for my score or
74. Average 'winter' temp is 66. It's 51 degrees here, but that won't prevent me from eating ice cream. I don't have any "facts" or "fallacies" to support my opinions (or even statistics), but for w
Someone working two or three people and nothing else can have fun. Review of the line scores from previous contests showed numerous such entries, many of which came back. 73, Jim N3AWS
Hi Bob W2BZY: Great ideas and I agree that local clubs could play a huge role in increasing participation. Thanks for sharing your ideas and experiences. 73, Jim N3AWS
First off, I am an ARRL Life Member and definitely NOT an ARRL basher. But I am bothered by the new editorial policy of QST as far as contest reporting and section news goes... I'll forget about Sect
Planning to Rove from EM90 to EL99 to EL98 and back again. Bands will be 6, 2, and 0.7 meters. Looking for SSB, CW, and FM skeds. Any takers? Reply to: n3aws@arrl.net 73 Jim N3AWS -- StripMime Report
A couple of months ago W3ZZ initiated a thread on this and other VHF reflectors exploring what could be done to increase activity in VHF contests. A lively discussion ensued with lots of folks contri
It seemed that the ARRL's "On-line" Soapbox feature was pretty popular when first introduced, but now the number of submissions seems way down. Yet the 3830 reflector gets just as many submissions as
Hi Everyone, I plan to be active from EM90 (Jacksonville, FL) in the QRP portable category. I am having last minute antenna problems but hope to solve them and at least get out on 6 USB/CW and 2 mete
I hope to be active in the September VHF Contest in the portable category from the Jacksonville, FL area. I would appreciate SSB or FM schedules on 6, 2, and 70 cm. Rig will be my Icom 706 MKIIG runn