I didn't get home until late and only got on at around 9pm local. I worked: K1PXE SSB FN31 WZ1V SSB FN31 WB2SIH SSB FN31 WA3EOQ CW FM09 The band seemed to be in lousy shape. All the stations above ar
And Packrats territory! Plenty of folks there with 222 gear. I see WW2Y was on. Sorry to have missed you, Peter! 73, --Alex KR1ST _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing
Ouch! That sure sounds depressing to have so many things go wrong at once. It was a fun night on 222: WZ1V FN31 SSB 155mi WA3NUF FN20 SSB 87mi W1XR FM19 SSB 139mi W9KXI FN12 SSB 86mi WA3EOQ FM09 CW 2
Hi John, I run a kW on both bands with the antennas mounted on the same mast and always experienced minimal interference on either band (IC-7300/9700 combo). However, I still added a B&W low pass fil
Keep an ear out for Herb. I just worked him in FN11 on 222.100 SSB. He'll be calling CQ on CW as well. 73, --Alex KR1ST _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFc
I just checked my 2020 log and found that I worked 179 Q's on FT4 compared to "only" 92 this time around. I'm not sure what the significance of that is though. It's just a single data point. 73, --Al
Can it be that not all inverter type generators use the same type of inverters? I mean like the pure sine wave inverters versus modified sine wave inverters you use to run equipment of deep cycle bat
Hi Herb, Thanks neighbor! I'm glad I got WA2FGK in the log one last time! WA2FGK be missed, but I wish you good luck with your portable operations and I look forward to working you many more times! 7
222 Activity Night was a bust for me. I started just after 7pm calling CQ on .100 (SSB) until after a few minutes a CW signal came on who was obviously not hearing me. I dropped 2500Hz and still no t
Two reasons I wasn't there: First, I thought it was next week since we just did 432. Should have put it on the calendar. Second, I didn't put it on my calendar because I didn't think I have microwav
Great clip, Ron. Thanks for sharing! Since the equator runs through Ecuador it can't be TEP I'd think. That day we pretty much only heard stations from Ecuador and not much at all from neighboring co
Hi Ev, The link on QRZ leads zo a zoom meeting that only shows a white board where a link is posted, but it's an image of a link to a meeting invite that you cannot copy and paste. Anyway, this is th
Hi there, If 6m is open as it is right now, stop torturing yourself, and your amp, on FT8 and give FT4 a shot. It's MUCH faster and you can afford to lose the 3dB loss versus FT8. Come to the dark si
Hi there, Can someone provide an explanation why the ARRL June VHF contesting rules discriminate against portable operations, and only on VHF? This is the rule I'm referring to: "COND.2 Multiple entr
Care to actually answer my question, Mike? 73, --Alex KR1ST --Original Message-- From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+alex=kr1st.com@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Mike Smith VE9AA Sent: Friday,
Hi there, WA2ZPX and I are hearing JT Alert tones on 144.174. This can interfere with the decoding of signals. If you use JT Alert can you please check that you are not sending these sounds over the
Hi Doug, I appreciate your predicament. I'd still submit the log even if it was just to let them know you participated. I would not worry about others getting penalized because of errors in your log.
Hi there, When 6m is open like it is now, please try FT4. The 3dB loss in signal strength does not measure up to your signal being buried by everyone else wo is also staying on FT8. Of course, if you
Im only sporadically in the contest this time around so I have no idea how 6m has been all weekend, I just noticed the opening and see most folks still on FT8 while FT4 could be so much more effectiv