Kevin, Gosh it's so long ago and my mind isn't as sharp as it used to be. I think we (in the US) LOST the 902-903MHz portion of the band. The Canadians still have 902 so that's why the 144-902 combo
OK OK, I stand corrected. 902 IS a US amateur allocation. I DO however remember losing 902 at one point. Did they give it back? or heck maybe it was the Canadians that lost it so we moved up so we wo
DEMI is definitely still in business. I noticed that on the website too. I will inform Steve at DEMI and it'll get fixed.. bill, K1DY _________________________________________________________________
Hey gang! The big gun serious contesters will do whatever they need to to get a higher score. If it means operate primarily on CW because CW qso's are worth more points that's what will happen. So th
Hi Bill, I'll say this again, I guess.. What good does it do to give EVERYBODY in the contest a boost in QSO totals?? ("Thanks for the SSB qso, OM, now please go to CW") Besides it wouldn't be every
Hi Warren, Ooops, what I *meant* was the "non-cw only" portion of the band. As far as being more VHF operators... I guess i meant weak-signal types that would be interested in contests.. I always tho
Hi Garie, Well that's a good point about the rules. BUT some responses to this thread (W3IY I believe) were talking about making CW a separate band or like field day where you get to operate both for
Tim, Pat, Dave, W3KM's km-rover software works neat. Check the PackRats webpage for more info. bill, K1DY fn54jq Maine To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> _____________________________________________
Hoo boy, this certainly has been interesting! As I remember, Dave, K1WHS, only opened this subject by asking whether or not the League considered the mode to be *legal* for contests based on previous
Hi everyone, I will send this message out one more time. I know some of us don't even start *thinking* about the contest 'til the week before. We are very interested in tropo or scatter skeds on the
Hoo boy, I hesitate getting back into this fray... But here goes. There was a time when the League, through the contests (and otherwise) was actually pushing to activate the higher bands. By these I
Why do you want to destroy VHF contesting experience for the rest of us? Yeah that's it, I want to destroy VHF contesting for the rest of you. That's pretty stron words. How is it being "destroyed"?
Having just operated the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this weekend, I think one of the big contest sponsors (ARRL, CQ, or maybe NCJ) should sponsor a similar Six Meter Contest. > If that happened, I would d
Walter, There are active VHF/UHF stations in FN43,44,53,54,55. They will be on the air this weekend, but you have to keep you antenna North where there is very little activity, rather than southwest
Hey, I'm not saying it's not that way in OTHER places, too.. I was just answering why the MAINE grids are hard to work.. Good luck this weekend everyone.. Hope you all work some new grids since THIS
John, When you view the 2 antennas from the rear (let's say...) Both center conductors of the feed coax should go in the same direction - either both right or both left. If one antenna is "flipped" a
K1WHS, unlimited multiop in southern Maine, FN43mj will be on the whole September contest weekend including friday night for pre-contest testing and "chit chat". Station rundown, (narrowband modes on
Hi all, Just in time for the Holidays or the January contest! I am selling custom made SMA jumper cables, made from brand new Andrew FSJ1-50A (1/4")Supeflex Heliax and straight SMA male connectors, A
This may seem stupid, but why not just TRY IT and see what the SWR is?? bill, K1DY _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://list
Hi all, K1WHS, Unlimited Multiop in Maine FN43 will be on this weekend. Look for us on all bands 50MHz-10GHz.. ssb, cw. I won't run down the setup, but if everything holds together we will have big a