There was another typo in the announcement in December QST, which stated that the contest begins on January 19 at 1900z. I e-mailed ARRL and they confirmed that the start time is January 18. This is
I don't quite qualify to respond to this thread, since I did submit a log in the January VHF Sweepstakes. My XYL and I did put in a fairly big effort, and although it looks like we'll be taking last
I think they should have done a bit more market research. One of the reasons I bought an FT-817 was BECAUSE it had a built-in HT! When I bought it, I assumed that I would use it mostly for two thing
Since I'm a newbie here who pretty well fits the following description, I thought I would jump in: -- But wait, there is a HUGE untapped population of would-be VHFers on HPACK, the FT817 Yahoo Group,
I wanted to get our tentative rover plans posted ASAP, even though they might be tweaked a bit before the contest. Call: W0IS/R Ops: W0IS and KC0OIA Rigs: FT-817 with 5 watts on 50, 144, and 432 5 wa
Here are the rover plans for W0IS and KC0OIA in the June VHF contest. Since we will be operating as a family station, you can work either or both of us for contest credit. As you can see below, we wi
Due to my needing to be back home somewhat earlier than expected, we might be updating our rover plans. Basically, our Saturday operations will be the same as previously posted. We'll start out near
With all of this talk about captive rovers, as a newbie to VHF contesting, I thought I would jump in. In the January VHF contest, my wife and I had a lot of fun driving around with our FT-817, handin
Can you honestly say that the only reason that two family members operating as a rover station using two callsigns is not attempting to manufacture contacts? Actually, that's the reason most rovers g
I guess I didn't express my point very artfully, so let me try again. I agree, since there is no multi-op rover category, the 30 hams in the bus would not be eligible to compete in any category. The
I would suggest not haing any category defined as 50-144-432 only, as it strikes me as an admission that 222 somehow isn't a real ham band. There is very little activity on that band, and it seems to
You can go to the Web site and download the line scores in EXACTLY the same format in which they have always been printed. Here, click on this and see for yourself: http://www.arrl.org/contests/resul
I just posted the following to the QRP-L mailing list, hence the references to QRP. As of Thursday night at 11:01 PM, all hams will have HF CW privileges. If you've never worked HF or CW before and w
Hi, Bruce. I've just started uploading stuff to LOTW. If it's any consolation, I'm also going off half cocked with my Rover logs! In fact, I just received my certificate for W0IS/R this morning. It's
I just uploaded a bunch of logs for my modest rover efforts. After I received a certificate for W0IS (which requires the postcard), I then requested a certificate for W0IS/R. I signed that request wi
/R?<<<<< That should be the way to do it. LOTW doesn't care what callsign anyone uses. The only important thing is that the callsign match exactly. So the question really is, "what callsign did the
Isn't that "assistance" from a computer? If so, how is it any different than using a spotting network or APRS? It's another form of assistance........ First of all, I operated the last contest with
the log they turn in or logging the contact wrong.<<<<< Actually, that would violate the rules. You are supposed to send in a log that is "complete", with no "missing information". Also, all callsig
Just a minor nitpick-- You do not need a separate _certificate_ for different grids. You only need a separate _certificate_ for a different callsign. The new certificate for a different callsign is q