Hi everybody, Last week, I was forced to sell my FT-897D on eBay, to pay some bills. So once again I am bereft of rigs for weak signal work. Unlike back in '99, when I had to sell my killer FT-736R (
Cool, I'll keep an ear open for you, although I will be kind of limited to 6m, and 2m FM, since I haven't found a replacement for the FT-897D I sold. 73, Ellen - AF9J Grid EN52xx (about 2 miles east
Yuppers, No 432, and the Euros can't 70 MHz either. 73, Ellen - AF9J 3:30 PM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.conte
4m is kind of weird over in Europe. Yes, it's sort of like th WARC bands, but it's hard to get people on the band, since most hams have to roll, or modify commercial equipment for the 4m band. I don'
That's all I have for 2m at the moment - a 2m HT, and a 30W brick. Ellen - AF9J 3:30 PM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://
I wasn't able to get on until about 0100z, when I finally finished some errad, asn a ble to find some time to rewire a mic to work with the FT-620B. Not as good of condx. as you have Dan, but definit
Oh well Eric, I must have been in a bit of a semi-dead zone myself. Condx. were spotty here on the very northeasternmost corner of EN-52. It was better than the June contest was on 6m, but I didn't f
Hi Zack, Nice to hear from you again. I still remember our 432 QSO during last year's UHF contest, where I ran a couple of quick and dirty homebrew stacked loops. Condx were awful then (we had rain),
Author: Ellen Rugowski <ellenjoanne2003@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
Yep, it was quite a blast. Of course back then, the DX window of 50.100 to 50.125 really didn't exist (due to the fact that Europeans were just starting to get 6m priveleges). The calling freq. was a
Have fun JT. 6m is a blast when it's open. But of course, don't forget that we're past the Es season, and doing tropo (in this case troposcatter) is tought compared to 2 & above. Still, I plan to giv
I did the same thing Jeff, I listened and tuned briefly on 6 (I'm only running 15W into a 125 foot long random wire),and heard nothing, so I went to 160 for the Stew Perry Warmup (at this time of the
Hi Everybody, Ever since I sole my FT-897D (whihc frankly didn't hold a candle to the FT-736R I had to sell back in 1999 [2, 222, 432 & 1296 capability is hard to beat])to pay for car repair bills, I
Thanks guys for your feedback. :) The price was right, so I decided to take a chance. I won the bidding with $45. Now I just need to find a manual (I doubt I'll be able to get my hands on a service m
Honestly, I doubt it's worth it to even add the amp. Remember an S-unit of difference is about 6 dB of gain. So, to get an addtional S-unit of performance gain in the case of your IC-7000, you'd have
Author: Ellen Rugowski <ellenjoanne2003@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:58:28 -0800 (PST)
Join the Club Joe, I'm north of you in the MIlwaukee area. Highs are supposed to be in the single digits on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday night/Sunday morning, it's supposed to be about 7 below. Nope
You have that right. These have to be some of the worst condx. I've ever dealt with in the VHF SS (and that includes some where the temps were below zero, like they've been during this one). 73, Elle
Yeah, it's been like that here, Other than the K9NS superstation on 6 & 2m (I'm having issues with the 432 rig), just south of the WI/IL state line (I'm in the Milwaukee area) all I've worked are a c
Very True George, But the bands were even dead on Saturday night (which is typically when I see the most activity in VHF contests). 73, Ellen - AF9J stations. suspects my last though. ever and ______
Author: Ellen Rugowski <ellenjoanne2003@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:51:03 -0800 (PST)
Bummer! I lost a huge amount of time on Sunday. My friend had car trouble, so just as I was starting up gain on Sunday, I had to stop everything to make a 260 mile round trip to help her out with her
I may know of some AMers who may be interested in them. Can I pass this info on to a couple of AM groups I belong to? 73, Ellen - AF9J Grind EN52xx P.S. - good luck with the FT-736R. I had one in the