The K3LFO Rover will be active again next weekend. Since we have only been roving since June 2003 we have no secrets! Our station is under constant development and not really competitive. We're just
A few people emailed me asking for 6 digit grid coordinates of the sites we plan on operating. We did our best to estimate them but hopefully this will help. You can get to the info on our new websit
It's kind of nice to have an oppourtunity to share with others the knowledge and the adventure involved in getting ready for and actually participating in a contest as a rover. We've finally put toge
Hello all, Just getting a chance to get caught up on my emails. W3DIO operated from my house for the first time in any contest. Operators were W3DIO (Dave) and K3LFO(Jim). We used a 6m PAR Maxon at 1
Duane, Well speaking as someone who does operate as a rover in the contests with my father K3LFO/R. I really look at it this way. If the Grid Circlers want to go out and do their thing then more pow
Jim, The biggest problem we have for rover operations is that it usually takes us 1-2 days to prep the vehicle for roving. It's alot of work for setup and tear down for just a few hours of operations
Forgot to mention I was operating from FM19jj. 73, Dave Erickson W3DIO _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
Due to the little white stuff falling from the sky, the K3LFO Rover will most likely be operating from the driveway until tomorrow unless we decide to brave the streets to go a few miles to a slightl
Well I've been really busy since the contest working on some other stuff but I finally got around to posting our report from the K3LFO/R team. The cold and weather made it a challenging contest physi
Finally got on for one of the sprints for the Spring. And as usual, the sprints is where we dust off my old callsign and see if it still works ;-) We normally operate as K3LFO/R (dad's callsign) duri
Okay.. I meant to reply to the list so Sorry Bill for sending you two of these... My question would be more along the lines of how would it effect the pattern? I'd assume it atleast lowers the gain o
K3LFO/R had a great time out on the roads. We will have a writeup probably by the weekend on our website at http://www.k3lfo.org/. Been a little busy trying to catch up on yard work and getting ready
Actually what I find funny about this is both ND3F and W3IY are very open about their strategies and go to great lengths to help others and provide tons of information.. W3IY has his own website (htt
The K3LFO/R team will be out in the rover for the 222 sprint. However we will not actually be changing grid squares. We will be operating from FM19 in Columbia, MD starting after 9pm. We are planning
As a rover, since we operate from alot of mountains or high locations during the contests, We always keep a listen out on the FM simplex frequencies just to boost our Q count. In our new rover we wil
Here's a direct link to the 600 watt True Sine Wave Inverter we are using in our rover. 73's Dave W3DIO (K3LFO/R team) _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFco
OOps.. Forgot to add the link http://www.powerstream.com/in3s.htm 73's Dave W3DIO (K3LFO/R team) _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.co
We use W3KM's KMRover 73's Dave W3DIO _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontestin
I think the rule of thumb is a 1/2 wavelength apart. But at 903 and 1296.. that's not very far ;-) A foot apart would be more than adequate. 73's Dave W3DIO __________________________________________
The new K3LFO/R will be out this weekend as our maiden voyage in the new rover. We are currently planning on doing a mini-rove. So we will be doing 2 grids on Saturday (FM08/09) and possibly operate