Hi All; Grid circling may not be prevented by the suggestion that rovers must stay in a grid for a specific length of time. Consider four rovers at four corner location, rover 1 in grid XX01, rover 2
Hi All; I mis-stated the number of QSO's available from 4 rovers with 6 bands at a grid corner. The correct answer is 72 QSO's for each rover in just over an hour. 73, Fred __________________________
Hi Ev; I have built such a switching system. We use it at W2SZ. I used surplus coaxial relays similar to Dowkeys. 4 rerlays are needed, one to switch from 4 antennas combined to a pair, one to switch
Hmmmmm. It sounds like much relay races at the Olympics. Are they "unsportsman"? Or are we just discussing "Political Correctness" to death? K2TR "In order to effectively grid circle, multiple rover
How about if only one of the three logs was submitted? The two logs can be imputed from the single submitted log and the other local area logs. 73, Fred K2TR Jim _____________________________________
Ahh, The secret of Mount Greylock is Bascom Lodge. Delicious and nutritious hiker style food served hot and steamy, no $1.50 extra delivery fee by Dominos. 73, K2TR Or the Domino's Pizza June VHF QSO
If the M/U class is "poisened", it poisened by this type of negativity. Unless the rules are changed, the word cheating should be banned. a lot of us feel it should be banned as cheating. So far, it
Note that water pipe has a rated yeild strength of 30,000 PSI. Most mast materials are rated at 80,000 PSI. When you buy pipe, 2 inch pipe is 2 3/8" OD; 1.5" pipe is 1.9" OD wall thickness of .145, b
On VHF it can be extremely frustrating to someone who wants to tail-end to get that new grid. You may find the new grid, call him, have him called by a station that is closer, so that is who he comes
I believe that nothing happened because there was no widespread support for the changes. It makes me wonder where the suggestions came from in the first place. There may be a need for tweaks in the c
Hi Kenny; First you must know the terrain around the antennas. If it is flat, here are some general guidelines. A pair of antennas at 20' and 40' is good for intense, close-in, Sporadic E. The higher
The limit is when the terrain in front of the antenna causes the main lobe to dip below zero degrees. Most DX on six meters with F2 occurs at the lowest angles. I suppose that the middle of the sunsp
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UHF connectors are not 50 ohms. In cases where the length is small in terms of wavelengths the error is not significant. Hence a single connector won't matter, but the long bulkhead is too long. The
Dec. 21, 2006: Evidence is mounting: the next solar cycle is going to be a big one. Solar cycle 24, due to peak in 2010 or 2011 "looks like its going to be one of the most intense cycles since record
It looks like you need a tetrode amp to get that much power. Did you know that some microwave oven transformers have about the right voltage for a single 8122 or 4CX800. What parts are you lacking? "
I would absolutely call it harrassment. Gregg Seidl <k9kl@centurytel.net> wrote:I found an opening at 127.5 or so. I had a gentleman give me a hard time for being "too close" to the call freq.A real
The key to a reliable pneumatic mast is to use an antifreeze mister in the compressed air line. The Ethylene Glycol mixes with the water and is discharged when the mast goes down. The Glycol also lub
You can be sure that the VUAC is following this public discussion over the best implementation of rover rules. My goal on the VUAC is to make the QSO parties a fun event, not necessarily a level play