Ok here is our list. Of course just because we (or anyone else) only worked one station in a grid does not mean that there are not tons of people on in that grid. I think a better way to approch this
You may already know this but something that you really need to think about is that you will need a large amount of isolation on the switching side of the transverters. Typically the transverters are
We already have rules that limit who you can work - ie. you can only work your own operators on 2.4 and up, you can only work them if they each have seperate stations and those have to be capable of
No I dont think it is fair. What if these tranceivers were the result I think that is great - still does not change my feeling about working all the ops at the M/M for points. Good for them This is w
I have mixed feelings about this - as I often work quite a few uniques in the ARRL November SSB Sweepstakes. I spend time talking guys through the exchange - some only work me - others go on to work
Is there anyone who uses an omni directional or near omnicirectional antenna in their VHF contest station on 144mhz or higher? If so - what are you using or what have you tried? Is anyone using more
I do not nor have I ever lived in the part of the country where I have had a chance to compete with these stations but I think I can see what it is like from the outside to some extent. To me the tho
Still is out where I live - well in fact there is little activity below 1296. Uhhhh.....ok. I don't know if this is true or not but I think it describes a case where you have a rover(s) that are sent
I do not think it does - because the extra mults are a clear incentive to move to the higher bands. I think the added mults are enough of a draw to get you on those bands. Out here in Texas the mults
I have also been wondering what will happen activity wise with a mode like WSJT. It seems to me (based on description) to be much more like operating PSK31 and given that that mode has seen huge grow
The results were published in the August QST. It has been out since about July 15th or so. YOu can read them online in the "members area" - they will be moved to the public area in a month or so I wo
I will be there too. -- George Fremin III Johnson City, Texas "Experiment trumps theory." K5TR (ex.WB5VZL) -- Dave Leeson W6NL geoiii@kkn.net 830-868-2510 http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
I dont think they are that much different. The two most common modes of propagation for QSOs in a VHF contest will be single hop (with some double hop - maybe) E-skip and tropo / forward scatter rang
I made this post to the W6YX vhf list in 1998 went this same topic came up......you might find it useful. -- I have been reading the thread on 6 meter antennas with interest. First I have to say that
There are lot os diffrences - for one it is warmer most of the time in Texas. My point was that you get some E-skip, you get some "tropo/forward scatter / groundwave whatever you want to call it" - b
While I think a single band 6 meter contest would be intresting I really do think there are already two events in the correct area of the year that can be entered as single band six meter contests. T
NO. The beauty of the 10 meter contest or the 160 meter contest is the fact that it is a single band. It forces you to make noise on 10 meters all weekend. I think this would be the beauty of a 6m co
Just for the record I would like to point out a few things... Yes - it has been done. Yes it has been done several times. Yes - it has been done - in fact one year the winner for ARRL DX M/2 was form
Yep - it is a great idea. The IARU contest (when it was a 48 hour contest) included 6 and 2 meters. Too band those bands were ditched now that we have lots of guys on 6 meters. :-) -- George Fremin I