I will be out for the 222 MHz Spring Spring tomorrow. ere is my rover schedule for the 222 MHz Spring Sprint April 14, 2009. I will go to the Moriarty Convergence. Here is my schedule: DM74 1900 Star
The rover is all put together and appears to be working. I just need to take a shower and get something to eat and we will be on the road. Look for us! -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM __________
Here are the results for my rove in the 222 MHz Spring Sprint. I will be out for the 432 MHz Sprint this Wednesday. Look for me! Grid QSOs Grids DM64 2 1 DM65 2 1 DM74 3 1 DM75 3 1 -- Total 10 1 I vi
John - How much higher in frequency does it resonate? Some of that difference may be due to using the square tube instead of the angle, this will move the effective current center of the element back
I will be out for the 432 MHz Spring Spring on Wednesday evening. Look for me Here is my rover schedule for the 432.1 MHz Spring Sprint April 22, 2009. This should look familiar by now. I will change
I have found out that I have a late meeting at work tomorrow, so I will likely be late getting on the air and to my first site. Be patient, I will eventually be on, and may well start the Sprint in m
I am leaving now. Should be to DM74 about 0115Z, but will operate in motion starting at 0100Z. Look for me. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM _____________________________________________
Thanks to all who contacted me. I appreciate your effort in making my entry successful. Grid operated from QSOs Grids DM64 5 1 Dm65 4 1 DM74 5 1 DM75 7 2 ______________________________ Total 21 5 Sco
Jim - For long distances on 432 MHz you will be relying on tropospheric scatter, often abbreviated troposcatter. For want of a lengthy description, troposcatter is scattering of our radio signal from
Yes, the WA5VJB antennas are great. Easy to build, little or no tuning required, they work right off the work bench and have good performance for their length. If you use Fred's dimensions table, be
I have decided to journey to DM66 and set up the rover as a portable station for the Spring Sprint. I will be on a 7500 ft mesa near Lybrook NM. I have CW and 50 Watts to a 2 element beam. Southern C
Yes, this seems like a good combination. A 4 element 2 M Yagi, a 6 element 222 MHz Yagi and a 11 element 432 MHz Yagis will all fit on a 12 ft boom and probably give a lot better performance than a s
What Paul suggested, at least what I thought he did, was not an interlaced design, but one after another on the boom. Start with a 4 element 2M Yagi on one end of the boom, in front of that put a 6 e
Everything appears to be working and is now stowed. I am grabbing my lunch and going out the door. Look for me form DM66ff and hope for Es. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM _____________
OK Les, you can have a lot of fun chasing grids in a contest, even if you aren't a serious contester. You have already been educated here on the various nuances of what you are trying to do. I won't
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Alex - You asked: needs to be off the roof. I know for the turnstiles it needs to >be a half wave or greater in order not to heat just the clouds. Does the same go for a halo? Yes, the same goes for
The club competition is good news. Participation in contests tracks closely with the club competition participation, so instituting club competition into the UHF contest may be the shot in the arm it
"This may alter my own plans for the June contest. Can I now ask a newbie question? If I chose to make contacts on higher bands such as 1.2 GHz or 10 Ghz but not submit them for points in my log, can
As a member of this list for the past 4 or 5 years, I never fully understood the posts about the the limited multi category was bad. Now I understand. I started roving in the June 2007 contest with 6