Shortly after the initial posting of claimed scores for the June 2009 VHF Contest, I did a brief analysis on the Rover activity in the June Contest and posted it to the list. Now that the final resul
I was curious as to the effect on 1.35M (222MHz) QSOs of the new Limited Rover rule that stipulates that 6M, 2M, 1.35M and 0.7M be used as the Limited Rover's 4 bands: 222 MHz QSOs from Rovers in Jun
If you look at the number of rover entries it is fairly constant from year to year on basically an upward slope. Since its inception, rover activity has only decreased in 3 years. Total contest activ
Nate - Thanks for your comments. I would estimate that there are only 200 to 300 hams in the US equipped to do serious roving. It may be one of the smallest speciality groups in ham radio. So a turno
It is pretty easy to get this information back to 2002 with the scores database at arrl.org. Before that it becomes more tedious: you need to access the QST writeup on the contest, if they summarized
Here is a table of activity in all classes since 2001. The data is harder to extract from contests before 2001 as it is not collated on the ARRLweb site and is not always explicit in the QST write up
Chet - Thanks for the interesting note, which included this statement: "Software Defined Radios next? It will be interesting to do the numbers when the data is in for them." Sherwood has numbers for
I find more activity on 222 MHz and it is usually easier (read cheaper) to generate power at 222 MHz rather than on 1296 MHz, so I think 222 MHz is more productive. Particularly in contests. High gai
I will be roving in the January Contest, January 23, 24 and 25. Look for me. Here is my preliminary itinerary. We will start in DM31, move to DM32, DM42, DM41, probably overnighting in Tucson, DM42.
Does anyone have experience using WSJT to make random contacts in VHF/UHF contacts? That is, calling CQ on a specific frequency without skeds and making contacts? Do you work enough additional contac
There is a modest Es opening to the midwest as I write this. Lets hope it is a harbinger of good things to m=come in the VHF contest next week. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM _________
It is contest time again!!! I want to work you. KK6MC/r will rove in the contest this weekend. Here is my planned Itinerary for the January ARRL VHF Sweepstakes. 1900 Z DM31, North end of Organ Pipe
Between rain showers, the occasional snow flurries, and 20-30 mph winds, I got the rover set up this afternoon. Some of the feedline is muddy now. I am all ready to go, except for the computer. But w
We have a couple of inches of snow here now and light snow showers. As Albuquerque and points south and west are just getting rain, unless it gets worse, we will probably go ahead and head out for AZ
After a snowy start we made it to DM42 to spend the night, so after a few minor repairs to the 6M antenna and picking up a step stool that I forgot, we should pretty much be on the schedule I e-maile
We are nearly ready to head out for the contest. The weather looks like it will be reasonable today. We need to make a couple of stops and get the 6M antenna straightened out, but nothing major. Look
The latest (January 15, 2010) FCC frequency allocations can be down loaded here: < http://www.fcc.gov/oet/spectrum/table/fcctable.pdf > Footnote US7 contains the restrictions on 70 cm operation: US7
Steve Send the query to Sean, KX9X. He has the final say. I think that when this question came up in the past, rovers were not allowed to use APRS or find other stations, except for the unlimited cla
Jon - You suggested referring to the 70 cm allocation map on the FCC web site: "the limits include a lot more than 100 miles around Otis. Here is a link to the map showing where the restrictions appl