If I was in a urban area maybe there would be enough activity to keep my interest but not here in the backwoods. -- Same operating situation here in sticks of EM97 -- only worked the 10pm hour, and
The Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association will be operating JuneVHF/UHF from somewhere near EM97qi, 4300' AMSL atop Butt Mountain (yep, that's its name on the map) in Giles County, VA. Bands: 50MHz
In a similar fashion, I put up a 13 element 144MHZ beam over a 3 element 6-meter beam, and used a Radio shack rotor (no thrust bearing, just mast on mast) to turn the thing. It turned, but the RS rot
I'll be on for a few hours Saturday afternoon from atop Butt Mtn in Giles Co., VA -- EM97qi (or there abouts -- shoot for the -qi, -qj, -ri, -rj corner), about 4300' AMSL. Will have 432 only, single
Fantastic night form EM97. Op time (EDT): 2046 - 2218 Q's: 18 Grids: 9 Best Sprint yet! Ran a dinky IC-706, 50W into a 9-el F9FT 25' up, from 2800' AMSL. Good prop to the south (in EM94). Heard New E
A couple folks in the Virginia Tech ham club are considering adding omni-directional receive antennas for 6, 2, and possibly 432 (and 222, once I get my xverter running) to augment the modest yagi fa
While it's a very capable rig, the FT-847 left a nasty taste in my mouth when it came to 6 meter contest performance. LOTS of debilitating side splatter didn't show up on the TS-690S we had on hand a
FB Al. Glad your 847 is a good one. Yep, it's true that there are differences between same-model rigs as they roll off the line. Perhaps the one we used was a bit flaky. And I certainly don't claim m
With the DEMI 222 Xverter down, we (in jest) ran a "Special Event" station commemorating the 222 Sprint on 6, 2, and 70cm from one of the mountaintop locations nearby in EM97 -- in hopes that some fo
Virginia Tech's club will be mounting a V/U assault on Butt Mtn, Giles Co. VA (4300' AMSL) using the club call K4KDJ. Loc: EM97qi (N37 22' 8.9" W080 36' 56.5" North American Datum 27) Bands: 6, 2, 1.
Also interested in this... 73, - Josh, KF4YLM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfc
I've run a mast at about 13' out of the bed of the truck, suspended on an H-frame made from 2-1/4" galvanized irrigation pipe, and guyed. Trees limbs are "whiskered" via a 40M hamstick mag-mounted to
Dave, et al., Can't argue the fuel costs, but I'll contest the work and ears -- Karl, K4TRT and I have been plotting the "foot rover" operation for a while to spite Exxon/Mobile, but it's likely goi
The links on this page: http://www.marcucci.it/e_download_s.htm ...point to strange, non-standard, I'd imagine non W3C-compliant URLs -- ftp://ftppub:ftpmarc@213.215.151.204/ftppub/service/GP22.zip .
Karl, K4TRT and I plan to be on Saturday for the daylight hours from atop Poor Mountain, near Roanoke, VA, 3900' AMSL. Location: EM97ve N37-10-41.3 W080-10-2.8 Bands: 6 -- 10W + halo 2 -- 2.5W + 5-el
Karl and I will be on from Butt Mtn, 4300 AMSL in Giles Co VA, from 7pm to about 10pm, handing out EM97 gold with 9 elements and nearly 50 watts. Hope to hear some folks on the air tonight. 73, - Jos
Karl and I will be backpacking station K4TRT to an undisclosed +4000' peak in EM97 for the June Contest. We'll have the bottom three (6, 2, 222) for sure, modest 432 capabilities are a possibility. C
Not sure what you really GAIN by removing 6 meters from the pool of bands in the contest as a whole. I can't imagine that a contester would complain about a band being too crowded... in addition to t
Karl and I will be taking a trip to Whitetop Mtn, 5500'AMSL / EM96ep in south western Virginia on Saturday to operate QRP portable in the SMIRK contest. We'll also carry 2 meters (SSB/CW/FM), possibl
What a fun contest! Karl (K4TRT) and I operated about 6 hours from EM97 on 222, 432 QRP. 22 Qs and 7 grids on each band. Workhorse band seemed to be 222, and not surprisingly, everyone we worked on 2