This is mostly a repost, things haven't changed so this is it ... Saturday FM18bv 1400-1500 Delaplane, VA FM08us 1600-2000 Hogback overlook FM09tm 2230-2330 Sideling Hill FM19aw 0100-0200 Big Mountai
Well, we had fun .. I guess I told the story of never getting hassled by the police too many times, 'cause we had 2 different encounters on this rove ;) Conditions were average .. no tropo, hardly an
When I lived in northern VA near the corner of FM18/19/08/09, I used to cover 4 grids in a sprint no problem! Well, I might have pushed the speed limit a bit on the blue ridge parkway .. FM08 at Hogb
Exactly, John .. it was designed to give the grid-circlers a category to compete within while the more traditional rovers could compete with similar stations. The fact that the grid circlers decided
I think what's been expressed is not that they *must* operate as UR, but that they *should* given that the category was designed just for them .. de w1rt/john ________________________________________
My logs are in the mail .. at least the ones I can find ;) de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting
I don't believe the general population is making any of these assertions (though I realize that some individuals may have) .. the only real issue with the grid-circlers is who they should be competin
Depends on whether you want to spend money or not ;) A couple of 600 ohm isolation transformers from Radio Shaft and some soldering of cables will get you on the air for a small percentage of the cos
I'd expect mountaintop temps to near or below 0F, and if it's windy ... One of these years I'll actually have the Jitney operational for Jan, but this is not the one :) de w1rt/john Likely that it wi
I dunno .. we've had good luck using the same frequency each 'test (.247), took a while after we changed our route but now people up here know where we hang out and we're at each site long enough to
sounds like rover nirvana has been achieved ;) Unfortunately I think it would only work when roving around a central activity center with a small number of fixed stations. In the summer VHF 'tests in
It takes multiple contests and persistence to "train" fixed stations to check your frequency once in a while. The fixed guys that sit on one frequency for the entire contest aren't going to come to y
I've been thinking about a mobile NVIS loop for 40M .. range would match typical VHF ranges but could I get anyone to listen for me? de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFco
I'm considering moving all my microwave IFs to 145Mhz to solve this problem in the Jitney (which is a 2-op rover) .. de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing
you might know it better as a "toolbox" station, since you've operated one ... "We all met in the desert to lend AF6O a 10-band "toolbox" station, shown inside the tailgate of his Ford Bronco. In the
Wouldn't affect my operations at all .. it's relatively rare that I work other rovers (unless we happen to meet at a commonly used spot) .. de w1rt/john ______________________________________________
Isn't that sort of what unlimited rover is supposed to be? It would be a small step to convert "unlimited" to "team", score them like multi-multis, the teams can compete independently of the classics
Look Ev, the 'once and once only' grid rule you seem to be in love with is not going to be acceptable to most rovers .. if roads all ran N-S or E-W it wouldn't be such a problem, but as people have s
There's probably a relatively small audience for this .. but here's the info anyway ;) The power budget in the Integalactic Roving Battle Jitney has been under some stress since the last rebuild. The