should have mentioned .. I'll be on 144.247, wandering to 260 and 200 if necessary .. de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.
Xtof and I will be starting in FM09 this time around, followed on Saturday by FM19, FN00 and FN01. Sunday will be the I80 route, FN11/10/21/20/30/31 QRV 50 through 24192, frequency locked on 903 and
Xtof and I will be starting from FM09te, proceeding to FM19aw, FN00xx, FN01xx After a bit of sleep we'll resume with FN11xx, FN10xx, FN21xx, FN20xx, FN30xx, and finally land in FN31xx for the last ho
preliminary numbers - activated 10 grids, 462 q's and 135 mults for a total of 119,610 We had the usual spate of small problems, many of them time-eaters. We figure we lost about 2 hours of operating
So .. since at this point a September rove is iffy and a June'12 is off the table, it occurs to me that I should get out for the UHF contest this weekend so I can use all this expensive radio stuff :
Doesn't sound like too many people are going to be out .. everyone on vacation? Of course this will be my first UHF 'test in almost 7 years of consistent roving, so who am I to talk ;) I'm going to s
Well, things so far are not going well .. won't be making the 2PM start, might have to start tomorrow .. still troubleshooting, this stuff all worked at the NEWS picnic! de w1rt/john ________________
No rove for me .. LO control microprocessor seems to have lost an input pin (probably self-inflicted) de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontes
No power here, hopefully it'll come back soon so I can complete prep :) Plan is to start on FM19aw 1400-1800local, then Blue Knob 2000-2400local on Sat Sunday will be Pismire FN10, Camelback FN21, Al
I'll start by saying I don't have any good solution at this point .. There are a limited number of microwave-suitable rover-accessible spots available, and more of them become non-accessible each yea
all of my email addresses bounce :( de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/v
Excellent point, but remember that every grid is (relatively) sparsely populated when it comes to microwave activity. Is it more beneficial to the goals of the contest for an accessible hilltop to be
Change of plans .. going to go north to south instead and do the Disaster Rove of 2010 modified slightly, hopefully without the disasters. Sat 1400-1600 FN31it Mohawk Mountain Sat 1900-2000 FN20 Alam
After a bit of schedule thrashing, we settled on a route very similar to last year's Disaster Rove. The changes turned out to be unnecessary but things worked out fairly well anyway. On Saturday we s
Going to run up to Mohawk FN31it shortly for a few hours today, should be on top by 1PM +/- Tomorrow I'm thinking of hitting West Rock FN31mi late morning for a couple of hours. Cell 203-873-1641 de
Having successfully tested my 24GHz station yesterday at the MUD meeting (Thanks Mike and Fred!), I'm now looking at ways to avoid blowing up the mixer diode. Some of the guys pointed out that using
Personally I don't have any 222 FM gear, but talking to other rovers there are evidently enough FM guys around to make carrying it worthwhile .. I suspect it's going to depend largely on where you op
I've built many a quagi .. but usually out of plywood sheet and #10 house wire ;) That was my favorite antenna for FD uplink to the old RS birds, and one would last 2-3 years and folds up nicely so y
but I'll be back in September, and am planning an excursion for August as well ... I'm thinking about reprising one of Bill's famous FM15 routes this September and I'm wondering what the interest wou
very nice Sean .. pass along my thanks to the graphics team! de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesti