I have one extra deep cycle battery that is connected in series with the 12V rover buss to power my 903 amp .. when the band is selected I have a relay that switches it on. Cheap and easy and noise f
Xtof and I will be taking the Jitney out for it's inaugural New England run next weekend, with the following optimistic schedule :) FN51 - Marconi site - 14-16 FN41 - Bourne - 17-18 FN42/43 - coast n
btw .. "proposed" is what this is .. if we are going to conflict with other operations please let us know! de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFc
We're going to do our best to work with this schedule. No guarantees, no skeds. We'll be coordinating on 144.247 as usual, and will available in-flight on the low 4 bands. QRV QRO 50Mhz through 10GHz
I remember seeing a reference to a commercial moxon designed for roving within the last few months .. I'm looking to replace my Par (which has hit too many trees). Anybody have a link? de w1rt/john _
Bill, I'm looking for a different one .. I've got one of these already :) This was a solid Moxon, made of tubes both driven and reflector _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting
Never mind .. it was the Ariane that I remembered, and I guess they're no longer an option :( _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com h
This past weekend while roving through New England we worked a multiop station on 2M and asked to be passed to the microwaves (which would have been an easy 5 minute run through 6 bands). The respons
I agree with all of this, and we make the same kinds of decisions. If I'm trying to work a guy up the bands and we lose each other or a pass gets missed I'll move on the the next one and try and fill
Well Steve, I wasn't going to comment further in this thread .. but what the heck? I started the snowball, after all :) Fact is, while the root email in this thread establishes a new low in terms of
I almost forgot .. de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
We experienced a flood Thursday night here in southwestern CT .. almost 3 feet of water in the basement by the time it stopped rising. Unfortunately, just about all of my electronics stuff ended up s
Thanks to everyone on both lists for all the fine suggestions .. Luckily the water was virtually silt and dirt free, and the boxes and paper wrapping everything evidently filtered even more. I've got
The thing that's got me wondering is the 2.3.3 exception for unlimited rover .. what exactly does that mean? Does it mean that there could be rover support vehicles driven by "drivers" that carry par
hear hear! de w1rt/r _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
Andy K1RZ has automated the Grid Pirates station for recording/logging .. I believe they sync all the clocks, record everything, then generate indexes into the audio using the log data after the 'tes
huh?? Of course they log during the 'test .. what I said is that they record everything and then use the log time to index into the audio .. _______________________________________________ VHFcontest
heh .. Andy is not Dave .. he's K1RA :) _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontest
umm .. google "grid square map", it's halfway down the page .. http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@