This sounds like someone has too much time on their hands. (But then again, those of us responding here probably fit that description as well :>) ) Over the years the calling frequency question has b
Apparently this thing migrated over to vhfcontesting from the W6YX vhf list. I would suggest the best place to discuss this is the ham-law reflector: The Ham-Law Mailing List. This list is for discus
Yes, start your own contest. So long as you are willing to have the exchange be grid squares (pretty obvious), and to accept Cabrillo formatted logs, simply hold your contest on the second weekends o
I was contacted by the ARRL contest desk and told that I could not enter two logs due to the rule that states that a competitor may enter only one log in a contest. I was forced to withdraw one of th
Hi Gene, Having finally succeeded with the folks in Newington, perhaps you can now turn your (their) attention to the pointless rule that a person may not submit more than one entry in a VHF contest
I then spent the full 100 bucks for a dc dc converter for my laptop and still got hash. I wrapped that converter up in tin foil and a copper braid to ground and the NB took it out. -- I've used a DC-
12 feet will work on well traveled highways. If that's all you do, fine. But if you are heading up some little used road to get to the highest point around, branches become a problem. Hit one with on
A year or so N5AC did a big survey of VHF contesting in general for the ARRL. So far it seems to have been sucked into the usual black hole in Newington. Has anybody evidence otherwise? Aside from th
Hi Steve, The Es has probably gone away for the season :>( But if you're looking for something to do this weekend, and can do HF, check out the Ohio QSO Party. Noon to midnight EDT on Saturday. It wi
I don't know that it would have worked with the individuals encountered by W4SHG, but when out mobiling in various HF state QSO Parties, I use the very brief description of my activities as a "Ham Ra
Gee, it looks like some new rules have arrived. When did this happen? Am I the only one who missed all this? In general it looks like a reasonable solution to the grid circling rover question. Previo
Steve, It depends on how many bands you have. I have never quite understood the "144.237" or some odd stated frequency logic, but I think it is more appropriate for rovers with lots of microwave band
Does this WiFi stuff meet the criteria of the minimum distance requirement? 1.10. While no minimum distance is specified for contacts, equipment should be capable of communications at a range of at l
Coming from one who does both HF and VHF contests, I think of the difference as the difference between drinking beer (HF) and sipping scotch (VHF). The volume is a lot higher on HF; you have to savor
Question... If you had to pick two grids from the following list to work us in, which woud they be? (Pick any two): FN00 FN01 FN10 FN11 FM09 FM19 EN90 EN91 or EM99? I am located pretty much in the mi
The moral is of the story is that W9RM could have saved a lot of grief spending the 84 cents to send a card and SASE to K6MC. Or for twice as much, also send a card to KK6MC. Either he gets a card fo
Or could we have someone - the ARRL or an independent group - score the same contest several ways? The Cabrillo format logs submitted are just raw material. The sponsor runs them through its computer
You could even make the 6M antenna a single driven element out of wire supported inside a PVC tube (tnx K8MR), positioned behind the A270-10 and be only slightly longer than the Cushcraft antenna alo
I have no experience with hail damage, but if you need to hire a person to climb the tower in order to evaluate things, the cost of the climb will be more than the cost of a new antenna. It would be
These are my thoughts. They have focused on increasing activity, not leveling the playing field. Others? - Duffey As gagging as most of this discussion has been, I will use this opening to mention on