Strategy? Really? Hi guys, VE3HLS here. I'll be roving for the first time in September...6m, 2m and 70cm (sorry, that's all I have!). I'm not in it for the glory (operating with only 3 bands pretty w
I probably spent as much of the UHF Contest driving around looking for a good location to operate from as I did operating. Maybe it's no wonder, considering I had no suitable coax cables until the ni
I agree with you Dennis, except I think I'll stick around because every once in a while something useful pops up. I've also received a LOT of assistance from people recently to some newby questions I
Are vote circling and captive voting allowed? 73, Ken Alexander, VE3HLS www.ve3hls.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting _______________________________________________ VHFco
Looks like his antennas fell off somewhere back down the hill. I hope someone tells him before he transmits! 73, Ken Alexander, VE3HLS www.ve3hls.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfc
I say we conduct a poll to decide whether Ev should re-issue his poll with Option #5. 8-) 73, Ken Alexander, VE3HLS www.ve3hls.com ________________________________________________________________ htt
I think that's why Ev prefaced the announcement of his poll with the following: Geez! 73, Ken Alexander, VE3HLS www.ve3hls.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting http://lists.
I just spent my lunch hour going over the last few days' worth of discussion on the various forms of roving. I know the discussions and two recent polls have helped to solidify my opinions somewhat.
I'll be out this weekend, looking for some locations in EN95 at the north tip of the Bruce Peninsula to operate from in the Sept VHF Contest. If Bill Hepburn's tropo forecasts hold up for Saturday an
After doing the conversions from litres to US gallons and Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars, I can tell you that regular gas was $4.08 per gallon this morning. It was 25% less than that on Tuesday eve
Actually Bill, they keep the province divided into counties all year round! Heh heh! Sorry, couldn't resist! 73, Ken Alexander, VE3HLS www.ve3hls.com _______________________________________________ V
You are right sir! I stand corrected! 73 - Ken _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhf
I'll be in EN95 on Sunday this weekend, looking for a few sites to operate from in the ARRL VHF Contest the following weekend. Although the tropo maps don't look as promising as they did a few days a
I use two deep cycle marine batteries I got from Canadian Tire (Nautilus brand name). I think one is 75 Ah and the other is 65. The 75 powers my transceiver and the 65 powers my 432 MHz 100 W brick.
I've been made an offer I can't refuse and my original plans to rove through southern Ontario have been tossed out the window! Instead, I will be operating portable from a location in EN95 for the en
I knew I wouldn't be able to spend the whole four hours in the 144 MHz Sprint last night, but the weather conspired to shorten it even more! I set up on my favourite hilltop with 50 watts and stacked
I'll be portable from my favourite hilltop in FN04 on Wednesday. I'll be there the full 4 hours, weather permitting. Let's all hope propagation is half as good as shown on Hepburn's tropo map for Wed
The Hepburn tropo map looks pretty good for today...not quite so good tomorrow. Regardless, there should be lots of opportunities for some good times tonight from FN04. Be sure to swing those antenna
Last time, in the 2m sprint, it was lighting. This time it was "unenlightened" people! I live in a basement apartment in a small town in a valley. I can't do anything on VHF/UHF from home, so I put t
What am I looking at? Doesn't look like a scoreboard to me. It's a propagation report?! 73 - Ken VE3HLS http://propnet.findu.com/catch.cgi?call=W2EV&nocall=1&date=20060404&band=VK&hours=48 http://lis