Ev, I'm sure your elmered rover scenario in your post below happens frequently and that is how the system should work. BUT (!) that has not always been the case and may still not be. There are multi-
Ev, Hardly minuscule or inconsequential at all! Think about the potential...if a multi-op sponsors a half dozen captive rovers (I define captive rovers as a rover who is sponsored by a multi-op and o
Also, check out the following links for more low cost and homebrew vhf+ antenna projects: http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/woverbeck/quagi.htm http://ac3l.com/antenna.htm 73, Ed K3DNE To: <vhfcontest
Way to go Electraft! This looks a lot like what folks have been asking for. I hope they have plans for transverters for 432 and up as well. 73, Ed K3DNE
Just thought I'd mention that the June issues of QST and CQ have some well done articles about VHF+ contesting that are worth filing away for future reference and to be on the top of a suggested read
Ev, I like both ideas, especially the All-band VHF Sprint which is an idea that came up a couple of times during the recent brain storming that took place secondary to the decrease in activity posts.
In that case, maybe NCJ would be a better sponsor for a VHF All Band Sprint instead of ARRL. Even though I think the emphasis here is to get ARRL at this level on a larger scale. 73, Ed K3DNE
I tend to agree with Mark's comments below. An additional but smaller point incentive for microwave contacts is a good idea to continue to encourage microwave activity. However, remember how this ori
Yes! I replied to Bill privately and forgot to put my usual plug in for VHFTEST on the reflector. Bill, I have used vhftest for almost a decade now and highly recommend it. In your area, the N1MJD ro
Chuck, Congrats on another great K8GP score! I agree that the rovers add to the contest fun and to all of our scores but... Unfortunately, I didn't have the success with the rovers that K8GP did. I h
I'm with Gene and Bill on this discussion. CW has always been a part of vhf+ contesting. My operating philosophy is that when I run out of stations to work on ssb I switch to cw and try to work whoev
Tree, Activity hours used to be very popular here on the east coast. I have noticed a trend in recent years of a decline in the number of stations, other than multi-ops, spending much time on 222MHz
Hi Jake, An interesting thought... I have found, that most contest activity on 6 and 2 meters utilizes SSB. Sure, many stations use CW on those bands in contests but few use it exclusively. What I wo
Jim, Check out VHFTEST by WG3E. It works well for rovers - N1MJD/R uses it as does a few others and I understand it works well for them. I've used it for home and portable vhf contesting for almost 1
This indeed is very sad news. I have very fond memories of working Bill both from his Baltimore and Rock Hall QTH's dating back to the late 70's. He was one of my first 432Mhz contacts. Bill was alwa
I'm sorry to report that a lightening strike in August caused more problems to my station than I originally thought. I had been so involved with my new tower project that I had not taken the time to