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1. [VHFcontesting] Budget - Low Cost LNA's (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 10:11:52 -0400
de K3SK Has anybody tried using the eBay available low cost LNAs as mast mounted preamps? The more I think about them, them more enticing it becomes. At a cost of less than $10 each one could build u
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-06/msg00032.html (6,894 bytes)

2. Re: [VHFcontesting] [222Activity] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity Night for December 14 (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:55:55 -0500
I still don't have my 2nd tower up that will hold the weak signal arrays but I'm making preparations. I created an account on ON4KST but what I didn't see was a chat for 222MHz, so where do the 222 o
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-12/msg00032.html (19,471 bytes)

3. Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night RADIOS (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:06:10 -0500
I went through the transverters (several different ones) back in the 1980s-90s. Finally got an FT-736R and added the 6 meter and 220 modules to it. Ran it for years along with a HB amp using a dual t
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-12/msg00051.html (9,854 bytes)

4. Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night RADIOS (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:52:23 -0500
de K3SK FM07th I'm not aware of DEMI having on that is actually being sold yet, and at 1 watt I'm not quite sure what their intended market is. I do know I'm not it. Q5 Signal does have 25W and 50W
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-12/msg00058.html (10,085 bytes)

5. Re: [VHFcontesting] need Mits M57762 1296 amp module (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 20:23:54 -0500
These guys have 97 in stock -- https://www.rf-microwave.com/en/mitsubishi/m57762/uhf-power-amplifier-module/m57762/ de K3SK I have tried unsuccessfully to purchase one off Ebay. All I got were 2 bad
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-12/msg00070.html (7,585 bytes)

6. Re: [VHFcontesting] need Mits M57762 1296 amp module -replacement (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 18:14:43 -0500
Interesting idea Bill. But like you said, its not a drop-in replacement. As my TS-790A uses the M57762, I did a quick search on the feasibility of the change if I ever face the situation of needing o
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-12/msg00074.html (12,917 bytes)

7. Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 17:46:46 -0500
Sorry to hear winter hit at your location. I'm still hoping it will bypass us again here in south central Virginia. Way back in the last century I was a semi-regular subscriber to the 220 Newsletter.
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-12/msg00079.html (13,200 bytes)

8. Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 17:52:05 -0500
Sorry to hear winter hit at your location. I'm still hoping it will bypass us again here in south central Virginia. Way back in the last century I was a semi-regular subscriber to the 220 Newsletter.
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2021-12/msg00080.html (12,942 bytes)

9. [VHFcontesting] A wild Idea to Fix Contest Activity (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:54:47 -0500
Although the VHF/UHF contest survey is over, I just had an idea that could resolve the FT8 (digital) dominance during the contest. I just wish I had thought of this when I did the survey. My idea wou
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-01/msg00026.html (7,259 bytes)

10. Re: [VHFcontesting] A wild Idea to Fix Contest Activity (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:53:30 -0500
Bob, I like it. de K3SK Dave Buckwalter FM07 Farmville VA An extended version of this proposal - multiple contacts / band and differential points / mode - has been circulated and discussed on this an
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-01/msg00035.html (11,012 bytes)

11. Re: [VHFcontesting] FT8 and VHF contesting (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:37:35 -0500
I don't recall seeing anyone suggest penalizing FT8 or digital operators in the proposed rule changes. What I saw was a way to incentivize use of the other authorized modes such as SSB & CW. Offering
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-01/msg00051.html (12,213 bytes)

12. [VHFcontesting] Dabbling at the VHF Contest -- Results (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:43:15 -0500
Let me preface this by saying that I can hardly get enthusiastic about VHF contesting while my VHF/UHF tower and antennas are still piled in the back yard. I took everything down 5 years ago to move
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-01/msg00065.html (8,172 bytes)

13. [VHFcontesting] ICOM IC-375A Receive Issue (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 23:07:11 -0400
I happen to have one of the rare and hard to find IC-375A all-mode 220 base statin rigs. It has recently developed an issue where there is almost no receive audio in the USB, LSB or CW modes. Receive
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-04/msg00005.html (7,132 bytes)

14. [VHFcontesting] Pathetic 2 Meter Sprint Results (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 23:22:23 -0400
I sort of played with the 2-meter sprint tonight. I mainly wanted to try out my newly acquired IC-9700. I worked contacts with both SSB and FT8. I did not hear any CW. I managed to snag 19 QSOs in 7
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-04/msg00020.html (6,822 bytes)

15. Re: [VHFcontesting] ringing the dinner bell! - Dayton dinner - UPDATE (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:40:02 -0400
This is the first I've heard about this dinner and I've been watching a lot of the Hamvention boards/groups/forums for evening activities. It may not have been publicized in the right places, There a
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-04/msg00038.html (9,171 bytes)

16. Re: [VHFcontesting] DAYTON HAMVENTION (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 12:30:51 -0400
Is there going to be any VHF/UHF/MW/EME social gatherings? I only saw one earlier query about attending something, but nothing to confirm if any were really happening. FWIW - I'll be in Flea Market s
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-05/msg00030.html (7,444 bytes)

17. [VHFcontesting] Found another Ham Radio Unicorn (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 20:08:54 -0400
I went to Hamvention with several things on my list. One was a second Icom IC-9700, hopefully used to save some bucks. Well, I found one that looks and smells like new at a good price. Now I have a b
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-05/msg00038.html (7,275 bytes)

18. Re: [VHFcontesting] Alfa BIG-RAS HR Rotator.... (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:42:07 -0400
I have the Big RAS AZ/EL. I got from RF Ham Design in the Netherlands. They had the best price, even with shipping and it was in stock. I can't speak for current stock but you can check with them. ww
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-07/msg00072.html (7,942 bytes)

19. Re: [VHFcontesting] Transverter (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:46:46 -0400
I have a new unused 222 transverter that I got through the "Transverter Store" on eBay. Made in Ukraine and get decent user reviews. I bought it as a back up, but have since gotten a second IC-375A,
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-08/msg00034.html (7,461 bytes)

20. [VHFcontesting] 2-Port 222 MHz KW Rated Antenna Power Divider (score: 1)
Author: <k3sk@buckwalter.co>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:44:20 -0400
Selling my 2 port 222MHz antenna Power Divider. This was commercially made by KLM and is in good condition. My new array consists of 4 antennas, so the 2 port is no longer need by me. The divider all
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2022-08/msg00072.html (6,937 bytes)


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