As I see it. What is obvious is the intent as stated by the host of the contest (ARRL)is ignored by a select few. The evidence of Intent has been posted on here by VUAC who wrote the rules. The inten
On of the statistically high percentage of analytical thinkers we have on this reflector pointed out something to me. It has been pointed out to me that the term Frisbee is copyrighted by Whamo and I
I think Ev has good intentions on othe one pass grid idea. However it is not practical, fair (oh gosh I said fair, look out) nor good for stationary contestants. If the point is to work as many peopl
Though I think they could of done more, I think the 50/ 30 rule is a fair comprimise since they do not want to burdin the ARRL with being a judge of contesters intrentenions. The programs will have t
neither one of those are on the docket for change. I like distance scoring but I do not believe it should replace all of the traditional contests. In fact it could be ran in parallel of the existing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiVlvciPZx4 click the link it could be worse..... _________________________________________________________________ Its the same Hotmail®. If by same you mean up to 70%
Heres a clip from the future. June Intergalactic VHF sweepstakes review QST 2032 An unnamed California group bought a surplus ICBM from the dilapidated US Air force and launched it to the moon. On bo
It had several points. My main one was that it was funny. Secondary one was that the ARRl needs to put some judgment in it, either in the rules or by overlooking the contest as refs. Im for clear con
I started a group for vhfers on face book. Join if you like. http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=59130638604 _________________________________________________________________ Windows
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well its the one with 3 members. keep in mind I don't know what I'm doing. A few guys found it and joined so far. I figure it would help put a face to all of us who dare to put a face to ourselves. I
"amateur VHF group", not to be confused with an european VHF drink Does the group have a name? For some reason, when I log onto Facebook and then click on that link, it just kicks me back to my home
Assisted needs to seperate rovers as well. In rover assisted is seeing the thumbs up from your buddy when you zero beat another lunch box rover across a gridline in a farmer's field on 24 ghz at 100
The point I was trying to make there are so many ways to assist a station, some of them are legal, like running the bands and coordination frequencies, some are not. however I do not see the differen
In some ways you guys are both right. However the guy (Les) smacking Genes article may have taken to personally. All of on WSJT are using Joes programs and skills to complete QSOs otherwise less like
Well in my WSJT experiences on 6 meters over ˝ of my qsos were made on a M2 loop and 200 watts. The other ˝ were made on a par moxon with a huge beam width. My general impression of vhf up to 2 meter
Ah yes spring is in the air....... Someone mentioned contest season and rover threads. Yes it is that time of year. I was considering grid circling on the upper microwave bands. I wanted to know if w
According to the American Antenna Farmers Almanac (AAFA, K3UHF, Founder, 2009) If the ground hog burns his eyes in a Laser QSO from other roving Ground Hogs on Ground Hogs Day; then there is 13 more
Matt, Lighten Up. This is a comunity, we have grievences aired, sometimes feelings hurt, jokes passed and technical questions answered as a comunity we shouldn't get too worked up about it. Now If I
Sebastian is right, If you go to them with a 45 foot tower proposal and they say no, then you are now a target. It would be better that you put up a good LPDA and go with that. I do not know much abo