Hello to everyone after the contest.....I have just gotten my "head above water" after the Jan VHF contest. I am still beat down, but I am trying to get some rest. What Jay has so beautifully said be
Hello to everyone.....Who is the gentleman that is keeping track of the records for 6M and 2M in the ARRL VHF contests?? Specifically, I am wondering what is the record for the most grids worked on 6
Hello Jeff and all the other VHF operators.... Do people actually stop contesting so they can watch a stupid football game????? SLAP!! OK, reality has returned..... I am FOR anything that will make o
Hello Tom and everyone else interested in this topic..... After reading all the posts on this topic and some private posts to me, the following two topics seem to be the most discussed. Most of the p
SURPLUS ROVER GEAR AVAILABLE FROM K5QE. I HAVE DECOMMISSIONED ONE OF MY 8 BAND ROVERS. HERE IS A LIST OF A LOT OF ROVER GEAR THAT IS UP FOR SALE. I WILL BE TAKING MOST OF THIS TO THE SE VHF CONFERENC
SURPLUS ROVER GEAR AVAILABLE FROM K5QE. I RECENTLY DECOMMISSIONED ONE OF MY 8 BAND ROVERS. HERE ARE SOME AMPS FROM THAT ROVER AND SOME OTHERS THAT I AM NOT USING RIGHT NOW. I AM PLANNING TO TAKE THES
Hello everyone...I have decided to sell one of my 2M Lunar-Link amplifiers with the matching power supply. This is the finest 2M full power amplifier ever made. Tubes are 3CPX800A7, the pulse rated o
The K5N Grid Activation Group and the Grid Bandits would like to make this First Announcement concerning our upcoming DXpedition to EL84. We plan to activate EL84 on July 11th through July 15th. Curr
Hello to everyone planning to run the June VHF contest. I would like to fill up my sched pages for 6M and 2M with FSK441 meteor scatter schedules. Times will be 0200Z(=9PM CDST) to 1145Z(=6:45AM CDST
Hello fellow MS nuts....My schedule page is pretty open for the June contest on 6M and 2M. From 0230 to 0600Z the sched pages are blank!! WE CAN'T HAVE THIS!! If you would like to run a sched with us
Hello to everyone....K5QE will be running FSK441 meteor scatter on 6M and 2M during the evening hours of the contest. We operate on 50.265MHz for 6M and 144.142MHz for 2M. We don't have a lot of sche
Hi Steve, Mike and all.....I recommended to Mike that he build a couple of Cheap Yagis. You could build them on different booms, use separate feedlines, and a simple coax switch to the rig. The coax
Hello to everyone.....Mike and the M2 gang has always treated me extremely well. I needed some custom made masts for the upcoming EL84 grid DXpedition. They got them out quickly and in plenty of time
Hello to all FFMA and other grid chasers on 6M. I thought that I would post a progress report on the DXpedition and the efforts to round up all the gear that we need. I have checked the 1 x 1 callsig
Jay-W9RM has posted.... ASSISTANCE: I am a supporter of the CQ WW VHF rules and would like to see them implemented in all ARRL VHF contests. LEGISLATIVE: I am in favor of a ARRL committee (appointed
Hello everyone....Russ-K2TXB has posted, "...I am absolutely against the idea of allowing real time contest scheds via any other means than radio contacts made via one of the bands that is part of th
Hello everyone interested in the super rare grid of EL84. Here is our second update and current situation: We will begin our drive down to Key West on Tuesday, July 9th and plan to arrive at the Yank
Hello everyone....the K4N EL84 grid DXpedition will begin our drive down to EL84 tomorrow. Hence, we will be out of touch until we are on station. Even that depends on a cell phone lash up which shou
Hello to everyone.....Having just returned from EL84, I can highly recommend that last choice. We had a 6M5XHP and a 6M7JHV up on the boat....they were about 20ft apart. The 6M7JHV was very noticeabl
Hello to everyone interested in 6M grids and / or FFMA..... All of the group that drove down to the Florida Keys, were able to return home late yesterday afternoon--those flying got home Monday after