Steve, If you're looking for persuasion, let me encourage you to do the "coastal run." It would please me, indeed, to work any one (more would make me jump for joy!) of FM13, FM15, FM25 and FM27. Whi
Hi Rich, If you get to the top of Steens Mountain, you will be able to work stations at long distances in every direction. There are many stations in this area active and able to reach DN02. I recomm
Sean, This is very good news! Our multiop group, over many years of operating the June VHF QSO Party on mountaintops and winning Division certificates almost every time, were able to achieve the Top
Gentlemen: Rod, WE7X is selling (for another ham who is now inactive on VHF) a new (never plugged into a socket) EIMAC 8938 aka 3CX1500C7 tube. This is the tube that has been very popular over the ye
AF6O is quite right about reading the regulations. In the US, you have to sign your call as VE3CRU/W3, not W3/VE3CRU. The special agreement between Canada and the United States has it that way. Hams
Todd, It's good to hear that the Great Lakes area will be active with rovers. I need many grids in the northern Great Lakes area. I will be watching for opening to that area during the contest. Hope
Frank, Why do you insist on painting everything red? Deliberately leaving QSOs out of a log in order to ruin another's chances due to penalties is sabotage and ranks with intentional interference so
Howdy all! Wow, that was a fun one. I got my best numbers ever on 6m and I worked 7 new grid squares, five of which will apply towards my FFMA effort (Yes!). For the second year in a row, I contacted
I worked the following rovers: N7EPD AL1VE WA7BBJ NW7O KI6CG AF6AV K6LMN W6YLZ W6TE AA0KW K7IP K7MDL KD0S W7YES. Don't know if any of them was in a desert or not. K7CW With the Band wide open to the
The Programs and Services Committee has a lot of stuff on their plate. Most of it's members are not knowledgible about the VHF weak signal world, but they want to help. Hence, they created the VUAC,
Hi Marshall, First, DM82. I lived in DM82 for a couple of years and was there during the big coast-to-coast 2m double hop opening that occurred during the 1987 June VHF QSO Party. I was in the middl
Perhaps this statement is as a result of a distortion (somewhere along the way) of another statement that certain influences exist that would have VHF contest rules mirror HF contest rules. K7CW Hi C
I lived in Midland, Texas, near the confluence of DM82, 81, 92 and 91. This was over 20 years ago, but I remember the smell, which was always present, very well. As you say, it was a good smell. Paul
If you use a power divider, use two equal lengths (it doesn't matter how long they are) of 50 ohm coax, from the power divider ports to each yagi. The impedance transformation is going on in the powe
73, Paul Paul, I don't think half wavelengths are going to do it, that will just reproduce the impedance present at the other end. You want odd multiples of quarter wavelength. Jim, AF6O ____________
Hi Dave, Yes, use two equal lengths of 50 ohm coax. Make sure the yagis are both mounted the same way. 73, Paul, K7CW all replies have been interesting to read. but in my case i can not stack one on
I apologize for jumping into this thread and not being careful about what I stated. I meant to state that when using 75 ohm coax (instead of a power divider) to perform the impedance transformation,
Hey guys! Let me input suggestions for grids to visit as portable or rover stations during the contest. I need the following W4 grids for FFMA (and, they'll do nicely for contest multipliers, too!):
EN30 stands alone on my map, too. Any help for hungry grid hunters will be appreciated. :-) K7CW Is there ANYONE active (or will be) in or near EN30? I have worked every grid, for 6 grids in all dire
Maybe when everything is at STP. But, if the beacon is stronger or has clicks due to hard keying, or if the noise blanker has to be used, or if the DX is sending fast or..... then it might not be so