A LPDA is a compromise antenna at best. On top of that I don't think their made to use on a full-time Rover. That is alot of money for a compromised solution. The real question is are you willing to
The cost of Contesting to a "High" level is dramatically more than operating at a "Good" Level. Take any sport and look at what it takes to perform at 20th place compared to 1st place and you will no
Nope, that remains the standard as LOTW wasn't designed to easily implement Multi Grid VHF Operations. I wish I knew code to implement an automatic parser that would separate all the Grids automatica
222 MHZ requires a PA that works at that freq and to date none of the PA's used work at that frequency very well. 222 just is not a priority for them. 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk _______________
Mike (KA5CVH) Urich via contesting.com 4:20 PM (6 hours ago) So I'm considering trying to mount a limited rove in. January. For a rig I'll use my FT991. However antennas is less than firm. I have a K
Hey Folks, Happy New Year from Northern Nevada! Here's to Making 2018 a better year on VHF+ Contesting / DXing. To that end personally, I am resurrecting the 16ele 2M yagi instead of 11ele & digging
HI folks, Just finished mounting the 144 and 432 antennas on the tower trailer as the sun departed. I will get some coax to them tomorrow and then be looking to test them out. The 2M antenna is 16ele
Using FT8 tyo work the next grid is the silliest thing I have seen in a long while and quite frankly a waste of time as it gets in the ways of others making longer contacts on FT8 or MSK144. Digital
Yes you need to request a xxxx/R Callsign Certificate from the ARRL to begin uploading Individual ROVER LOGS. The big problem for the VHF ROVER is you need to parse the log into individual logs based
The latest Version of WSJT-X finally puts the NA VHF Contest mode option up front so with some education maybe less confusion? 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk _______________________________________
Hi Folks, In the upcoming ARRL VHF QSO Party... K7XC will be QRV from home here in DM09jh on 6M - 6ele @ 27' 100W IC746 2M - 16ele @ 23' 100W IC746 432 - 27ele @ 25' 35W IC-706mkIIg Modes: CW, SSB, F
Good Morning Folks, With all this last minute info sharing I haven't seen the single most important issue RE: FT8 mentioned... Please make sure to click on the box labeled "NA VHF CONTEST MODE" befor
K7XC N NV DM09 June VHF QSO Party Hi! Please point your antennas towards Silver Springs Nevada - DM09jh this weekend. I will be QRV on the following... 50 - 6ele yagi at 27ft & 100W 144 - 16ele yagi
I just heard from Pat - W5OZI on the ON4KST 6M Region 2 chat page that Bill Tynan, *W3XO* has become a silent key. No further info at this time. My best wishes to his family and friends at his loss.
Silent Key - Bill Tynan W3XO - on his life, in his own words. {From a presentation he gave years ago) http://www.kerrhams.org/W3XO.pdf RIP Bill... Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk __________________________
I wanted to let you know about a We the People petition and ask for your support. Will you add your name to mine? If this petition gets 100,000 signatures within 30 days of its creation, the White Ho
Hi Folks, Just a brief note: I will be on from home - DM09jh - in Silver Springs, NV. Looking for any and all skeds/etc. **FT8 IS ONLY ANOTHER TOOL, NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR CW/SSB! QRV on the following
Go To Harbor Freight and find their 4000W amp on sale often for $270 Normally $300 or so. I hasn't hiccuped yet in the 3 yrs it been here doing Portable/Emergency Power duty. Spend the $2K+ bucks for
The Best way is to install an isolator to charge a deep cycle battery in the cab of the car that runs the rover station when mobile and carry a small 1K or 2K generator to run everything / charge the
It is with great sadness I must report finding the call of Jim - NW7O among the rolls of Silent Keys in the Feb issue of QST. Jim was a long time stalwart of VHF+ Weak Signal operating from Nevada...