Todd, I have had a pair of 6M KB6KQ loops mounted on my tower for over two years and they seem to work fine. These are mounted directly to the Rohn 45G tower leg and separated 20' apart vertically. I
At 08:15 PM 5/8/04 -0400, N3AWS@aol.com wrote: So how do we get the attention of the HF only ops? BTW I do my share of HF contesting, too. Although I got my general in 79, it was almost 20 years befo
I've just discovered that I will be in Virginia for the weekend of the CQ VHF Contest, and so I'm seeking advice which might be useful to get on the air. I am an electrical engineer for DaimlerChrysl
At 04:16 AM 6/24/04 +0000, Matthew Pepper wrote: Do you those of you who work field day VHF stations wait the 15 minutes in between band/mode changes. Or do you just pass a station up the bands like
Ev, It only takes a few minutes to construct a model of this antenna in K6STI's AO program. All antennas: 14.14 dBi @ 7 degrees Upper pair: 12.67 dBi @ 6 degrees Lower pair: 11.84 dBi @ 12 degrees I'
At 04:52 PM 7/3/04 -0400, Mike Clarson wrote: David: Is the "ground gain" a real number? When doing non-ionizing radiation calculations, (same thing, but usually in the transition zone between near f
Guys, it sure seems like you're getting all excited without any facts in hand. I guess I can't blame you, since the ARRL put out what might be considered a provocative questionare, followed by silenc
Jason, I put together my 144-28CK a couple of years ago. It's not all that hard but IMHO its not for a beginner. The trickiest tasks are winding several small diameter air-wound coils and getting the
At 08:15 PM 8/31/04 -0400, Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote: The September VHF QSO Party happens to coincide with two of the better hamfests in my area, Butler, PA (FN00) to the east of us, and Findlay, OH (EN8
Why not buy the 902 model, and if you need to work someone on 903, just shift the IF radio up a megahertz? I would'nt think that there would be any bandwidth issues with either a 28 or 144 MHz IF. Da
The basic fundamental tenet of an amateur radio contest is that you initiate your QSOs via radio techniques. This has been re-affirmed by most of the major organizations that sponsor radio contests.
Dan, Define DC-to-daylight. An IC-706MkIIG or FT100 only gives you one extra band (432) over the IC-746 and 3dB less power on 144. The only thing better is a FT-736R or TS-2000, the latter of which c
I may be wrong on this, but I don't think the ARRL will accept scores from two separate rover entries utilizing the common equipment in the same vehicle. _____________________________________________
My apologies to K3EGE and W3EFH for mistakenly concluding they were rovers. Operating multiple family calls from a single fixed station is certainly allowed by the ARRL rules. Dave/K8CC _____________
At 09:25 AM 1/30/2006, Kenneth E. Harker responded: Let's see: - I write a widely used logging program which was one of the first to support Cabrillo. - I'm on the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee - I
Jim, A couple of us here in the Detroit area have aluminum towers mounted on modified boat trailers which use the "falling derrick" method. We use three-way guying, and one of the guys is the line wh
Group, ZD Engineering was run by Paul Darwactor, W8ZD out of Findlay, OH. Not to put words in his mouth, but I don't think he is making matching transformers any more. (I used to see his display ever
Paul, While the technique you describe certainly works, it has the downside that as the line becomes longer in terms of wavelengths (so that it contains more and more 1/2 wavelength sections), the ba
John, It's been my experience that there are two answers to the question: 50 MHz, and the other higher bands. On 50 MHz, I think the key is to match the radiation angle of the antenna to the incoming
Kevin, I've loaded every QSO made from my current QTH (something approaching 300K QSOs), both HF and VHF, contest and non-contest, and never had LoTW ask for a contest type. I suspect this is because