I seriously would drop a letter every TV station with a news department for 150 miles around you. They run the daylights out of their ENG vans, and the vans get nothing for trade. Sometimes they will
Please understand that I am not a high end contester, but my buddies and I are planning to operate from EN86 during the June ARRL VHF contest. We will actually be there the Thursday afternoon before
The main disadvantage of a 4 bay omni is lthat you will pick up any QRN located anywhere. But a 4 bay absolutely has gain on the horizon. A 4 bay would have the proverbial 6 Db of gain, minus splitte
Mikel, one quick question. Does anyone know if the modules on Channel 8 RF spectrum, drop down to 2 meter relatively easily? If so, I just might have a source of modules. Tom Bosscher K8TB __________
The E' cloud gods decided to avoid Michigan. Only some 68 contacts from EN86. Ya, EN 86 90% CW. Bummer. We operated 18 hours. But, the group says we are going back next year. We borrowed a way cool t
I'm looking to buy this next spring. Finally a rig for 220 SSB. I'm stoked about that alone. Tom K8TB _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesti
Jerry, I'm scared that: It will be over $ 1,200 It will be a dog. But I think those statements will be wrong. Because if, it goes for around $ 800 and works like it should, then yes. I'm committed to
Remember how excited we all go when we heard about the Sentry SDR rig, going up to 1400 MHz? Some sad news: prototype we have reluctantly decided not to put the Sentry SDR transceiver into production
Without any power, look at the return loss (swr) of the input. Use an antenna analyzer, connecting the input to the antenna port. Theoretically, you can do the same with the output circuitry, again,
I've had a thought about the activity level, and I have one very bizarre idea. Please, don't shut the idea down without thinking about it. Here in Michigan, Roger, W8IO has kick started the Michigan
Norms Fabrication ! http://www.normsfab.com/ 73 de Tom K8TB There is a guy that shows up every year at Dayton selling REALLY nice tower hardware, plates and brackets. I think he is from northern Ohio
One other question. From what I understand, MSK144 takes the full 300 HZ to 2700 Hz bandwidth. How far apart should the "slots" be? 3, 4 5 kHz? The reason is, if I have to listen to two station via t
Sean, Look at OCI. I believe this was the guy who started DCI, then sold it, then started up his own company. http://www.ocicom.com/index.php/amateur-radio/products/2-meter-bandpass-filter Tom K8TB I
Interesting information. I have a slightly different question. My buddy bought a used TV ENG truck with a 40' pneumatic mast. $ 2,000 for the working truck. We are outfitting it to go roving, and I a
Could/would someone type up a clear explanation of this for FT8/other modees, along with who calls first/east/west, in 3 paragraphs. I'm on a zillion radio clubs email lists, and i would push that to
What I was taught by an experienced VHF was a simple mnemonic, "Beaming east is even". Standards are great. (yup, and the punch line is that there are so many to choose from!). Marshall, thank you fo
My three buddies and myself plan to be in EN86 for the VHF contest. We should actually be set up by tomorrow night, Friday, June 8. We will be on the air before the contest, 6 meters only. We have a
I would like to say thank you to all of you who worked with us to have us work you this past week from EN86 and EN67. We could not go back to the mountain of Friday due to a thunderstorm there. Some
Marshall, I've been a long time 6 meter putz level enthusiast. It seems that the best solution would be to politely ask the WSJT team if there is a way to idiot proof the program so that if someone
Simple question. Jim, K8JH and myself are going to try to dip our toes into a bit of roving for the Sept VHF contest coming up. We figure we can hit seven grids in Michigan. Would the N3FJP logging p