Thanks to Jim, W7FKI for giving me the heads up earlier today I found that my web-site got infected over the week-end. It's off-line right now but if you got any spam or other nasty bugs please forgi
Well my senior programmer, Chase, KC5MPK, the smarter of the two Urich's and I have come to the root of my problems. I was using Coppermine for an online photo album on my web-site. It appears that C
Mike asks Wheeler Peak ? ? ? I was out there working in Questa this past summer. -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com http://ka5cvh.com/political/ _______________________________________________ V
LINK TO CHART http://www.hamgeeks.com/uhfvhfloss.htm While admittedly I didn't run the numbers I think your figures for RG-8X may be incorrect, as in waaaaay to generous. Here's another to use for co
I'm not sure what is best because what is best for me might not be so for someone else. I am partial to http://www.n3fjp.com/ -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com There is only one church ... and
The "3rd Rock Rover Team" of AB5SS and W5DF contend that anyone can buy a modern HF plug and play radio throw some wire up in trees and work the world. Real operator skill begins at 144 MHz and goes
http://ka5cvh.com/photos/v/Fun+stuff/redneck_suv.jpg.html -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com There is only one church ... and there is only one set of rules ... and God wrote the rules ... not t
Mike suggests Try this http://ka5cvh.com/radio/vhf/grid_survey_report.pdf ... and I set up this reflector http://lists.ka5cvh.com/listinfo.cgi/grids-ka5cvh.com for the purpose of discussing V/UHF DX-
Are you on drugs? 50 MHz is the perfect band to get the newbie with their tech ticket on the air with an inexpensive basic station and get involved. Obviously this is some New England elitist attitud
Actually I thought he was talking about HF in general. :-) As W5DF & AB5SS say when speaking to local clubs. Get your general, get any plug and play radio, throw some wire in the trees and work the w
Some of the stations use the Software Defined Radio (SDR) equipment which also works great and is truly state of the art. I am a nostalgic type person and like using equipment with big knobs, so usin
Multi-op stations can certainly use Ping Jockey to get info on stations, as long as that station is not self-spotting or asking another to spot them. Mike asks because he doesn't know How does that d
I was ... but 160 meters isn't HF either, now is it? -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com There is only one church ... and there is only one set of rules ... and God wrote the rules ... not the ch
Or you can print this one out http://ka5cvh.com/radio/vhf/us_grids.pdf. Just use a black and white printer. I'm also trying to see if I can find one with just a map and grids with no color. -- Mike U
I just recently met Marshall and the gang at the 2008 Memorial day BBQ in Milam TX. http://k5qe.com/ http://www.vhfsouth.com// -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com There is only one church ... and
I didn't get to operate as I was tied up with a summer camp http://tjoc.us/ -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com There is only one church ... and there is only one set of rules ... and God wrote t
And as my mother would say ... people in hell want ice water too! I just passed on a TS-780. It was in very good condition and the seller wanted $500. I thought that was a bit steep. -- Mike Urich, K
No I know the difference. This was not a technology question but a question about being assisted. If I'm on 50.130 or 144.210 or whatever and I have another radio going "hey here I am over here" isn'
During the Saturday and Sunday of the contest when looking for Q's found a group of Trucker and Farming Equipment Drivers using 144.200 FM Cracking down on itinerant use of VHF amateur frequencies is
When I think of some contest trying to "level the playing field" a number of visions come to mind. Most notably, every time "government" (at any level) tries to level the playing field I know that it