I am wondering if any of you have heard of a rope yagi - similar to VE7BQH's 100' 2m yagi - for 6m? I just searched the net real quick and couldn't find anything. Steve, KC8QVO -- Never miss a thing.
Hi all. I am going to be in Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada - EN39 - a little earlier this year than before. I will be on the road Sunday June 1 to Chicago and then June 3 the rest of the way. I should
Hi everyone. If you hear me on the air PLEASE post my frequency on the activity loggers! The one I use mostly is vhfdx.net but post me everywhere else as well. The more people that know about my oper
Just a note that my trip is being delayed a few days. I am finishing up my quarter at OSU and needed some extra time to finish exams/projects. The good news is that the delay has pushed me in to the
Hi all. I am back from my trip. It does feel good to be home, but I do miss working all of you from EN39! Thanks to all those that I was able to QSO with - in the test and out. I filled up 3-1/2 page
I am curious as to what everyone here thinks along the lines of compact VHF+ beams. I can't use the normal beams I have for VHF+ at the house because I can't put them outside and there isn't enough s
Anyone else who wants a QSL card is welcome. Of course, you have to be in one of my logs HI. I got delayed in making my card from my trip in June. I just ran the first batch of cards today. If you ha
Hi All. I wanted to report an error to the group just so it is known and can be corrected/delt with. I had used EN29 as my grid based on a map and where the lake was. When I got my GPS I found out
Hi All. Just a couple announcements: First, I just received an award for First Place Single Operator, Ontario section for the June contest last year! This is my first contest award so thats pretty
Hi All. I will not be able to make it up for the contest. I will have to operate what I can here that weekend. If I can I will try and rove a bit, but I don't know how that will all work out. Tha
Hi All I just wanted to post a more firm update on my trip timing. We will be leaving on June 15th (a week away!). I should be up there the following evening. If all goes well I will have a radio
Hi All, I just wanted to post an update so if I don't get a chance between now and when I hit the road I will have it covered! Everything is packed up ready to roll. I put my antennas in for all
Hi All. Check out my last blog post at www.kc8qvo.com. I can get Internet access at a certain point on the lake so I can check my e-mails and all. The bands haven't been too good. I have worked 5 g
Hi All I have been really busy all through Field Day weekend and haven't been able to chime in with an update here. I drove straight through from EN39 back home (21.5 hours including customs, food,
I have become aware of the fact that the ARRL has eliminated the Assisted Class from the EME contest this year. This is a bad choice in that it severely affects the smaller station's ability to get a
I am just letting everyone know that I will once again be making my trek to EN39. The trip is from July 2-10. I do not know how much I will be operating this year. I am toning down my operation a lit
I have an opportunity to purchase a ready-to-go AM-6154 (or 6155?) amp for 2m. I have read up on them a little bit and everything I have found has said they are quite robust amps. The owner/operator
All, I will once again be making the trek to EN39 for the June ARRL VHF QSO Party in a couple weeks. I will be working 6m only again this year. Previous years netted extremely low to non-existent QSO
All, I have my station up and running as of about 7pm central time last night. So far I have about 10-12 contacts logged - all during the large auroral opening yesterday. That was quite a surprise. I
All, Band conditions up here have been horrible outside of the Aurora opening. Even the big guys are hard to work. Throughout the contest making contacts was like pulling teeth. I ended up with 32 co