There is a guy here in the NW that lives in a valley, but has somehow gotten permission to put antennas up on a hilltop. This person access the "remote" antennas via a 440 link which includes rotatin
Well, I had fun, but this was also frustrating as well. Operating from home is challenging because of high Powerline noise on all bands (even 1296), but somehow I managed to do ok, (I guess). Being a
I wasn't intending on doing this yet, but made the mistake of sending this to the FFMA group instead of to just one person. Here are my tentative plans for the CQWW VHF contest on the 19th and 20th o
OOPS, I forgot that the CQWW VHF contest is 6m and 2m only. That makes radio and antenna selection easier. Bruce, KI7JA I wasn't intending on doing this yet, but made the mistake of sending this to t
Hello all, I am planning on operating from either South Mountain in SW Idaho, or near Blue Mountain in SE Oregon, from DN12. Depending on snow levels, road acceess, and range fires. I am hoping for
Hello All, Well, I am back at home after a 24 hour, 940 mile round trip to Idaho. I made it to South Mountain, where I intended to operate from, but the road heading up to the top was not much more t
Hi All, I am planning on heading to South Mountain, Idaho, in DN12mr which is at 7850'. Since there will probably not be much propagation, I will spend a lot of time on either WSJT or CW. Look for me
Hi All, Well, I finally made it home again, after 975 miles and nearly as much in gas. I did make it to the top of South Mountain at 7800 ft. Friday, but after dark, and had to set up the tent using
You spoke my mind, Paul! Bruce, KI7JA From: Paul Kiesel Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:03 AM To: 6meter@yahoogroups.com ; pnwvhfs@googlegroups.com ; themagicband@yahoogroups.co.uk ; Texas_VHF-FM_Socie
Hello All, I am going to try, and I stress TRY to find somewhere in DN04 for the June contest. The perch I was thinking about originally is at nearly 7000, and as most of us know here in the NW, we a
Well, my first location that I went to in DN04 was blocked by 20 yards of snow 3' deep. I walked thru the snow, and was able to walk up to the Lookout, but could not get thru with the truck. So, I he
Hi All, I am planning to make another attempt at getting to the top of Black Butte in DN04km, NW of the town of Mt. Vernon, Oregon. Hopefully, the snow will be melted by now, however, Thunder storms