The proper way to subscribe is to not send an email to the whole list, but rather to go read this: <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting> 73, Dave KM3T
Fred's right. The importance of the low (high angle) antenna can't be overemphasized. I was the 6m op at the K1TR/3 Blue Mountain operations (1990-1993 or 1994, can't remember) in Pennsylvania (FN20,
I'm familiar with HSCW and WSJT but have personally not operated either mode. I look forward to trying both, from a technical and fun perspective. But, for contesting, I fall in the camp who believes
There does seem to be an overwhelming amount of SSB operation. There ought to be a lot more CW operation, especially in the slower periods. I'm sure people would work more grids if they went to CW. A
Great topic, Kenneth. I have been active with a few large-scale multi-op VHF operations, namely K3MTK (the old W3BBS group), K1TR/1, K1TR/3, and W2SZ (once). I've also done some single-op VHF contes
And that's very admirable. And really in the spirit of what contests were meant to be. And should be. Believe me, I'm no major champion of skeds. I've just seen skeds as both a competitive edge, whet
And this is exactly where some contesters (HF and VHF alike) lose QSOs. Just copy what you hear, and log it. If you don't hear it, don't log it. And if you decide to use a database, and that station
That's what happens when 6m is wide open from Texas. :-) Not sure this is a valid or representative data point. That being said, there are many factors that go into a winning effort. Most of the read
Tom Take a chill pill. We just upgraded the Mailman software and it required a few changes to get the spam protection back in. I think I saw one piece of spam come through here today. I'm sure you a
There does seem to be an overwhelming amount of SSB operation. There ought to be a lot more CW operation, especially in the slower periods. I'm sure people would work more grids if they went to CW. A
I'm familiar with HSCW and WSJT but have personally not operated either mode. I look forward to trying both, from a technical and fun perspective. But, for contesting, I fall in the camp who believes
The proper way to subscribe is to not send an email to the whole list, but rather to go read this: <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting> 73, Dave KM3T
Fred's right. The importance of the low (high angle) antenna can't be overemphasized. I was the 6m op at the K1TR/3 Blue Mountain operations (1990-1993 or 1994, can't remember) in Pennsylvania (FN20,