Hi there, I just finished a construction article on how to build a 2 meter halo antenna that you can hang from a tree branch. This Halo antenna is easy to build from easily obtainable materials, requ
...and by location, location, location, if there's nothing else but LOS propagation. Down here near Charleston, SC it gets really lonely during a VHF contest when there are no openings. But I agree w
Ev Tupis wrote: == Radio Contests Today == When it's all over, we are given 30-days to "audit our logs". Are you trying to imply that people are cheating during this period? Could you explain this to
Phew! If you're concerned about how folks use a word, just don't use it and just say what you want to say, even if that takes a few more words. As you can see, quotation marks do not make things any
Hi Dave, Dave Olean wrote: I think you are taking things too seriously. Do I? Ev provokes thought. I express my thoughts, and now I'm too serious. Ok. I'm not too familiar with this list, so I may ha
Hi Bill, I have two old PCs that plant a carrier right on those frequencies. At times these carriers are pulsating. So far I have not been able to isolate which part of the PC is causing this, but I
Ward Silver wrote: Don't believe everything you read - particularly headlines :-) The Rate Sheet summary says "This Weekend" when referring to the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes, but it's really NEXT w
They do actually introduce an interesting (really, I mean interesting, not as in "good" interesting...) concept with this contest. You receive less points when the other party is not in the contest t
I've heard they're about to redefine long path, too. 73, --Alex KR1ST http://www.kr1st.com _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http
The 2m Sprint was very disappointing for me. Zero contacts. 2.5 hours of static before I finally gave up. Down here near Charleston, SC (EM92) you get lonely quick on VHF. Called plenty of CQ, but no
Hi there, I've stacked 4 homebrew 70cm loops. All have the gamma match in the same direction. Each set of two loops are connected to a 2x3/4wl RG59 harness. Then I connect these harnesses to the thir
Hi Bill, Thank you for the nice comments. The SWR is less than 1.5:1 for a bandwidth of 3 MHz and it's 1.1:1 at 432.1 MHz. The SWR is 1:1 around 431.6 MHz. 73, --Alex KR1ST http://www.kr1st.com _____
Keep an ear out for 2 meters. I'm hearing EM84, EM81, FM03 in EM92 on my HB stacked loops. (08/21/2005 15:00 UTC) 73, --Alex KR1ST http://www.kr1st.com _______________________________________________
Those are good questions, Ev. My contest score would not be worth it ranking wise, but making two for me DX contacts made the effort worth it. Without the contest those stations would not have been o
Ain't that the truth. I'm 20 miles of the East Coast in SC which means over 180 degrees, maybe close to 270 degrees, of no land (at single hop distance) and no hams. A fantastic Es cloud over the Atl
Hi Jim, Not in the sense perhaps as you're thinking of (as part of contest rules), but there may be a precedent. During emergency situations the FCC can declare certain frequencies on HF for a partic
Hi Ev, That's very impressive! The maps really give you a nice perspective of what the propagation was like in different areas. It's also nice to be able to see what your neighbors in the same grid w
Radiosporting Fan quoted: So there's a system "being developed" and a system that is *operational*, and someone wonders why the operational system is being promoted? Gee, yeah, why on earth would som
Hi there, The 2m Sprint was a real treat for us near Charleston, SC. I made 9 contacts in 7 grids for a total of 64 points. That may not look very impressive, but it's the best ever during a Sprint.
Just a word of caution on these beams. I have two of these beams. These antennas work on two meters just fine, but they do nothing on 432 MHz other than presenting a decent load for your rig. The 70c