I'd like to find out who else in the Eastern MA / Southern NH / Northern RI / (maybe southern Maine?) area will be active during the 222 Sprint on Tuesday evening, Oct 1. I will start in FN42, likely
An update on my plans for the 222 Sprint I will set up in FN42jg from about 7:30 to 8:00 local time, maybe later if there is more activity, and will likely be on 222.100 or nearby depending on activi
If you would ever like to work satellites, you need full duplex so you need to hear yourself, so you must simultaneously listen on one band while transmitting on another band. And, for the ARRL VHF c
Oops, I didn't realize how tired I was last night when I sent my e-mail. Here is what I meant to say . . . I recommend wiring your tower antennas so you can simultaneously use two or more antennas. I
My recommendation is to ask around, or check last year's results, to find at least 3 or 4 fixed location stations in your area who will be working the contest. Contact them before the contest to get
I'll be roving in the eastern MA, southern NH area during this weekend, on the lower four bands, 50, 144, 222, and 432. I'll have SSB on these four bands and FM on 146.52 and 446.00 It's too cold to
The September 2019 VHF contest write-up and scores (and LCRs and certificates) are now on the ARRL.org contest page -Leandra, AF1R _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailin
I only have my iPhone here at work and I dont know how to paste a link with my iPhone. Go to www.arrl.org Click on On The Air at the top of the window At the left side of this page click on Contests
Hamvention (Xenia) 2020 has been cancelled https://hamvention.org/committee-cancels-hamvention-2020/ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contestin
As a rover who has competed in the VHF contests for the last two years I'd like to see what we can do to get more CW and SSB/FM contacts during the contest. I run as a limited rover, but even with ju
I will be rovering this weekend as a limited rover, doing eastern MA on Saturday and southern NH on Sunday. I will make an attempt to activate FN51 on Saturday. My plan is to operate from roughly 2:0
Six grids, FN32, FN33, FN41, FN42, FN43 and the rare one FN51 13 hours on Saturday and 14.5 hours on Sunday = 27.5 hours on the road (time I was away from my house) 12 hours of driving (No contacts d
January VHF contest results have been published in July QST, pages 78 and 79, but the final scores are not available yet on the ARRL website. -Leandra _______________________________________________
I rove in southern New England for the VHF contests. For September, if the weather is good, I will drive out to FN51 (four hour drive round-trip, this is four hours of not operating during the contes
The Amateur Data Interchange Format (ADIF) is a standard which gets updated periodically. The last update was Version 3.1.4 on Dec 6, 2022 https://www.adif.org/ Version 3.1.4 is here https://www.adif