432 MHz Fall Sprint results for N9LB Participation seemed really low, only three contacts with "regulars". Guess people were watching the debates on TV. Too bad because conditions were better than av
Hi Zack! Sorry the WX prevented your operating in the contest. Thanks for making the attempt! We had 50 MPH winds here, the yagis are all off heading because of it. I'm not going to fix it as it is 9
January 2013 VHF contest results for N9LB, SOLP, non-assisted, EN52, Wisconsin. Highlights: 7 band sweep ( 50-2304 MHz ) with K2DRH. 6M e-skip opening to Texas Saturday evening from 9-11 pm CST. Work
An alternate idea would be to create a "Winter 6M Contest" on the 1st weekend of January to improve the odds of e-skip. I've noticed that when 6M opens up, activity on the other VHF bands all suffer
Highlights: 6M e-skip 6-7 PM CDST Saturday evening to Texas & Mexico and a few momentary spotlight openings later Saturday evening to SW states. 6M e-skip off-and-on from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM CDST Sund
Yes, I agree, the people who make the rules should be active VHF weak-signal operators and/or VHF contesters in order to be on the VUAC ( or whatever replaces the VUAC ). All VUAC members should have
The contest started out very interesting with solid QSOs with two Canadian stations in the first few minutes: VE3JVG, Brampton, ON, FN03 Distance 485.9 mi, ( 781.9 km) VE3CRU/R, FN04na, 532 miles, (
Hi Larissa! There are only fees when claiming awards from the ARRL or CQ. There is no cost for setting up LOTW. There is no cost for sending and receiving LOTW QSLs. It also makes a great searchable
I'm also very disappointed over this "surprise" - I didn't see it coming. I usually operate in the August UHF contest and pick up a few new grids each year, I've even won some wallpaper in the past.
Hello Dan! Since your previous transverter has separate RX and TX, why don't you just modify the new transverter for split RX and TX IF? That system is probably easier to interface and you don't run
N9LB was active on 222 thru 2304 MHz from my home station 10 miles South of Madison, WI ( EN52 ). Good participation, however propagation was flat on Saturday afternoon but picked up nicely Saturday
Hello Paul! True North is what you want. I use Polaris, the "North Star". Easy to find and sight along the boom of your antennas visually ( at night ). Polaris is the last star in the handle of the "
Being fairly new to microwave contesting and first time ever on 10 GHz, it was a learning experience for me. Activity level was excellent, I didn't know how to handle it. Kind of like trying to drink
Gee, I hope you didn't miss the ARRL June VHF Test. Here in Southern Wisconsin, overall conditions ranged from not bad to excellent for most of the weekend. 6M was wide open for much of the contest o
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My observations... 6M was frequently open for the week leading up to the ARRL June VHF Contest. I had a chance to play with JT8 during that week. It worked well, the weak signal capabilities on a non
A very interesting article about the new FT8 digital mode. <https://www.flexradio.com/ft8-tipping-point-for-ham-radio/> https://www.flexradio.com/ft8-tipping-point-for-ham-radio/ 73 Lloyd - N9LB ____
Hello everyone interested in our (so far non-) DXpedition to DL79 and DL89. We loaded up this morning and took off for west Texas and the Big Bend country. However, about 100 miles from home, (like t
I experienced this all weekend too - about 50% of attempted contacts. I also observed this after the contest when people were still calling "CQ Test" to indicate that a quick QSO, w/o the funny numbe
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