Hi I expect to be home tonight from the home station in CN89mg. I will mostly be on approx 144.200 and will be listening on 146.520 as well. If 144.200 is quiet I will try MSK144 on 144.144 (I just d
17Q's and 8 Mults using the home station. I don't contest much with the home station but am pleased with this. Spent about half the contest on meteor scatter and completed one QSO with Tom WA6OSX via
Hi, the recent email from Marshall has reminded me of an issue I have encountered during my terrestrial VHF activities. It can be very challenging if not impossible to login to a typical web site fro
A few comments: My track record making contacts from rare grids with no prior notice by calling CQ on 50.125 for example has been very poor. A system that allowed me to notify interested amateurs whe
I've had similar issues during my few attempts / qso's on 927.5 FM in the Greater Vancouver (BC Canada) area. During the recent microwave sprint one of the hardest qso's to complete was a fairly shor
Hi. I'm just curious how other rovers are determining their Maidenhead grid locations while roving. I'm delivering a presentation on VHF contesting and would like to be able to make some recommendati
Thanks all for the helpful comments (both on and off list.). I now have lots of suggestions to pass onto other hams who are interested in VHF contesting and roving in particular. I just double checke
The short answer is "probably." At my home station I feed the one pulse per second output from one of my GPS units into a "time server" which connects to my Ethernet network. In turn my computers can
The date for the January VHF contest is shown as "will generally be the third or fourth weekend in January" http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf I'm just curious is there a historical reason why there is
Just FYI. I spent approx 2 hours during the last contest running MSK144 on 50 MHz while making every effort to send my call with a "/R". My efforts netted me 6 QSO's during a time period in the after
Hi: I'm curious if anyone else is planning on roving / operating in BC outside of the greater Vancouver / Lower mainland and Vancouver island areas during the September contest. I'm leaning towards a
If you want to confirm the interface is working you might try using SATPC32. I seem to recall helping the developer test some functionality on my FT736 approx 10 years ago. It worked well for me when
To echo some comments I made on the WSJT list and via direct email to others... When I was reminded that this contest requires the exchange of 6 character grids, this was the final nail in the coffin
Re my last post. I should have said... Without being able to "easily" use the JT modes... I'm aware there are creative ways one could send the six character grids. Having tried "non standard" JT mode
Thanks for the link. Re operating above 144.300 I would want to stay well clear of the usual APRS frequency (144.39 ?). I'm not convinced having a weak signal mode using SSB radios near a FM based pa
To expand upon my prior off list comment it would be nice to nail down the boundary between digi mode EME and other digi mode operations on 144 MHz. Some operators seemed to think 144.144 was a FSK44
Hi: I will be running from my home station in CN89mg. Main effort will be on 222 and 432 SSB (and if needed will put my modest CW skills to the test.) Will also have have a minimal capability on 927.
Hi. I posted a similar query to the WSJT yahoo list and got a limited response (but I'm great full for the response I got.) I'm pondering operating frequencies for a roving expedition during the sept
Hi: (A longer announcement can be found on the PNWVHFS reflector. Sorry for the dupe message for many.) I expect to be in CO80ja at the start of the contest on Saturday on 50, 144 and 222 MHz. Will p
Sorry it looks like I can no longer access my planned site in CO81. I will do some exploring tomorrow and see what else I can find but I don't expect to be on the air at 8am tomorrow (if at all.) 73