Made 13 QSO's in the 6 meter sprint. Pitiful. Wouldn't have made 2 of those if it weren't for the Mid Atlantic QSO Party. OK--The Swan 250c isn't the hottest radio, the 5 element CushCraft is 35 year
Art: I'm with you. I don't see how using HF to coordinate contacts (even if a digital mode) is any different than using 2 meters to coordinate microwave contacts or running the bands when a new one i
Ken: Sounds like some good stuff. I seem to remember this kind of information being publihsed in QST. I enjoy NCJ and QEX, but the Moxon article in NCJ? Lets see.... ARRL membership/QST: $39, QEX: $2
David: Is the "ground gain" a real number? When doing non-ionizing radiation calculations, (same thing, but usually in the transition zone between near field and far field) one is supposed to figure
Ev/David: I'll have to check out the AO program. The 2.15 dB is simple enough--Isotropic vs Dipole, and rightly belongs in an antenna prediction program. Ground reflection, however, to me, belongs in
Yeah...its part of membership, BUT, QST is available at some newsstands. Increased circulation, for most magazines, means more ad revenue, and, the demographic of the "free" subs is a good one--activ
I agree, and I use it. MUCH easier to find and peak a beam on a CW signal. This would provide an incentive to use CW, as it is not segregated like on HF.--Mike, WV2ZOW 43 have People who don't know C
What is the feeling on working cross mode in contests when the rules permit it? Such as answering a CW CQ on SSB, where, of course, the CW CQ occurs in the phone portion of the band. I do not have a
Jeff: Most of the new cellular equipment is pretty good, but the older analog (particularly AT&T series 2) would wipe out low end of 902 band. I would be a little more cautious than saying "I wouldn'
While 900 is not used in the USA for mobile phone, it is used by some carriers. Nextel holds licenses there and Cingular Wireless Data operates in the 900 MHz SMR band, 896-902 and 935-940 MHz. --Ori
Ev: The SPRINTS are among my favorite contests. Just getting back into VHF contesting after a long absence, the SPRINTS allow one to concentrate on a specific band. I can assemble a decent station/an
Using a sequencer is always the safest way to go, but the Mirage does have RF sensing, so the chance of damaging it is quite small if you do not use a sequencer. While the Mirage has provisions for h
Once again the 6 Meter Sprint is upon us. This Saturday is also the Second Mid Atlantic QSO Party. Unlike many other state/regional QSO parties, the MAQP encourages operation on all (except WARC) ban
Just some thoughts -- I tried to stay out of the fray, but just couldn't: Grid Circling: Don't understand the problem with it, other than it skews the score away from the more traditional rover. "Sol
Bob: A suggested scoring change (made several weeks ago and did not generate much in the way of comments, pro or con, which makes me think the real activity for most is complaining, and not the bette
Greetings. I have a Motorola Nucleus II Base station, and I'd like to put it in the weak signal portion of the 902 ham band. I have seen a conversion to make the transmitter play as an FM repeater tr
John: No actual measured experience here, just some non-scientific tests and conjecture. Years ago I had a 5 element 2 meter FINCO beam with a folded dipole driven element. Used it with TV Balun for
Dennis: The Good news: I have a few Motorola Nucleus power supplies--similar to the Quantar supplies but higher current. 28V@24.5A; 14V@9A and 5V@7A, 700Watt maximum. Switching supplies, weigh about
I'd like to add to the announcement and point out that this is one of the few QSO parties that encourage VHF/UHF operation, and, it overlaps the 6 meter Sprint. In the two previous runnings of the QS
Have also explored minimal antenna rotors for similar purposes. The Radio Shack rotor with three wires does not hold its calibration with any reasonable load. The control box has its own motor and wi