Mike, If you're interested in an antenna where you get your materials from the local DIY store, you should check out a Moxon Rectangle that I built. It's about 7' wide and less than 2' deep and made
Folks, Sorry for the short notice... And, sorry if this off-topic for the microwave group (thought the list of sites would be useful though)... Later today, the LightHouse Rover, N2MH/R, will try to
Folks, We got off to a late start, about 2 pm from northern NJ. Based on this, we decided to go to the Riansares Mountain site and work our way south, hopefully winding up at Blue Knob. We departed i
Attention: A) Rovers who need some last minute help with finding operating sites for next weekend B) Microwavers who need some operating site help for the contest in a few weeks The N2MH RoveSite Loc
Folks, Here's the final plans for N2MH/R. Based on some recon work we did a few weeks ago, one of our stops had to change (it was unreachable due to a closed road). And, as we were putting this toget
Hi Tom, ... Actually, for the duration of the contest, the ARRL sanctioned the swap of grid squares FN01 and FN02. Thus, FN02, as stated, is in Pennsylvania. Now, if you belive that, I have this brid
To All, I received the following email from Steve, N2CKH, about his club's participation in the contest from FM39 abord the vessel BUMPS. Steve can be reached at N2CKH@optonline.net 73, Mark, N2MH He
While this might not technically be operating on microwave... Tomorrow morning, Karen and I will be taking the Lighthouse Rover II up to Camelback Mountain, PA, FN21hb, to test out a couple of antenn
As pointed out by W3HMS, rain also killed any ideas of going out today. Unfortunately, I can't hook up with him for lunch... If the weather is good tomorrow, is there any interest in going out then?
Greetings, The Lighthouse Rover is planning another adventure for the June contest. True to its name, it will operate from a lighthouse. This time, we will start the contest at the Montauk Point Ligh
I've finished writing the report of our Rove this past weekend for the VHF Contest. Included are some pictures of the Rover and some lighthouses we visited during and after the contest. You can find
I heard some activity that could be attributed to meteor bursts but didn't think anything was out of the normal. I've heard similar behavior in the VHF Contests before. In particular, last year while
To all you Rovers out there: You're probably starting to think about where to rove for the June contest and what route you will take (in addition to the usual stuff about rigs, antennas, etc.). One o
Hi George, I use WriteLog and find it's rig control useful for automatically keeping track of the freq/band I'm on. It is also very useful for transverters in that you can define your transverter's o
In preparation for the June contest, I'm testing out CU2QSO/BeaconNet from the northern NJ area [FN20ut] this weekend. Frequency is 147.585 running about 30 watts to a 3 dB vertical. This test will c
Even though its another radio (plus tnc) and another application on the computer, I plan to run it in June. However, it will not be in continuous operation. Expected route will be Long Island, northe
The Lighthouse Rover is going out on its first January rove this weekend. We will start in Cape Hatteras, NC and head north back to home in northern NJ. Karen (my wife and my driver) wants to stay cl
After I sent the message, I noticed that my start time for the contest on Saturday was 1 PM not 2 PM. Boy, would I have been wondering why there was no activity at my first stop! The corrected times
Karen and I are driving down to the Southport/Oak Island area of North Carolina starting on Wednesday night. We plan to be there for a couple of days to look at property. We plan to start the contest