This is a report from another of the 5 Unlimited Rovers. Our decision was made prior to the start of the event as a result of utilizing 3 operators. We had the bottom 4 and also 1296. We talked about
Has any one had their entries kicked back by the robot. Is their a newer version of N3FJP where these problems no longer occur? 2.8 is the version I am running. CQ did a nice job of posting a example
That is the cheepest upgrade your station and valuable insurance bit of rover info I have heard yet. Thanks, I am currently working on coming up with a way to mount my Yaesu FT-897 in my Ford Mini-Va
I received notice from the contest rep that the Rover category situation has been fixed. Thanks to all those responsiable for fixing the problem and those that replied and brought the problem to ligh
Opps forgot to add the important info in my post. Sorry. Here is the correct header for a Rover entry. CATEGORY-OPERATOR: ROVER CATEGORY-BAND: ALL CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH _______________________________
With the UHF contest round the corner and knowing that I live in an area that is popular with 432 I have a couple of questions. 1- Looking for good locations for 432 in the South Central PA area. Nam
Thanks for input New on 432 A great big thank you to all of you who responded with excellent input to help myself and others improve their 432 station. Summary of Responses 1- Clean Line of Sight loc
N3XUD/R 432 OnlySaturday- FN10 and FM19 Sunday- I might take a trip down to the Berryville, VA hamfes. hope to get down there for the testing session. Working on last min detail surrounding the trip
KB3STA/R will be with me on Saturday and Sunday. I am currently set up in my drive way and ready to test on 432 only. I also have 2m FM 146.55 should any one be close enough to cordinate, first time
Report from Saturday- Not good, spent several hours listing to K3TUF and W3HMS/R and WA3PTV/R all in FN10 cordinating via 432 on the higher microwave bands. I only heard one other station K1RZ but he
I was just looking for photos of rovers and what they use. I was looking more for what mast they were using and the height, but I noticed the way that they were mounting the rotor on the roof. If not
My dad and I used a FT-897 during the June Contest and I have used it in other contest since. I have no complaints. Nice and small but if your looking for power you will need to add amps. 50w on 2m.
N3XUD and KB3STA unfortunetly will not be roving this weekend. We will be operating from our home QTH in FM19rw on 6, 2, 432. Due to my anniversary my operating time could be limited but I will be on
Its that time again for the Fall sprints.N3XUD and KB3STA will operate from our QTH in FM19rw. http://svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules_2009.pdf Dave N3XUD and Angel KB3STA ________________________________
Look for the N3XUD/R in the Fall Sprint from FM19 and FN10 Also KB3STA/R will be with me as well. Hope for better 432 participation than the UHF contest. I only had 3 contacts. Dave N3XUD Angel KB3ST
Hi, I was wondering if any one has had any experiance with the Quick Connect Antenna Mount from Iornworks? This item looks like a great tool that will increase the speed of setup and tear down for ro
That time of the year for the Spring Sprints. http://groups.google.com/group/springsprints/web/2010-announcement-rules The winter months have been good to the improvement of my rover station. I have
N3XUD/R and KB3STA/R will be operating the 144, 432, and 6m Sprints. Will N3FJP's logging program be sutable for the distance scoring or is another program better suited for this type of scoring? Gla
Monday is the big day, the 144 Spring Sprint. http://groups.google.com/group/springsprints/web/2010-announcement-rules?pli=1 Dave N3XUD/R and Angel KB3STA/R will be activating FM19qv and FN10pa. Dont
Grid QSO FN10pa 12 FM19qw 19 Total QSO= 31 Multipliers= 4 Grids Activated=2 Total Mult= 6 FN20, FM19, FN10, FN31 Total Score (Not Distance Score= 186) Operated using a M2 Loop, other local results in