-- "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com> wrote: I really wish that the ARRL would do another review of the current generation 50-28CK along with its higher band siblings. The current 50-28CK
Yepp, I'm with Dave on this one. I too find many of W2EV's various idea postings to be both thought provoking and interesting. I may even completely disagree with some of those ideas (remember the id
Better yet by using radios that provide you a visual presentation of a 150-200Khz slice of the spectrum centered around the "weak signal" parts of the V/UHF bands you can see all activity of *all* ty
I would suggest that such a contest be kept near real-time for all participants who are competing for awards. As I suggested before I think that a once per hour log submission requirement would be ad
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the original purpose of roving to activate more rare and semi rare grids for the *fixed* stations to work??? What grid circling has effectively done is to
For the typical solid state brick and no tower mounted preamp configuration I've had perfectly fine results with the radio keying the transverter and then using the AUX relay contacts of the DEMI tra
How about having an informal, low overhead, piggybacked VHF "contest" where those groups (or individuals) who participate on 6M and up post on this reflector the following: 1. Club name and location.
Well some lively discusion about all this. Since this thread forked in several different directions I decided to just expand on and clarify the original post. I'll address a few questions and comment
That way all Q's could be posted so that every other participant can see exactly who's working what. It would sure make it easy to see who is circling, or who is captive now wouldn't it? And just thi
I agree, all too often I just don't feel like contesting after coming home from work, it is much harder to get truly fired up for the sprints because they in the middle of the week. N9DG ____________
I did a detailed analysis a few years ago for my log in the January 2004 ARRL contest. My conclusions: It is it is a counter productive strategy to just cling to the calling frequencies. Even if you
Pity those who think that staying on .200 is actually a good idea for being competitve. Regardless of their power or antennas. As for a rule change to prohibit .200 use I simply don't see any need fo
Despite some rather poor condition did eek out some nice long haul Q's. Best DX was ~430 miles. Things got *really* slow after 9:30 PM and I was all shutdown by 10:15. Score and map at: http://propne
Uh-oh, could this be the rise of "VUCC Circling" ??? .... ;). Duane N9DG ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time
Makes me wonder how close Single Operator class stations have come over the years in the quest to crack 100 grids on 2M? Duane N9DG ___________________________________________________________________
WB4UNA's post has pretty much summed it up. And what I've noticed is that those who get into VHF "Weak Signal" tend to be those who seek technical challenges, not just operating challenges. And these
APRS being run by rovers does you little good when they are out of "FM with an omni" antenna range. In my case for the January VHF SS that would have been 90% of the rover Q's that I did make. So if
I really liked the new 6-digit grid exchange format for the 144 MHz Spring Sprint. It adds just enough additional challenge to the QSO making process. I found that for greater than 90% of my QSO's th
Yes I see this a lot and I don't understand why people think that clinging to .200 is competitive. It hurts your score to do so. Here is an analysis that I did of my January 2004 log that shows that
While it may work out generally better to stay on or close to the calling frequencies in really sparse areas for the "local" (<300 mile) Q's, it still works against you overall. For example when the