I just finished "scanning" the survey results, and more importantly, the comments. I hope the committee will see some patterns in these comments. I noticed that many people objected to some of the qu
That goes along with what I was saying. Many of the comments pointed out "weak" spots in the poll. I would like the comments used to build a better poll. I think change is inevitable. I just hope our
The biggest change I would like to see is adding a few thousand new contesters here in the Midwest! 73 Dan -- K9ZF /R no budget Rover **QRP-l #1269 Check out the Rover Resource Page at: <http://www.q
Yuck. This would be the death of Roving, and likely VHF contesting with it. I don't like this one either. I've never grid circled, why give me a penalty? 73 Dan -- K9ZF /R no budget Rover **QRP-l #1
I actually like the idea. I think distance scoring would be a blast. I'm not sure, however, if the VHF contesting community is ready to use 6 digit grids. I still get quite a few folks who don't kno
Sounds good. I like the idea of 1 point per km. Although I would suggest adding weighting for the upper bands. It's much more difficult to make a 200 km contact on 2304 than six meters... How about
Anyone ever use the Warren Gregoire head sets? How is the tx/rx audio quality? I picked up a new FT897D primarily for Roving, and need a new head set. Currently, this is about the only one in my pric
Having a mountain under you would be a big help too:-) 73 Dan -- K9ZF /R no budget Rover **QRP-l #1269 Check out the Rover Resource Page at: <http://www.qsl.net/n9rla> List Administrator for: InHam+g
While I agree that dipoles and loops work, and are much better than no antenna, I would hesitate to recommend them to "new VHF+" ops. I think the many hours of white noise between QSO's keeps a lot o
Hi John, I've always wondered that about APRS. I was pretty heavy into packet back in the 90's, but when Internet e-mail became popular everyone kind of lost interest in packet. I considered getting
Gee Zack, As I see it, that doesn't put you in the middle of nowhere, but you can probably see it from there:-) 73 Dan 70 miles south of Indianapolis, 30 miles north of Louisville, ~75 miles west of
Hi Zack, Joe, Lee, and all; Yes, I'm still around. Unfortunately like Zack was saying, I just haven't had the time to keep up with the plans lists like I used to. This month I'm in the middle of a ne
Hi John, I'm planning to find out:-) My "new" Rover rig is an FT897D, which is basically the same radio electrically. I've been told the front end doesn't fair well on crowded bands. But around here
I'll throw in a vote for RoverLog by N1MU. http://www.2ub.org/roverlog/ It's not just for Rovers, easy to use, tons of features, and it's free! I've also been trying N1MM logger. It looks like a grea
Hi Terry, It's been awhile, but it seems like on one of the acc. connectors there is a key line for HF and another pin for VHF. And the other connector is used for the interface. What I did was wire
I have to agree with Frank, I like to have big antennas for the Rover. I guess it depends on your "audience". If you are planning to Rove through urban areas with most of your contacts at short range
I use a cheap Radio Shack [Tandy? Micronta?? or something...] 150 watt inverter I bought used at a hamfest 6 or 7 years ago... Oddly enough it's pretty quiet. I get some hash on 6, but it's tolerable
I usually run 11.5 to 12 feet above ground level with no problems. After awhile, you learn to watch for tree limbs. It gets to be a habit even when you aren't in the rover:-) You do have to watch for
Hi All, After much too long an absence, K9ZF /R will be back in action again this weekend! I'm keeping the plans pretty simple. I will start the contest from a hilltop in EM78bp. This is one of my fa
The way I understand it, one of the key points of this contest is to keep things "simple". Therefore limiting the bands to the basic 2 that most people have. I personally would like to see it include