Looking back at this past weekend, I just wondered if anyone had some thoughts on CW as part of the VHF contests. I don't have a huge setup (small 3-element beam and a halo for 6 meters) and so I nee
The ideas and responses about CW & VHF contests have been interesting to sort thru. While I still wonder if giving more points per CW QSO would be the best thing to do, maybe the first step should be
Just a gentle reminder to many about this coming weekend - don't forget to check for those souls calling CQ down below 50.100. For those of us with mediocre antenna setups, the extra CW effort would
Looking back at this past weekend, I just wondered if anyone had some thoughts on CW as part of the VHF contests. I don't have a huge setup (small 3-element beam and a halo for 6 meters) and so I nee
The ideas and responses about CW & VHF contests have been interesting to sort thru. While I still wonder if giving more points per CW QSO would be the best thing to do, maybe the first step should be
VHF'ers - I hope to soon get on 432 & 1296 for the first time. I just wanted to get some off-the-list ideas of what kind of coax some of you use for those bands. I'll have about a 100 foot run from t
VHF'ers - I am seeking setup advice from anyone who runs Writelog as their usual contest software and how using WSJT or HamIM at the same time works, doesn't work, interferes, little problems, no pro
A question for you experts out there. In the Spring, I plan to put some small antennas up on the roof, including a 1296 loop beam. The coax run is straight to my rig with 125 feet of low loss coax (B
Conditions seemed very poor. Only 10 Q's in 3 grids. If not for W4SHG/R, it would have been real quiet. I heard someone in FN10, but couldn't raise them. Eight of the Q's were CW. I honestly thought
For those of you who don't get messages from the cq-contest reflector, I wanted to have the VHF/UHF community note that a new contesting web site is now up and running at http://www.radio-sport.net .
Thanks to those of you on the reflector who helped me out in recent days to put together stories about this year's ARRL June VHF contest. There are now new articles posted on the contest and more at
No matter how many bands are being used, there are updated VHF/UHF contest writeups available this week at http://www.radio-sport.net on the CQ VHF contest and last month's June ARRL VHF. If you take
Im trying to do my part to spur more activity. I bought one of those inexpensive 222 FM rigs, just so I could get on the band and score a few more points. Been thinking about it for a few years and f
I already have an old KB6KQ loop for 432 MHz. I would like to get a second one so I can phase them together. If anyone has an extra one and would like to sell, please contact me off the list. Thanks.