Pay a visit to http://www.kc9bqa.com for a great post about increasing June VHF contest activity. The post got long, because I ended up really trying to educate/recruit any new (or even slightly inte
Les, I wish you well with the AL ARES VHF simplex test. I hope it opens up some eyes and gets you some new contesters and/or weak-signal ops. I just made a thorough post to my VHF/UHF blog today abou
Hello Bill, Being in Eastern WI, it's all downhill to the east and I get out well in that direction. If you will be roving in the E MI/SW ONT region, I look forward to hearing your (and anyone else's
Steve K4GUN wrote (in part): If you fail to see why grid circling is not a problem, then I can see why you understand the PSC's stance with regard to the VUAC's recommendations. The rovers know the p
Having 6m and 2m Es for the majority of the contest would probably do it for a rover. 73s JOhn AA5JG Todd KC9BQA adds: This would be a perfectly acceptable huge score, because it would involve workin
Snipping K4GUN (with >) and AA5JG's comments... I understand the argument of why it is a problem, I just don't agree with that argument. I am one rover who doesn't agree that it is a problem. I guess
With about 3 active rovers total in the SF Bay Area, even if it affected 100% of them, we are not talking about a wide-spread impact. I have never understood why 97% of the comments on this reflector
Hello Dick, Good to hear of your interest in doing some V/UHF Contesting. If I can help in specific ways, feel free to ask away. This is what I do for dozens of guys in my backyard. I don't enjoy dea
The links I'm passing along are great ear candy for anyone who wants to see what's possible in both VHF/UHF contests and band openings. The main website is www.kcvhfgridbandits.com. Once there, you c
Nice to see what this list is doing today... very nice. Here's a great website for bringing VHF/UHF alive for both new and experienced contesters. The main page is www.kcvhfgridbandits.com Or go righ
Got word Wed. night that K9JCZ will be operating from the SE corner of EN55, with long-boom yagis on 2 and 432, along with 3 elements on 6. He won't hesitate to scamper up a granite outcropping with
Good to see some plans being posted here this morning. I will be on for all of the contest next weekend and I am thrilled that the contest wasn't this weekend! Absolutely abysmal weather in the Upper
I appreciated W8ISS' post about the MI activity. Good to know that NE8I will be heading over to W MI at some point. Lots of Badgers will be on him. Including way more rover and fixed station activity
Good evening, Made several new posts to http://www.kc9bqa.com today. 1) The 2 meter SSB and FM nets this week are *ON* as usual. 2) I promote the VHF/UHF club I belong to, the Badger Contesters. 3) I
If any of you reading this post think that the VHF/UHF bands we love are too crowded, you can probably skip ahead to the next post, saving yourself a few minutes. I bet an acceptable topic for the li
I'd like readers to the SE, E and NE of my EN63ao (SE WI) QTH to know that I'm starting a new 144.250 SSB net tomorrow night -- July 8th, at 2330 utc or 7:30pm eastern time. Full details are up at ht
Good Sunday morning, I'm updating http://www.kc9bqa.com this weekend. The slant is toward getting more contesting activity. The posts dated July 11 and 12 on my website provide all the info a total n
I made a couple of posts to http://www.kc9bqa.com last night and they're still on top of the first page. Nationally and regionally, I'm seeing a lot of contest reports about flat conditions, poor pro
Good day from record cold EN63. 57F and a stiff NW wind, so I'm inside getting caught up on some radio emails... The deadline for Aug UHF log submissions to ARRL is 1300 utc on Tuesday, Sept. 1st. If
I'd like to congratulate W4DEX, W4VHH and W4NUS (along with any previous net controls) on 30 years of increasing activity on UHF. Thoroughly enjoy the website and will learn much from it. I finally w