After a week of prep and some redesign of the shack (big mistake) my reward was a poor score and lots of breakdowns. Calculated logging time was 9.3 hrs and the rest was spent fixing things from wate
Marshall, Good to hear someone mention Ed Tilton who lived near me in Canton, CT. I remember is 432 yagi on a wooden mast that won contests. 73's Steve K1IIG Hello Alex....the "rules" for what consti
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I did manage to stay up to 9pm before my eyelids slammed shut. Lots of activity and fairly good condx. Managed to work VA3HD in FN14, South to FM-27 and West to FM-00, FM-02. K1IIG Single Op Hi Pwr F
Woops the correct score is 1330 NOT 3830. Math escapes me. K1IIG I did manage to stay up to 9pm before my eyelids slammed shut. Lots of activity and fairly good condx. Managed to work VA3HD in FN14,
PAUL, The Demi Micro-Lo is notorious for drift which of course they have a Syn board you can replace that requires 10mhz to lock it. You can buy an 10mhz OCXO for $10 on the internet that will work f
Paul, Most of my xverters are Demi up to 10ghz and I like them for few reasons. They hold up well mounted topside, they are very stable with the Apollo board and support is excellent. The micro-lo do
My logging program said I did pretty good with 5319 total score which was a slight math error. lol 28G with 11mult=308 total score, I prefer the logger total. Best contact was FM09 and FN54 while mis
6m was burning and so was my butt trying to stay in the chair. Lost most of Sat and early Sunday fixing things. All in all I should have stayed on 6m rather then chasing the upper bands. Those who di
To those interested in this V/U transceiver a friend's son is now in Japan and visited a ham store. He saw one on display and was told it would take 2weeks to get which might be a Japanese model, not
After 2 weeks of on the air testing the 10ghz beacon is ready for prime time. Specs below. K1IIG Beacons on the air in FN-31nl at 480' HMSL 10638.340 3w to a 2x6 Alford Slot (new July 2018) 222.060 2
It sure is nice to get a piece of paper to fill up the wall but giving paper out for making 1 contact seems a bit to generous. Although I sure do like winning the 3ghz New England area a few years ag
I agree .174 is not a great choice being so close to .175. At least do a splinter freq of .172.5 keeping the adjacent channel interference to a minimum. If finding a clean frequency on 2m is such a s
I use a straight key but when I need to send dashes I simply switch to Iambic which is set to slow speed on my Anan-10 and simply hold the key down. Not sure that will work on all radios. Steve K1IIG
All, Unfortunately my 4 Beacons will be off during the contest. I will keep them on until I begin operating. In FN-31nl 222.060 432.320 10368.340 In FN-31tt 2304.320 73's Steve K1IIG -- This email ha
I had a lot of fun fixing things after spending weeks in preparation. I'm always changing things except my mediocre score. Lost 432 mm preamp, 2ghz LMR600 severely pinched around rotor shutting down
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What is considered the best marine battery? This is not for Roving but assume the ones used for that are rated very high. I see on the internet the Optima batteries are rated very high. Thanks for an
Hi John and also Tom, Appreciate the answer and great you guys had the same comments on the Optima. You have to wonder who pays for the Internet ratings. I have had good luck with Autozone batteries
All Rovers, This was the most fun I have had in any contest thanks to the many Rovers. I am very impressed at how organized these Mountaineers and Beach Front rovers are especially being able to aim