Hi All, Please forward this to any other VHF reflectors if you desire. On May 15th, I was putting the finishing touches on my new 4 bay array for 2m which is on a 10' roof top tower, being at 2400' A
If it is a 3/8 fine thread he will have it, I use these on our 2m and 6m antennas and I get them from him. Terry _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesti
Dave, I am so sorry to hear about the tower, after losing a couple myself over the last 40 years I know how sickening it is especially after all the work you've been doing to get things going again.
I am very lucky to have a 40' and a 55' pneumatic mast on my 1994 Dodge van for roving. Using compressed air or a nitrogen tank to raise the antenna stack is VERY nice, fast and effort less! However,
FT8, like MSK144 and JT65 have their place. I have made contacts using FT8 that I would not have made on cw or SSB. If any of the readers of this watch any Indy car racing, they have a "push to pass"
I think there is a general misconception that folks are against digital modes and for the most part nothing is further from the truth. What Joe Taylor and company have created is pretty spectacular a
Hi Paul, I had a IC-9700 for several months, by far it's the best multimode/multiband rice box to come out of Japan ever. Very smooth operation, somewhat intuitive, great sensitivity, USB interface w
*IF* ICOM, Yaesu or Kenwood were smart, they would do what Elecraft did, listen to their customers. Just think if they polled 50 VHF contesters what a rig would look like!! Terry Price - W8ZN Directi
Hi Mike, We ALL WISH someone would make a 222 multimode rig but no one does anymore. Yaesu had the FT736R which had a 222 module for it and it worked decently. Icom had their IC-375 which matched the
Q5 Signal took over the lower 4 bands from DEMI some time ago. It was my understanding that the fellow who took over these had been building them for DEMI for some time and the quality is just as goo
I agree with Bill, go with a new MOSFET unit but you have to replace the bias regulator - or at least add a 78L05 on the bias line before the device. The M57762 needs 8 volts and the RA18H1213G uses
Hi all, After hearing the news that 3456 is gone as of April, I modified my DB6NT transverter to operate at 3400 MHz. Hopefully you all can make use of this info. It's on our website under the tech n
Mike, We don't use solid 3/8" for the tee arms, we use tubing. It could be a home brew modeled after the original K1FO/Rutland Arrays FO12. Terry Price - W8ZN Directive Systems and Engineering 703-75
Hi all, If I get my 222 array straightened out tomorrow, I will be on from FM09te. 1500w 4x FO12's hope to work lots of 222 ops!!! Terry-W8ZN _______________________________________________ VHFcontes
Yes, I'll be on the ON4KST chat room and the HB9Q 222 eme page if I get the elevation going. I should have SSB, CW and digital capabilities. FM09te is the 6 digit. Terry - W8ZN ______________________
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Hi All, My schedule has worked out that I will be at the new QTH this evening for 222 !!! Please listen towards FM09TE this evening. I will be on about 9:00 PM EDT close to 222.100 and watching on th
Andy, K1RA and I have tested several generators for the K8GP rover. I was not willing to pay the big $$$ for a Honda generator so I bought the 2200 watt Preditor inverter. We were blown away with how
Terry --Original Message-- From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces+terry=directivesystems.com@contesting.com] On Behalf Of n2jmh@frontiernet.net Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:09 PM To: VHF
Mark, The power setting controls the 10m drive to the internal transverter. I've found over the years you can't turn the power down enough to get to .5w out without adjusting the tx gain pot inside t