LOTW went live on Sept 15, 2003 or about. It's been over five years now and no support for VUCC. I've given up on ARRL upgrading LOTW to support VUCC. Maybe before the end of this sun spot cycle? eQS
For me, this would likely be the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. It definitely would move the CQ July contest to the top of my priority list, assuming they didn't adopt the same rule. 7
realize they cannot win. All of us west of the Mississippi enter knowing we have very very little chance of winning. I certainly don't expect to have a chance of winning. I compete against my previou
I operate as a rover and am the CQ station 90% of the time. So I've almost aways given my call. Unless I know the calling station, I respond with the call phonically. That's it insure I've got the ca
While I'm not surprised to see this change, I'm a bit surprised to see it implemented immediately. 73, Tom K6EU aka K6EU/r (limited) _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mail
Ahh, I have the same questing regarding a limited rover making contacts on a fifth band that don't count for score. Seems like this was discussed last year, but I can't remember how to do it. 73, Tom
OK, no problem with this paragraph. On the other hand in my area it very unlikely to occur. Because I don't have a "well equipped" six band rover station. I have a fairly well equipped four band rove
I'd like to reinforce this. Last summer I worked a multi-op station a total of eight times from different grid squares. Three QSOs on 6M and the other five on 2,222,and 432. Only the 6M QSOs were in
Hi Les For some reason, this raises a red flag. Can't remember the exact rule but seem to remember a rover can't carry equipment that is used by some one to contact the rover station. Hopefully some
Excellent advice. I always give a quick "anyone else here?" before jumping to the next band. Frequently there is a second or even third station that heard me on the previous band and have followed me
Not my understanding. While you need a certificate for your rover call, you only need to set up a station location for each grid you operate from. You then have to break your log up into QSOs from ea
Am I the only one who finds the inability to over-ride this big red warning and log it anyway a problem? As a rover, I get duped a LOT. It's easier to just log the dupe than to try and explain that i
After eight years of roving, I'm just not up to going out this time. That, plus a family situation, will result in me trying something different. Having recently discovered WSJT, I'm going to give it
I use a XV-222 also and will confirm the faults Duffey listed. I tried running 20w on FM and blew out the final stage amplifier module. If you look hard enough, you can find a warning/limitation abou
Greetings I've be on using WSJT during the upcoming contest from CM97. Looking for schedules on 6M. Please contact me (k6eu@arrl.net) to coordinate a time and freq. I addition, I plan on trying to ma
Interesting discussion. I am primarily a rover and face somewhat a similar requirement to simplify the antenna situation. For me, it's more the desire to minimize the time to put up and take down the
Earlier I had done some modeling of a 2M/432 single feedline antenna using the open sleeve technique. These had not proven useful so I had abandon the approach. Now, prodded by KK6MC's post, I tried
It seems Bill's stated objections are easily resolved by making participation in the Stop-Gap proposal optional. IE if a card checked feels Bill is correct he/she can just not accept LOTW QSLs for VU
Tried an experiment. Went back to 2007 when I made several trips over to semi-rare grid CM86 and operated as K6EU/M. There were 80 QSO that had previously been uploaded to LOTW from K6EU/M. This had
Or, an option in LOTW to allow matches for call with and without the /r. 73, Tom K6EU or is it K6EU/r _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesti