I'm surprised to see so many complaints about the 847. During a VHF contest a few years back we had to replace a 746pro with an 847 because the front end of the 746 couldn't take the strong 6M signal
The Normanoch VHF Contest Club will be operating from Sussex County, NJ (FN21oe) this weekend on 6M thru 3.456GHz. Lots of power and antennas on all bands. We'll also be taking a crack at WSJT on 50.
Hello all, N2NK in FN21 is looking for WSJT Skeds on FSK441 on 6M this weekend. We will be listening on 50.260 and transmitting on 50.xxx. Please contact me at n2hmm@warwick.net to schedule a frequen
N2NK; The Normanoch VHF Contest Club will be active from FN21oe this weekend. We'll be on 6M thru 3.456GHz Good luck to all. 73, John N2HMM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesti
N2NK; The Normanoch VHF Contest Club will be active from FN21oe this weekend. We'll be on 6M thru 3.456GHz Good luck to all. 73, John N2HMM _______________________________________________ VHFcontesti
Does anyone want to try a PSK-31 SKED on 222 this weekend? N2NK FN21oe will only have PSK on this band. We're trying this mode out for the first time this year. Anyone interested from FM, EN or EM la
Hello all, W2LV will be operating 6 - 432 during the upcoming VHF contest from FN21oe (NWNJ). We'll have high power and lots of Aluminum. Anyone interested in working us can contact us at W2LV@SCARCN
way under-utilized. It is much quieter than 2M so the noise floor is very low. It also has similar propagation properties with 2M. More emphasis should be put into 222 by all VHF contesters and gene
A small but "keyed" up crew will be manning W2LV FN21oe this coming weekend. 1 KW on 6M with 6 element beam 1 KW on 2M with 16 element beam 250W on 222 with 16 element beam 250W on 432 with 2x25 elem
K5QE got me thinking. For 6M Meteor Scatter is FSK441 or JT6M the preferred mode? Is there a default calling frequency (50.260)? Being in FN21 should we transmit first for the first 30 seconds of eac
Personally 222MHz is way under rated and under utilized. 222 is only 3.75dB worse in Free Space Pathloss than 2M. In addition the background noise floor is much higher on 2M than 222 so all things co
Hello I'm looking for some advice. I understand the benefits of a low noise LNA on system noise from a mathematical prospective but how do you select the right amount of LNA gain? I've seen "rules of
The station was W2LV. I met "Amish" sitting comfortably under our tarp. She was a very nice young lady with red hair and a bright smile. W2LV and the Sussex County Amateur Radio Club wishes her well
It is with great regret that W2LV FN21 will not be active this weekend. The fire road we use to access our hill top has washed away and is impassible. We have succumbed to more than 15" of rain in th
W2LV in FN21 land will be active tomorrow for the 6M Sprint. We will be running high power with a large antenna. Thank band openings. 73, John N2HMM _______________________________________________ VH
Hello, Does anyone have a schematic of a SOTA 1296-28 transverter? I believe the model # is 79312-03. Thanks in advance 73, John n2hmm@warwick.net _______________________________________________ VHFc
Hello, I have a PA Noise Figure Question. If a power amplifier has a Noise Figure of say 7dB and a series pad of 10dB is added does the Friss Equation hold true for calculating the increased Noise Fi
George et al, let me rephrase. Let's say I have a radio with a spec'd output Noise Figure of 7dB. Now I add a 10dB pad to the output of the radio. Using the Friis equation does the Noise Figure incre
What is the correct way of calculating duplexer isolation for a given output power and receive sensitivity and/or IP3? TNX, John _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing
Niel N2IEL stops by every Saturday with a new goodie or two for the SSPA projects. Today it was a hard wired remote temperature sensor. This is a very nice sensor! I'm too busy building the amplifier