Tree wrote: There are two schools of thought here. It sort of gets down to putting the emphasis on VHF or CONTEST. In most contests, you can decide if your entry will be a single-op entry (where the
Alex wrote: I just finished a construction article on how to build a 2 meter halo antenna that you can hang from a tree branch. http://www.kr1st.com/2mhalo.htm Alex...well done! Worthy of QST publica
The answer to your question is embedded below. From http://www.arrl.org | Operating Activities | Contests | Rules | General Rules . . . -- 1. Precedence of Rules: 1.1. Rules for individual contests o
Hello everyone, I am assembling a 4-dipole multi-driven array (horizontal polarized, stacked up my tower). At first, I was thinking about simply stacking them all 12' (5/8-wave) apart and feeding the
Many thanks to Warran, Charlie, Lu, Mike, Robert, Mike and Fred (more questions are coming for you, ol' friend!) for the pointers on getting 4 antennas to switch! I'm also getting indication that --
David: Is the "ground gain" a real number? Hi Mike, Gain is best understood as a relative (as opposed to an absolute) indicator. What David cautioned me was to subtract 6dB for "ground gain" and 2.1
Please reply direct. I will compile the results and post them for all to see. Callsign you used : Entry Category : - Number of Operators if M/O : 6m RF Output : 6m Antenna : 6m Antenna Tower-Height (
So, you like to see VHF Contesting related stuff in QST? Vote for the best article, ARRL members: http://www.arrl.org/members-only/qstvote.html?pidx=0 Ev, W2EV _______________________________________
Does anyone know the stats for total number of logs received for each of the ARRL contests throughout the year? I can't seem to locate the QST that I thought had this info. Ev, W2EV _________________
For almost a century, Amateur Radio -- and more importantly society itself -- has been dominated by HF operations (and encroachment attempts on the HF spectrum). The ARRL has been made up of people w
Imagine the outcry in the HF community if the committee that heavily influenced THEIR future was made up of Technician-class operators. <giggle> Kenneth Harker replied: This implies that the committe
Kenneth E. Harker wrote: The ARRL June VHF QSO Party is _the_ premier VHF+ competition of the year for North America. It sees _by far_ the most operations of any VHF+ competition all year long. From:
Great point made below...with followup from me ... I happen to believe that one of the primary reasons that VHF contests get fewer logs is that fewer people operate VHF SSB/CW and there are far fewer
Kenneth E. Harker wrote: The January VHF Sweepstakes wins..."by far". Yeah - OK. The January contest gets the most log submissions. Hi Kenneth, I didn't mean to "tie you to the tracks". I was simply
Kenneth E. Harker wrote: VHF contests were the first major radio contests to introduce something like the rover entry class. There is nothing even remotely like it in ARRL or CQ-sponsored HF contests
Does Create still make a 6m to 1296 LP? Put one of those at 80 feet and you can work a bunch of people. Before anybody pooh-pooh's this...take a look at what 4-stacked halos can do on 2m at: http://w
Kenneth E. Harker wrote: As I said in a previous post, the ARRL personnel you are abusing _are_ serious VHF operators and they _do_ know a thing or two about VHF weak signal operation. Stop speaking
The Rochester VHF Group periodically runs a 1-day "VHF Academy". There is no cost for the event, the club provides a pizza/salad/pop lunch and gives a 1-year membership (with subscription to the club
Zack Widup wrote: People who don't know CW are missing QSO's in VHF contests. If that's all right with them, it's all right with me. Gives me more QSO's they don't make! Ain't THAT the truth! It will
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