All, W3SO - in FM00sn - will be on the air this weekend: Likely near our usual 50.165, 144.213, and 432.115 frequencies (our 222Mhz rotator is dead). At least on 50Mhz we will try to be: on SSB at th
All, 1. Yea, fat fingered the grid ... W3SO is in Fox NOVEMBER 00 sn 2. Really glad that some of you will also try the Top of hour SSB Bottom of hour CW and maybe more of FT4 in between on 6m. [btw.
The January VHF contest is always a bit interesting for the Wopsononock Mountaintop Operators. This year was no different. 1. Our usual first few hours working lots of stations in the Baltimore - Was
John, I check FT4 frequency repeatedly: No signals ever. When there is an Eskip opening BE ON SSB. I saw some Eskip while on FT8: switched to SSB. Netted 5 QSOs on the Gulf Coast from WPA (only two g
Dave GREAT that you're coming back. Our last chat was on 160 (160!) from W3LPL. Bob, w3idt 6m at W3SO 160m at W3LPL ............................. . Robert F. Teitel, W3IDT . . . . W3IDT@arrl.net . .
I have sent the following discussion and proposal for VHF Contest Rule Changes to appropriate ARRL and CQ contest personnel. If you are interested in the future of VHF contests, please read carefully
I have sent the following discussion and proposal for VHF Contest Rule Changes to appropriate ARRL and CQ contest personnel. If you are interested in the future of VHF contests, please read carefully
Dan, W1QJ, http://www.qroking.com/ He does HF to 50MHz conversions, esp Heathkit stuff. No connection. Just know about him. Bob, w3idt ............................. . Robert F. Teitel, W3IDT . . . .
As I've suggested in the past from operation at W3SO: SSB on the even hour, CW on the odd hour; EXCEPT when 6m or 2m are open - then SSB/CW only. Bob, w3idt ........ . Robert F. Teitel, W3IDT . . w3i
ALL interested in VHF Contesting, A year ago I drafted and distributed a paper regarding where goes VHF contesting given the prevalence of FT8 operation and the reduction of CW and SSB contacts. The
Mike, Thanks for your email. VHF has been (in my own opinion) ruined by the FT modes. Call me cranky. YES. That's why I'm trying my best to do SOMETHING. Last year's paper started some discussion...
Paul, Thanks for your email. I think contest rules should stay the same. I'm not proposing changing rules in the short term, merely a "Contest within a Contest" during this JUNE and JULY contests. Th
Gator, Thanks for commenting. Casual ops on digi only will not cause you any dups on SSB or CW. The intent of the 3 different mode contacts per band is simply to increase activity. As you know, witho
Tim, Thanks for your comments. Leave the June contest alone! Every year someone comes up With a new plan to give the East Coast an even larger advantage! I am Damn Tired Of It! I'm not proposing chan
At W3SO (FN00) we will try to use the following operating schedule: 1. SSB at the top of every EVEN UTC hour. 2. CW - in the (6m, 2m) CW band portion - at the top of the ODD UTC hour 3. FT4 in betwee
All, You are receiving this email via the VHF Contesting Reflector (or PVRC Reflector), or because you received and perhaps commented on my VHF Contest proposal / discussion document of 18 months ago
Zack, I also have a problem with separate CW and voice QSO's per band. Proposed separate ONLY on 6m and 2m. Single mixed/analog on other bands. That essentially gives me one mode to work with most of
An extended version of this proposal - multiple contacts / band and differential points / mode - has been circulated and discussed on this and other forums for the past two to three years. A formal p