Les, I'm in Miami Florida and we had an opening yesterday at 15:18 UTC to EA8BPX, 3k or so from me according to QRZ. It was a pleasant surprise. There was another station from Spain (according to DX
Hi Les, I'm looking forward to the contest as well. But I'm just going to take it easy, and just have fun in the contest. I don't expect to win, or even have a high score. I enjoy rag chewing, and ha
First, I admit I'm a newbie when it come to contests of any kind. As I've mentioned before, this was the first contest I have ever seriously participated in. I didn't go in there planning to win anyt
I hope you are joking, otherwise you are offending most of the people in this mailing list. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com htt
Very very nice, thank you! Now if I can only figure out how to print that in black & white so I can start to color my own squares! 73 de W4AS Sebastian _______________________________________________
Dave, please don't take this as an accusal, but isn't asking someone during the contest to move to another band to make a qso considered to be "Use of spotting assistance"? I guess what I really want
Thanks to everyone who replied to my questions about skeds, spotting and grid square maps. It's pretty clear to me now; at least I know I didn't break any of the rules during the contest. Lots of goo
So what happens when W4AS hears W4SO coming back (we are about 35 miles apart)? What do I tell him? Sorry OM you are too close to me? Or do I ignore him since I don't want to lose points, so I'll QSY
Steve, although I did not have the pleasure to work you during the contest, I just want to thank you for being out there, outside of your comfortable home, and spending lots of money on gas. I know y
Maybe I can meet you there after I get back from EL84? :-) 73 de W4AS Sebastian _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.co
How are you using Google maps with grid squares? CM86 is another good one. 73 de W4AS Sebastian _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com
Cushcraft has most of their manuals on their site, but I didn't see that model on there: http://www.cushcraft.com/amateur/support/instruction-manuals.htm 73 de W4AS Sebastian ________________________
Hi Les, and the group. I wasn't able to participate in the contest this weekend; but I was thinking about it while I was flying back home to Miami Florida from Washington D.C. I turned on the rig on
If the topic about rovers can be put aside for a while... this will be my first UHF contest. I only have 432Mhz, 100 watts to a ten element beam at about 30', and am getting my LMR400 coax tomorrow.
Although off-topic, I would suggest that you read up on eBay's recent changes concerning fees, feedback, and the requirement of using PayPal. You will be surprised and might change your mind. I must
I don't see how this couldn't happen, and isn't happening. After all, don't we have dead people and people who have medical limitations who can't possibly vote that still show up on the voter rolls i
I've decided to go up a bit on frequency and bought an Icom IC-910H. I have my Yaesu FT-847 up for sale. The serial number is 2K640043. This one doesn't have the CAT problem which the early ones did
I don't feel it necessary for you to apologize for asking questions on a public reflector. Sure you can call the 'ARRL VUCC desk' and see who answers. When someone posts a question on here, and recei
If you are having QSOs on 6 meters and up, then you should have your grid square on the card. When I questioned the card checker I used for VUCC about this, I was told to write the grid somewhere on
That is incorrect. Section 97.119 of Part 97 states: (a) Each amateur station, except a space station or telecommand station, must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the e