I'll be in the following grids over the 24 hour contest time. Sorry, I'm not exactly sure when and where. Also sorry for the late post. I've been spending time trying to get the 903 setup working. It
Hi Ed, Good to see something posted on here that is not whinning about rover rules. They seem to be beating a dead horse again. At any rate, Dave, K1WHS, at Directive Systems has some info on stackin
Right On Ron, Also, it would nice if the ARRL & CQ opened their eyes and allowed APRS to be used in the VHF/UHF contests. Many, many times while roving I hear stations that don't have their beams poi
That's the point.....using APRS shouldn't push a Rover into another category. It provides a way to locate where the Rover station is at a given time and possibly work them. Dave N8AG -- Be a PS3 game
I'm not talking about running some modified APRS in Simplex. I'd like to see the rule makers take off the blinders and allow use of the APRS network as it currently exists. It's obvious that FM simpl
I'm cutting back on some roving and VHF/UHF equipment and operating. I have the following items for sale: I have a complete 222Mhz setup for sale as a package. Downeast Microwave 222-28 transverter,
W8TXT will be on from EN81 this evening.....looking NE at 7:00PM for starters. He's running 500 watts to his 4x EME array. He'll be on 432.095, CW ONLY 73, Dave N8AG -- Ahhh...imagining that irresist
Good conditions and lots of fun. Had 30 contacts and 16 multipliers from two grids. 480 points. Best contact was with my brother, W8TXT, in EN81pl from FM08us. Mike was 599 into Virginia. He was runn
"no later than July 11, 2007" has to mean that anytime before 0000Z on July 12, 2007 is a valid entry. It actually should specify Zulu time, if that's the case, for clarity. As far as postmarks go, i
I asked the folks at CQ why 222Mhz was excluded from their VHF contest. The response was that since it is a Worldwide Contest and 222 is only an amateur band in the U.S. they couldn't include it. I'm
Maybe both CQ and the ARRL should keep it simple.....any VHF band, any UHF band, any band above UHF or change the names of their contests John Geiger <aa5jg@lcisp.com> wrote: No, CQ screwed up also,
I have the following items for sale: Yaesu FT-736R with bands in excellent condx. 6, 2, 220 and 432 - It has tone board, CW filter, keyer and voice synthesizer options installed. Yaesu FT-736R with j
Until some VHF and UHF Contest rules are changed, I will not be out in the rover. With high gas prices and deaf ears in Newington, it's just not worth the effort to go out as a single op rover. There
I've had quite a few guys wonder what I was referring to when I mentioned rules changes, so here I go. No more stuff about a VHF contest being a real VHF contest but let's call it a 50Mhz and up cont
Mike, KA2AEV wrote: WOW That's a real cocky answer Maybe someone should be working on his personality skills? Maybe with people like this on the VUAC, this is why we don't have any action! And just r
Duane, I couldn't disagree more with your comments. APRS does not equal "easier". It would simply be used as a position reporting system. No band reporting, no operating frequency. I don't see it bei
WM5R Wrote: "But, I think it would improve the spirit of the competition if that initial contact were made by someone answering a genuine CQ on the air." I think we're making a mountain out of a mole
Since it appears that I'm done roving, I have two Accuvolts available. One 100 amp and one 25 amp. The 100 amp model is new....I bought it and never used it. Never used the 25 amp model either, but I
Here it goes again with all the crap about VHF rules. It seems that quite a few folks are paranoid about someone cheating or having an advantage over them. I always thought the idea behind VHF contes
Here's a perfect example of the junk that is generated with unclear rules: "I don't think rovers can emit two signals on the same band, for instance run APRS on 144.390 and call CQ on 144.200." Why n