Applying a reasonable time limit before returning to the same grid would make grid circling difficult and still allow Jim's scenario to work as well. Ron W4WA --Original Message-- From: Jimk8mr@aol.c
For those of you that have not operated 222 before or reluctant to purchase equipment for that band, you need to reconsider. For a long time now that band has been under pressure to be taken over by
I was also on the CAC and remember the vote Larry mentioned. The ARRL Membership Service Committee (MSC) would not go along with the CAC recommendation. I am not sure why or if they gave a reason but
Excuse Me, I need clarification on this issue. I think what Lee is trying to say is , your not going to be able to go out and buy the skill to copy Phone or CW by ear and then actually copy it throug
I would like to ask the group a question. Why does the success of a contest need to be measured by the number of logs received by the ARRL? Instead of dropping a contest because of the reluctance to
David, I usually never work the same stations that I worked back in the 70s 80s or 90s. Personal interest change and even you may be found chasing DX on 160 in a couple of years instead of operating
the Hi Ken, Our director for the SE Division is Frank Butler, W4RH. He voted against the removal of the line scores. Frank has been the director since 1980 and been basically unopposed in the electi
Jim Holt, K4BI and I will be active on 6 meters in ZF from June 8 to June 14. We are planning to use Dave Corbin's station during the contest, ZF1DC ,which includes a KW on 2 meters and internet acce
That arrangement will be easy. 6 on top, 2m on bottom with 432 and 222 in the middle. It will work great, just needs to about 100 feet higher with 7/8 heliax on 144 222 and 432. Should probably plan
John, I think I worked around 120 grids on 2 meters during a September contest from K4MSK's qth in Noth Carolina back in the 80's. We actually beat W2SZ that year but it was a freak of nature. Ron W4
Worked 25 stations and 18 grids. Best dx was FN10. I will not be active in the 432 sprint due to business travel. 73's Ron _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list V
I have a reinforced 2 element 40 meter Crushcraft mounted 15 feet above the top of a tower on 1.5 inch schedule 40 water pipe which has been in place 10 years now. I have also seen the same type pipe
David, I had to upgrade the cabrillo compiler to get my score to go past the robot. All is cool now. Thanks for the qso in the test. Ron _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting
I would like to ask some questions to make sure I understand some things. 1. What is the current suggested protocol for using the call frequencies in contest now and why does it not work? 2. What is
Frank I agree with you on the fact that we can not expect ARRL to do much if anything to address certain contest rule changes mentioned in the survey. We have been through many of the survey issues
Hi Erich I think the CQ VHF contest has increased in activity the last few years. The CQ DX contest is currently more popular than the ARRL DX contest. I think this proves that we already have succe
Ken I think you misunderstood my intention from your reply. Please interchange your wording from Socialized to Open Source. Open Source software allows many people to have access to the program code
I have one of those amps and it is set on 72. W4WA _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo
John I was one of the 2 meter operators and contest coordiator for the 1986 WS4F M/O effort at K4MSK mountain top location in EM85. All the contacts were made on tropo from a 5000 foot mountain in we
Hi John I was the proud owner of a 494 back in the early 70's and ran it for several years. It is also called the green machine. The units run a pair of 4x150's in class C operation. I used it on 2 m