I'll excuse you Dave. I just want to work you in the next contest! :-) I built one of the original WA8NLC boards (in fact, I think I even got it from Jim). When DEM came out with the mod sheet upgrad
[snip] I really had to wonder about that. The person starts out saying we need to name names or give callsigns in the case of someone violating the rules or being unsportsmanlike, goes off into this
I've made 7 QSO's so far and all were on CW. I have a feeling all the Rovers went home by now though. :-( 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFc
Gee, from the looks of it we had more activity in the Midwest for a change. Guess it's all of us who didn't make it to MUD. I got 7 QSO's, 6 grids. For once I think I actually worked everyone I could
I kind of gave up at 9:00 and etched some pc boards. I still kept an ear on the band but never heard another station after that. Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontestin
I hope you weren't trying to work people who weren't in real time! ;-) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lis
Hi Mike, I am guessing this is going to be a multi-op station? Otherwise, why need four separate IF rigs? I've been using one IF radio in my QRP portable operations for years. I've been using an HTX-
Hi Bob, Six meters is the only VHF band which is likely to have an opening such than a small station can work others across many time zones. I haven't seen it happen in a Sprint, unfortunately, but i
I don't think I've seen a posting from it in some time. Sometimes you don't notice when something is missing ... They musy have some technical problems. 73, Zack W9SZ ________________________________
My VHF/UHF/microwave operating isn't limited to contests. I love to get out and operate from better locations than I have at home - hilltops, etc. And I love to make microwave QSO's. I just wish ther
My opinion? Take what you got. If you have 10 bands, use them. If you only have 4 bands or less, then enter the limited Rover class. I'll work anyone on all the bands I have if they have them. I've o
Both Dick W9GIG, the Central Div Director, and Kermit W9XA, the Central Div VUAC member, are contesters. Dick isn't a big VHF contester but Kermit is. Both have always lent a sympathetic ear to conte
I think CW is a must for VHF+ weak-signal work. Many times I have not been able to make it through with SSB but did with CW. Listen for my weak CW signal if you're working SSB - and you can even answ
I think the only strategy for the frequency is to stay off the calling frequency but not be too high in the band, so those who don't know your sked will still stumble across you. Once people know you
This has been a concern of mine as a portable operator but mostly I haven't had any probblems with it. I have heard stories about the police in my county chasing people off hills. Hopefully the hill
I have an Olympus VN-960PC DVR. We have a little local 2m FM contest here a couple times a year. I was a Rover in the contest last time and I didn't want to try to log while I was driving, and since
I hate to say this without looking further, but I BELIEVE the B-310 has RF sensing and will key when you transmit. The remote keyer connection is used for alignment and in some cases when you want it
Hi Steve, I have found running QRP in most contests that I can work almost everyone I can hear with 10 watts IF that station has his beam pointed toward me. A station running a kW or even 100 watts m
Doesn't much matter to me. If I'm on a hilltop 10 miles or so from the nearest town, I'm not going to have any non-amateur means available to me anyway. I wouldn't bother with a cell phone in a VHF c
Yep. I also remember landline BBS's too. Heck, I remember Commodore VIC-20's, 64's, TRS-80's, and I could go back even farther than that. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________