Hello everyone. The results for the 2007 Fall Sprints, sponsored by the Southeastern VHF Society, are now available for your viewing pleasure at http://svhfs.org/2007_fall_sprint_results.htm. All of
I have an FT2000 with the DMU2000 and I really like it. I have used it twice as the main 6 meter station at W4NH and it has kicked butt. That having been said, in retrospect I am starting to wish I h
Hello everyone. W4NH (Fourlanders VHF/UHF/Microwave Contest Team) will be operating in the June contest from Soco Bald, NC (EM85jm) again. We will be doing limited-multi (50 through 432 MHz) this tim
While the VUAC encourages everyone to contact us about VHF/UHF/Microwave contest related issues, in this particular case (Rover APRS and single ops) there is no good to be served by contacting your V
I was looking through some QSL cards last night and realized that I only need another dozen (12) confirmed grids for VUCC on 432. I also noticed that there are still a lot of grids within tropo range
The DCI filters work well. We use them at W4NH on all of the bands from 6 through 432. Famous last words on that TX power. I started on just 6 and 2 meters with 100 Watts. I thought the same thing. Y
Oh, I almost forgot. We bought our DCI filters through DEMI. I don't know if Steve still carries them or not. 73 Jim, W4KXY Along with Stan, several folks have mentioned using tight bandpass filters
Keep in mind that Steve and Sandra have been moving DEMI from NJ to Florida these past several months. I am sure we all know how hard it is to just move your personal belongings to a new residence so
No 222 because it isn't an international band. Not enough sales volume for something that they can only sell in the US. Notice that not long ago you didn't see many rigs with 6 meters. I believe that
It has been brought to my attention that Elecraft also makes a transverter for 222 and they are a US company. My apologies for the unintentional oversight. 73 Jim, W4KXY Keep in mind that Steve and S
Thanks Dave. I appreciate that comment after the literally hundreds of hours and thousands of emails that the VUAC went through in an attempt to improve the rover rules. It is good to know that all o
I don't recall anyone in the VUAC saying that we would not revisit the rover rules in the future. As a matter of fact we specifically said that we would wait a year or two to see how things worked ou
Yes, I can see you are well ahead of schedule now. Interfacing a transverter to an IF rig is the next stage of the disease. Sorry, but I am not familiar with the DEMI microwave stuff. If you need hel
Guys, I am fairly certain that this is not true. If you make a contact with someone during a contest and they don't turn in a log the contact doesn't go away for you. If that were the case we would l
You can earn 6 meters VUCC in one summer with good Es. Two meters is the hardest to earn IMHO. If I recall correctly it took me two or three years. 73 Jim, W4KXY I'm doing some research for an upcomi
The W4NH (Fourlanders) Contest Team will be operating again from Soco Bald in North Carolina (EM85jm). We will be doing Limited Multi (50, 144, 222 and 432 MHz). Sorry for not having any higher bands
FYI. From the ARRL Contest Update dated September 17th: Much of ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutko KX9X's time has recently been taken up with assisting ARRL HQ efforts for supporting emcomm oper
Hey guys, make sure that you pass your comments along to Bruce Randall, WD4JQV. He is the Fall Sprints Chairman and is always looking for suggestions on how to improve the sprints. 73 Jim, W4KXY --Or
Sounds like a good article/presentation for a VHF conference or even QEX/QST. Write something up Mike. The Southeastern VHF Conference is coming up in April in Charlotte, NC. I hope to see you there!
I have received the following logs for the 222 Fall Sprint. WB8BZK VE7DXG N6ZE AI4GR KA2LIM KA3FQS W6VNQ WA4QYK N2SLN WZ1V K1TR K4FJW KG7P WD4JQV K3TUF K2ERG N2DCH K4QI N7EPD WV2ZOW WB2RVX W4DEX KB8D