I have had a 6M7 up for several years. No problems and it works great. Quick question. I would like to get some feedback on the M2 6M7 or 6M7JHV. I was thinking about upgrading from the M2 6M5X. What
Do you know if the control board has a microcontroller on it or is it just hardwired logic? If it is hardwired logic you should be able to trace the circuit out on the board and figure out what is go
A very impressive read. Has W9GKA continued his work on this and was this ever published? It is a very extensive and scholarly analysis so I was wondering if he did this for publication somewhere. 73
I don't know. I have used mine numerous times at various field days and other contests on 6 with no problem. Mine has another problem though. On 432 it acts like the SWR is high on any antenna I have
Jim, W0EEA first email was correct. You can't increase gain and not decrease beamwidth somehow. Stacking the antennas vertically reduces the vertical beamwidth. The horizontal is mostly unaffected. S
Nope, that would be an unlimited rover. I have actually joked with my W4NH colleagues about doing that in a contest. Setup in one grid on Saturday and operate until the bands are dead late Saturday n
I will take a shot at this. The reason I don't rove is I am lazy. Roving is HARD work. I tried it once with an experienced rover and he just about killed me. You don't get settled in one place good t
Hello everyone. There is a first time for everything and for the first time (at least for long as I have been a member of the group) the Fourlanders W4NH will be on for the January contest. We haven'
You know, I am going to have to sign on with one of the multi ops in the NE corridor for one contest. Before I die I would like to see what it is like for 2 meters to be packed all the way up to .300
Hello everyone. I just finished checking the 432 MHz Fall Sprint logs for 2008 and the following stations submitted logs: K3TUF WZ1V K4QI K1WHS K1TR KN4SM KA2LIM W4ZST W2SN WD4JQV AF1T N7EPD W1OUN WA
Just forwarding this for Steve. 73 Jim, W4KXY Hey Everyone! Just a final notice to remind everyone that I need to be notified of yourintensions to participate in the SVHFS 2009 Design Contest by Midn
The short answer is no. You are going to have to do the whole postage, envelopes, SASE (you are including SASEs right?), etc. thing like the rest of us. I don't know why the ARRL doesn't include VUCC
I agree with all of these comments. I have done many of the same things (250+ grids confirmed on 6) and have gotten somewhere around an 80% return rate. 73 Jim, W4KXY Les, The way I understand it hav
Sorry Carl, but I am a card checker to and eQSL cards are not acceptable in any form or fashion. I have asked the VUCC desk and that is what I was told. I agree with you by the way but what you and I
So would I. Frankly, I can't imagine what could be a higher priority for any company/organization than providing services to its customers/members. After all, we are who pay the bills. 73 Jim, W4KXY
I know I am going to regret this but I am going to throw my two cents in on this subject with a story. Every year when W4NH goes to the top of Soco Bald in NC we always take a bunch of maps of all th
I have heard that in some areas the noise is less on 902 but don't let that get out or we will be hearing about the need to change the rules because of that "unfair advantage". 73 Jim, W4KXY Do we ne
Let me just set a couple of things straight here. First, there is a Contest Advisory Committee (CAC) that is responsible for the HF contest rules. Since we are talking about VHF contests here they ar
As a member of the VUAC I have to say that Ron is 100% spot on. If the VHF contesting community wants distance scoring in a contest then there needs to be a consensus developed by that community as t
I didn't mention the Programs and Services Committee (PSC) because I was trying to keep it simple and just make my point about the VUAC taking input from many sources. The VUAC (and CAC) are advisory