The famous SVHFS auction of almost new, not quite new and new enough good microwave stuff is looking for donations worthy and less worthy, to pique the interest of our intrepid auction buyers. Being
The following is the technical program for the upcoming SVHFS Conference. For further info on the conference and attending go to www.svhfs.org. 73 Jim, W4KXY Tenth Annual Southeastern VHF Society Con
Printed SVHFS Conference Proceedings: What's in a proceedings book? Good question! Conference Proceedings are a valuable reference guide that contain technical articles submitted by our presenters an
Hello everyone. There was a problem with the 2005 six meter fall sprint results that I reported earlier. The correct results are as follows: 1st Place - W3SO 2nd Place - KI4LLH 3rd Place - K3DD 1st P
The cutoff date for hotel reservations at The Embassy Suites in Greenville, SC for the 2006 SVHFS Technical Conference is rapidly approaching! After April 4th you will find the room reservation rate
April 4th IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING!! This is the LAST day the host hotel for the SVHFS 2006 Technical Conference will honor the special rate of $99.00/night. The room rate WILL increase after this date
April 4th is the LAST day to make reservations at The Embassy Suites Hotel in Greenville, SC and get the special conference rate of $99.00/day! You can still reserve a room after this date but the ro
They would also have to go to this URL: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-all.html And then this URL: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-vhf.html The rules for the specif
Introducing 2006 Fall VHF/UHF/Microwave Sprints: The Southeastern VHF Society is again sponsoring the Fall VHF/UHF Sprints. All amateurs encouraged to participate, even if only in a small way. The ru
Here is the latest info on purchasing Southeastern VHF Society Conference Proceedings. We are out of 2003 but have plenty of 2004, 2005 and 2006. For further info and to check out the table of conten
The Fourlanders VHF/UHF/Microwave contest group W4NH will be operating limited multi from Soco Bald, NC in EM85jm. The stations on the air will be as follows: 6 meters - stacked pair of home brew 5 e
Yeah, but when 6 is open you will be talking to yourself with just 2 and 432 since everyone will be on 6. I wouldn't even consider operating in a VHF contest without some 6 meter capability. I vote 6
If your thing is being a single band station and 2 is your best band then I agree. His question was which TWO bands should he concentrate on. I stand by my response that 6 needs to be one of those ba
I am forwarding this for Bob, K8TQK. 73 Jim, W4KXY Call for Papers: Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the Microwave Update 2006 conference in Dayton, Ohio on October 19-22, and publi
Hello everyone. I am the Southeastern Division representative to the recently formed VHF UHF Advisory Committee (VUAC). The VUAC was formed to provide a resource of experienced VHF/UHF/Microwave hams
Thanks to everyone for the somewhat overwhelming response! All of your comments have been helpful. I have noticed a few common questions in many of the responses so I thought I would address those in
I guess I don't understand why you feel that we don't represent the VHF/UHF/Microwave community. I certainly feel that I do. The point I was trying to make is that our role is advisory. We don't set
A very good question. When I was just starting out in this VHF contesting game I had the same question and went to the source at the ARRL to get the answer. I was told that the intent of the prohibit
W4NH runs FM on 2, 222 and 432 bands. Being the 2 meter guy I call CQ on 146.55 whenever things get slow on SSB. I make a few Qs every contest but not nearly as many as you would think. We make a fai
I was going to write my own response to Ron's questions but Ed beat me to it. Just a few comments. 1. I am not aware of any "official" protocol. Most folks around here call CQ a few times and if some