Short version: Band was down or flat to most areas from here in EM78pp. I'm almost embarrassed to post my measly numbers! Maybe they'll help others appreciate the level of activity in their areas, ch
I plan to be on for portions of the contest weekend from EM78PP in Northern Kentucky, 5 el 100w on 6m and 10 el 45w on 2m. 73 Jeff WA4ZKO -- June ARRL VHF Report -- Guess it's better late than never.
I've set back and read, cussed, and chuckled as this "rule" discussion has dragged on for many months now. I'm a "little gun" so I generally set back and keep my mouth shut, but I can't resist any lo
FYI, John, K9JK, has officially announced the 2009 Spring VHF/UHF Sprints here: http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm I'm going to try to operate the 2m and 432 sprints (maybe the 6m sprint too)
12 Q's, 9 grids, 6 states, total score 108. I did better this time around than last year, but neither is anything to get excited about. The band seemed to be fairly flat, maybe up some to the east an
Dan, You know it's bad when you can win your own "state" by just making ONE contact, grin! The sprints have never been super hot beds of activity, but wow activity has clearly been in decline around
Just started tinkering with Twitter myself. Seems more usable for ham stuff than FaceBook or MySpace IMHO. Admittedly I'm just getting started with a lot of this stuff...of which I have varying opini
FWIW, I'll be on for tonight's 432 sprint from EM78pp w/ 45w to 18 elements. Not that 432 has ever been a hot bed of activity around here, but hopefully there will be enough action to keep it interes
Well maybe my pathetic low score will help others appreciate the higher levels of activity around them in their respective areas. The short version: A whopping 4 QSO's in 2 grids, 3 states, total sco
Good and valid points by yourself and W9RM, but.... Low activity is low activity and even worse when low activity is low local actviity. No mode will cure the shear lack of stations active on the air
4 QSOs, 3 Grids (EM79,EM89,EM68), 2 states (OH,IN). Claimed score of 12. All easy contacts, just not very many locals on the airwaves. Again, another contest with no sign of anyone else on in Kentuck
FYI, W4SM's WinGrid does most (not all) of this within a <600k self contained .exe file. Works very well, lightweight, and should run on about any version of Windows (WINE on nix too) without depende
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html I'll be on from EM78pp with the usual: 6m - 100w to 5 el at 50' 2m - 45w to 10 el at 58' 432 - 45w to 18 el at 55' I've got a pile of stuff on the plate for th
For those that value the 2m beacons... It seems that W2EV (Ev) has announced a weekly PropNet PSK net right in the middle of the 2m beacon sub-band. Ev has chosen to use 144.188 out of 4 MHz of spect
Since I posted this yesterday, an update is due. I don't know what the delay was (Yahoo can be goofy on msg delays at times), but a few things.... First, I'm not too found of my choice of "childish"
Yeap the 144.188 was a typo, freq originally involved is 144.288. I meant to fix it in the 2nd msg on this, but forgot to note the typo. With the huge delays in msg postings making things awkward for
For the digital gurus on the list.... I'm digging out my rigblaster and hope to get on some of the digital modes for this weekend's UHF contest. I'll probably only be on 220 FM and 432 Saturday eveni
FYI, Recently announced per: http://www.svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules_2009.pdf September 21, 2009: 144 MHz Fall Sprint September 29, 2009: 222 MHz Fall Sprint October 7, 2009: 432 MHz Fall Sprint Octob
While I'm sure every state is different, here in Kentucky "ham radio" comes up from time to time during the training law enforcement and the Fire/EMS service folks go through. It's usually just a men
Zack, for the most part I agree..... I usually stay out of this "rover" stuff, but it just seems to never go away. What has happened to the laid back and friendly world of VHF+ contesting that so ma