Steve, Great stuff.....tnx for sharing! What kind of batteries are you using? Are you coupling them in parallel? 73....Walter - K5EST _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mai
John, Its 2 inches higher that you were thinking, But Harbor Freight has a Mechanic's stool for $21.99. There should be somewhere around you that would have something similar. http://www.harborfreigh
............snipped............... Duffey, I like your temp Rover power ideas. My charger is a 12 volt incandescent light bulb at 60 watts and a large diode in series with the pickup truck battery an
Hi Duffey, Several places around me have 12 volt DC bulbs. Lowe's, and a farm store, and several RV dealers that have repair parts carry them in inventory. Once found 12 vdc bulbs (100 watt) in an au
er! But, noise sources found in common retail center parking lots ........... Eric, That Rover is a Wild Thang! 73....Walter - K5EST _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mail
....Don't know what kind of car, but does it have an ash tray built into the dash that you could extend a steel frame to mount the radio head? My second thought, and it works for my vehicles, is to g
.. After reading the 70MHz.org description of "channelized" that was enough for me to not worry about getting on that band. 73....Walter - K5EST _______________________________________________ VHFcon
Hi Ev and all, Yup, I know the 4 meter band is not available for us to use. That is why I was surprised that you were even thinking of putting it in the Cabrillo. To me it is sort of "who cares". ...
.. ..............top reply................ .. Ev, I am all for your efforts to unify us with a simple logger. Actually if you can put together an easy to use international format then maybe it could
Mike, How did you know what my old TV antenna looked like? After June 12th, when it comes down, plans are to rebuild it for 6m and 2m and put it back up. 73....Walter - K5EST ________________________
Ahhhhhh..................John, you have the best plan, yet! 73....Walter - K5EST _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.c
Thanks for the posting. I use a L-match sometimes with a small butterfly air cap and air wound coil. This works but I like your method much better. So thanks, Chet. 73....Walter - K5EST - EM48mu - Mi