The Transfox SDR looks very interesting. "1MHz to 1100 MHz. Frequency plan can be extended beyond existing frequency range upon agreement." To 1296?? 0.1 W output. Very detailed specs are at: ftp://f
The Transfox SDR transceiver appears to have a 1 GHz IF! Much more information is in the manual for the innovative frequency synthesizer (Synfox) at: <ftp://ftp2.rfham.com/rfham/SynFox_manual_V1.6.pd
Perhaps rovers from out of the area are not aware that the Mt. Wachusett (Mass.) road is closed till summer 2011. "The mountain access road is closed to motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians during
Most aurora is worked using CW. SSB is possible, but it is distorted and sounds too spooky for me. The CW is not a pure tone, but is distorted -- it sounds almost like listening to CW in AM mode. The
I haven't experienced auroral E propagation. All I know about it is that E layer propagation can be associated with aurora. Can anyone provide links to articles about it? Is it rare in mid latitudes?
The public parts of the Mt. Everett road are not great rover sites in any direction unless you can get permission to enter the gated part of the road. You can only get to a little over 2000'; the par
A young woman thru-hiking the Appalachian trail from Georgia to Maine writes about how she was treated well by a multiop on the Appalachian Trail in the vicinity of the Delaware Water Gap (probably e
I'd like to car pool to the VHF conference in Bensalem this weekend, driving down on Friday returning Sunday either in my car or yours. My car is small with good mpg (Honda Fit) comfortable for one f
There are a couple of good places in FN22, Mt. Utsayantha in Stamford, NY has a road to the top, 3200'. Stamford is on NY Rt 23. Also on rt 23 east of Windham NY there is a spot advertised as a 5 sta
W3IDT has it right: https://directivesystems.com/ Now run by Terry, W8ZN, formerly run by Dave, K1WHS. Walter, K1CMF _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcont
Dave, WERU still has a link to Directive Systems on their website. They also have plans for a homebrew 6 element yagi on a 13' wooden boom. Since it is based on a 1956 Popular Science design, I suspe
K1TR has operated VHF contests from Mt. Washington and has done very well in the SOLP category. The weather can be very challenging and even dangerous in summer: high winds are common, snow and ice a