You're kidding right??!! Yes the microwave bands are fun,but you need someone else to talk to.In some parts of the country there isn't enough activity for some to justifiy the cost and tower space of
Heck, in many parts of the country (like SW Oklahoma) you are lucky to find someone on 432 to work, much less the microwave bands. Removing 6m from the June contest would probably kill the contest, a
Not sure what you really GAIN by removing 6 meters from the pool of bands in the contest as a whole. I can't imagine that a contester would complain about a band being too crowded... in addition to t
When I'm sitting on a hilltop with 10 or more bands, I love to work people up the bands. But it can be a trade-off for a big-gun station who is running on 6m. Does he quit to work me up the bands for
This was my worst contest ever. Everybody must have been on 6 meters. I believe that the June contest should be 6 meters only, then I won't have to waste my time listening for nothing on the other ba
I don't think that will fix anything. Won't it be an even greater waste of time "listening [to] nothing on the other bands" if the contest no longer covered those other bands (LOL)? Seriously though,
My TS2000 works fine on 6 meters. My problem is that 6 meter "skip" just reminds me too much of the old "CB" days of the 60's. Any cheap radio and a dipole and you are in if the band opens. Less oper
I hope you are joking, otherwise you are offending most of the people in this mailing list. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com htt
Actually I thought he was talking about HF in general. :-) As W5DF & AB5SS say when speaking to local clubs. Get your general, get any plug and play radio, throw some wire in the trees and work the w
IF you really want to hear "CB skip" go listen to HF nowadays. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.cont
Actually I thought he was talking about HF in general. :-) < Actually Mike, I hope the smile at the end means you are kidding. There are many aspects of HF operation that require skill and learning
I was ... but 160 meters isn't HF either, now is it? -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com There is only one church ... and there is only one set of rules ... and God wrote the rules ... not the ch
One does tend to run into quite a few VHF/UHF operators on 160 as well. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://l
Heh, I just bought a T368C last weekend specifically to get on 160 meter AM! (really!) 73 de AA9IL Mike 10, 24, 47ghz, and 160 Meters http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting http:/
Author: Ellen Rugowski <ellenjoanne2003@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:35 -0700 (PDT)
Yup, I've known that since I first got on that band in college, in the 80s. It used to amaze me how I'd run into people I knew from VHF/UHF. You can almost think of 160 at times, as a wintertime VHF/