As a rover who is just getting started, I am using the cheapest stuff I can get away with. 903, 1296 tiny homebrew Yagi 2.3, 3.5, homebrew tennis can type 5.7, 10 square horn I plan on going with a
Easily the best advice anywhere! Go out with someone for your first trip and watch what they do. Some of it might not apply to you (yet) but seeing someone else work before you solo is a great help.
Hi! I am a relatively new Ham, and my home situation is such that I have no place to put antennas, so I operate mobile. When I found out about contesting, Rover seemed like a great fit. I have held
I'm a beginning Rover, and realise my station isn't going to compete with everyone else with nice antennas and more power. Anyway, I can hear more stations than I can work (and I really try to work '
As a new ham/contester/microwaver/rover, my comments are probably not worth much, but here are the views of a newcomer to the hobby. The only reason I'm responding is that much of this debate has bee
My name is Buck Calabro, KC2HIZ. I am a fairly new ham, contester and rover. I have no place to put antennas at home, so my station is mobile. I started out with an HT and now have an Icom IC-706mkII
My friend, you sound like a man after my own heart. When I got my ticket in Jan '01, I bought a 2m HT. Poking around with it, I stumbled across 146.55 simplex and heard all these people calling CQ Co
You are very right; to buy a complete rig is expensive. If you can find one of the local Big Gun contest stations in your area, you'll probably find that he has parts laying around or can find parts
I don't do circling for a variety of reasons, but I understand the complaint. The problem is that looking at the logs doe not reveal the intent of the rover, or of any contester. I just finished a 3
The idea of the proposed changes was to encourage participation. Telling rovers that they will get whacked for talking to other rovers will NOT increase participation. If the problem is that the gap
I maintain that writing rules to restrict contacts goes against the supposed goals of changing the rules. Here's an example: In each grid square, there are a small number (maybe only 1) of good hill
Is there any word on a rough time frame for publishing: a) The gist of the input received? b) The final decision? c) The empirical data behind the decision? d) When the changes (if any) take effect?
Forwarded with permission is Tom's reply: It's going to take a while to go through all of the excellent comments. I doubt if there will be time for any changes to happen for quite a few months, certa
As a new guy I feel funny responding to this, but I think rules changes can impact VHF+ activity negatively (because so much activity happens during contests.) I agree that rules changes won't do muc
Here's what worked for me, as 'new blood': mentoring. It's just like Bill Seabreeze says, if you help a new guy out you'll help activity. Basically, I got loaner gear and an on-site experienced ment