http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2002junvhf/ http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2003junvhf/ This is excellent Ken. Too bad the info for adding the rovers in isn't readily available. It would be neat if we could make u
If I'm reading my maps right Maine contains parts of 13 grids. And I've only worked 3 of them, ever. And I'm only 65 miles from the Maine border. Of course I'm 365 miles from the furthest point in Ma
Thanks for all the interesting comments. I guess I should drop my plans for QRP portable from FN67 :) It is always nicer to be in a place where it is possible to make at least one contact. Probably t
Yes!!! I only made 2 qsos yesterday (Nov. 9) but one, N0PB, was EM39 -> FN42, over 1000 miles. Nov 7, I worked more QSOs but none so far. Both nights I heard, but did not work, W0VB also over 1000 mi
The standard WSJT calling frequencies are 144.140 and 50.260, at least for the high speed meteor scatter mode. I think these are also standard calling frequencies for other WSJT modes also. There was
Not as much fun as building one, but there is one for sale now on qth.com: http://swap.qth.com/c_ampvhf.php and a web site by someone who modified the design: http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk/w1sl.html#refere
If I'm reading FCC regulations right, there is a 50W power limit on 420 - 450 mhz within 100 miles of Otis AFP. Am I reading something outdated? This would include most of Eastern and Central Mass. a
I vaguely remember someone telling me of working California to Hawaii on an HT via tropo ducts on 2 meters (if only we had those Pacific ducts in the north Atlantic). People have also made contacts o
"The Ultimate prize for any ham radio sweepstakes/ contest should be that lamp shaped like a leg with a garter belt and web stalkings from the now classic movie "a christmas story". " It's a very app
CW is really useful on VHF because much weaker signals can be copied on CW than on SSB. If you're working a more powerful station sending CW and receiving SSB will often work. Even very slow CW is us
How accurate are the results for 2 meters for YT? Anybody know? I've gotten some puzzling answers from YT. I don't have a tower at my home QTH and have had my 2m yagi at 10' to 12' above ground. YT s
I was getting erroneous results from the web version of SPLAT: At all frequencies the path profile gave identical path losses. These results appeared to be correct for 146.0 MHz and wrong for all oth
W1RT said "heading to Above All State Park in FN31 north of Danbury a ways to check out the site and play for a few hours" I operated a VHF contest portable from Above All Mountain in the early 60s u
I came across this amusing article on TV reception of Faroe Islands in Iceland (about 500 miles). It seems pretty good dx for the north atlantic in October with minimal equipment. Maybe there is stil
After looking at the other articles at that website I realize that this report is probably a joke. Sorry about that.] --Walter, K1CMF P.S. If the report is accurate, there are other implications for
WSJT version 4.9.8 has a useful EME calculator (click button on the lower left of main window). This will calculate the signal levels based on power, antenna gain, etc. for each band. This calculator
Are there any low cost options to get onto the bands above 1296? I.e., cheaper than a DEMI transverter. I'm line of sight to a number of rover and multiop portable sites (Mt. Wachusett, Pack Monadnoc
The limits apply to within 100 miles of Otis Air Force Base (Cape Cod, MA) which has a PAVE PAWS radar operating around 70cm. Apparently exceptions are sometimes granted. At least one group operated