We have seen recent posts concerning the controversy surrounding grid circling, how everyone feels it is unfair, how it alienates rovers, etc, but can anyone actually support this? Has a poll been ru
I was referring more to the "let's make strategy X illegal because they won and I didn't" mentality. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFconte
I have never heard the term "category shopping" until an email earlier today. I can see the ethical concerns with it, but here is another ethics question-I want to enter as a limited multiop (limited
Why would the FCC care about this? 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/
I have an excellent condition Icom 706MKIIG (HF/6m/2m/70cm transceiver) for sale. It is about 4 years old, purchased March 31, 2005 from AES. There are no marks or scratches on the rig, and it operat
Have the current crop of Yaesu FT897D and FT857D (within the last 2 years or so) had all of the problems worked out of them? I know some of the early models had problems with RF feedback changing the
Has anyone on the list had the chance to compare a Yaesu FT897 to the Icom 706MKIIG for VHF/UHF performance? I am especially interested in 70cm performance as I am currently using an Icom 706MKIIG wi
No, you can still enter in the unassisted class. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
Does anyone on the list have any experience with the Jetstream version of 9913flex coax-good or bad? R and L electronics has some premade runs of it at very good prices right now. 73s John AA5JG ____
Long path with the duct ending just past Oklahoma?? 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
Well at least we still have Es, tropo, aurora, and satellites to work with! I have done more on 6m Es in the past few years than I did on 6m during the last sunspot peak. 73s John AA5JG _____________
I have for sale a Yaesu FT817 HF/6m/2m/70cm QRP radio for sale. It is in mint condition, with the antenna (all pieces), mic, power cord with power poles on it, the wall charger for the battery, anoth
What are the minimum station requirements for doing EME using JT65 on 432? 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http:
Since I have heard nothing but criticism about the current rover rules on this reflector over the past 2 years or so, I am interested as to how the rover rules should read? Would any of the critics c
Unfortunately, this hypothesized rule has the potential to hurt "non-grid circling" rovers and prohibit completely valid "non-grid circling QSOs." Let's say I live in an area with high rover activity
Frank, My eskip idea was brought up to your rule number #2, where after the first 100 QSOs you could only work rovers for 10% of the remaining QSOs. I was saying that during a good Es opening a rover
Bruce, You didn't move any rover you worked from one band to another? If so, I would call that an orchestrated QSO of sorts at least. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VH
I have learned from the (endless) discussion of rover rules on the reflector that you are not supposed to enter a contest unless you have an expectation of winning it. Now here is my problem, due to
And in the VHF contests it isn't true mobile activity as you have to travel to at least 2 different grid squares. What about the guy who goes mobiling within his own grid square? There is no category
But Zack, You can't enter the 10ghz contest in the rover category because you might lose to the grid circlers! 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing lis