Don't forget a couple of hours off in the morning for church going, and an hour off Sunday night for Downton Abbey. Chet, N8RA --Original Message-- From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@c
Tom, Thanks for this- my belief is that quite a majority of serious contesters agree. And with regard to some of the suggestions about changing the rules for finding contacts, I feel this way: The st
Did not see "JK's reminder until Saturday morning and was not sure of getting on until about 4 in the afternoon. Thought I had the station set and ready to go, but no, when I did start various things
Hi John, My return to VHF contesting was also with an FT897 a few years ago after an absence of many decades. First time out, I listened to just 6M connected to a 20M antenna that provided reasonable
Glad they took care of these things for you. This little gun was less than satisfied last year with their 220 yagi. The U bolts sent were too small to fit around their boom, even when I straightened
Why would we want E's?? It's a VHF contest- the fun is digging out weak signals. If someone wants easy farther out QSO's try an HF sprint, or QSO party or other. (I expect that I am in the minority o
In addition to your suggestions, let me add a few other ideas to increase the enjoyment of VHF contesting. Someone mentioned that the probability of two 10 degree beamwidth long yagis being pointed a
Then something is wrong. I uploaded my log the day after the June contest. There should have been a match with you on the lower 4 bands. Chet, N8RA I just uploaded 750+ qso's from June VHF for the W2
And I believe asking someone who answered your CQ to spot you is also a no-no, same as spotting yourself. Chet, N8RA Les, It is only self-spotting if you spot yourself; i.e., "N1LF on 50.150" while y
N1LF said: "Like many things in radio contesting, I'm somewhat confused now by the rule." -- Les, please see my comments below. 73 Chet, N8RA -- "Do any of the people who write these rules actually o
Arliss, I Agree. But if you really want to play in national or world sailboat races and results governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing and find yourself living in an area of no water, wind, or other
OK, now that we had the annual blow off of steam about the rules, anyone have any "secrets" they wish to share about VHF CONTESTING?? I'll start. I operate in the low power category. I have two 6M an
I use the N1MM logger. In addition to the colored prompts that show up in the main window to signal you that you need someone's contact or grid on another band, there is a multiplier window that will
Tom, CW on 6M for us in the US is just below 50.100, since the "DX window" is 50100 to 50125 and we should stay off that piece. 19 of my Q's and 4 of my grids on 6 were CW contacts. Every time I tune
Pete, I believe the 897 has a similar issue. Someone wrote a QST article many years ago about tapping into the front panel mic connector to get CAT when the back connector is set for use by the tuner
Jarred, FWIW, I use an XV222/28Mhz IF with a K3 that I also use on 6M, and have never seen this problem. Chet, N8RA I have been dealing with a problem with my Elecraft XV222 transverter in my rover s