This will be the 2nd VHF contest for me as a rover. My other operator bailed on me, but I'm going to run solo - we'll see how long I last like that. Timeline is up in the air, but at the least, I wil
Here's the plan for the weekend, will be a strictly "stop and shoot" set-up with a modest 6m and 2m beam and a collapsible 25ft mast... Day One: 16:00 ET - FN11 - Show Shoe PA. 17:30 ET - FN10 - Wing
Most people on 313 probably didn't even realize there was a contest, they just saw a bunch of spots and assumed the band was open. CQ WW VHF doesn't have the sort of awareness that the ARRL contests
The solution to this is to not him or her in your logbook. I see some folks doing this kind of thing to try for a higher rate. I just treat it as not being a QSO. There's plenty of other EA stations
I get that long time hams hate FT8 and new hams can't understand why anyone would use anything other than FT8 because in a text message and Twitter world no one can have actual dialogue that makes an
Nope, I think you're doing it right. When both bands were running I was busy with all the things you mentioned - and the same concerns. When when I was off on FM or SSB trying to scrounge up some loc
FT or not, I'm not sure you'd see those rates again on SSB. Maybe on 6 since almost every modern HF radio has 6 in it - but certainly not on 2m or up. The number of hams with 2m or higher sideband ca