Zack I understand there is some problem with the CQ WW VHF server. Please QRX - the owner of the server will not return until the end of the week and the automatic reset functions have obviously fail
It appears that the CQ WW VHF contest robot is back up and running. You should try to send your logs again if you have not sent them yet. 73 Gene W3ZZ _______________________________________________
Hello Samir I was the one who did the review of the XV144 in QST. But I am NOT responsible for the technical data which was generated by the ARRL lab. I used the XV144 with an FT1000MP as an IF strip
Hi Frank It's now a circle with a RADIUS of 200 km. Not any other shape but a CIRCLE. The VUCC distance rule used to be anywhere within your own grid square OR within a 50 km radius circle if outside
Walter You are absolutely correct. I had forgotten that little glitch. So I take back everything I said about "logical". Logical would have been a definition like that for club territory [though that
I was preparing to list the Spring Sprints in my April World Above 50 MHz column. But after contacting the usual people I have learned that the East Tennessee DX Association will not be running the S
I was afraid of this I have NOTHING to do with running either the Spring or Fall Sprints. I was just trying to confirm that no one is going to run the Spring Sprints before my publication deadline. A
I know what 6m VUCC can and has been done in less than a weekend, but does anyone have an idea as to how quickly someone has earned a 2 meter VUCC? I think I did it in 5 months or so after moving to
It's not quite as easy as Jim says. As far as I know it's only been done 4 times in the June contest and almost surely less than 6 times in September [I know of 3]. Currently a good grid score on a f
Curt Roseman has given you one reason, John. There is now LESS activity on 2 meters than there was in the 1980's. Part of that is that grid squares were a new thing in the 1980's. I certainly spent m
It's not off topic at all. And an important question. I owned a 50-6 and used it for many years. I thought it work reasonably well but I never modeled it. Later I found out that it has less gain than
Bill is absolutely correct. I meant VE3BFM and not VE3BQN! I guess I had Ted on my mind because of his recent passing. Sorry! 73 Gene W3ZZ World Above 50 MHz FM19jd MD 50 => 10 GHz Grid Pirates Conte
In case you have gotten no response from the contest robot after sending your UHF , please be advised that the robot is having indigestion but the Headquarters people are aware of it and hope to have
To the Reflector Members: This Reflector does not need diatribes and slurs such as appeared in the recent post from dl.daave@hotmail.com on 09/17/07 at 07:46 pm. I have instructed on of the List IT A
I think Marshall's post says it all. You can't go wrong with either transverter. I reviewed the 2 meter Elecraft and the 50 watt version of the DEM 2 meter transverter for QST. There was very little
Todd All that information is best located in the VE7BQH 2 meter yagi tables which deal with essentially every decent 2 meter yagi ever designed. This data is found in several places including http://
Russ I don't think information resources like radar plots and the real time propagation maps are a problem. They don't give you frequency and station information at the same time, don't self spot and
I received E-mail today from Chris Patterson W3CMP one of the CY0X operators. He and I have tried for the past two days at dawn our time to work on 2 meter meteor scatter [path = ~900 miles] but the
I am the Administrator of this List. I have been out of town the past week at the Central States VHF convention and elsewhere so I have not been closely following the rover discussion. This discussio
I just received a cell phone call from Terry W8ZN and his second op Andy K1RA about 40 mins ago. Three bands have failed and the rotator does not turn any more. The temperature atop Reddish Knob is w