W0ZQ/R will be out & about this weekend enjoying a leisurely rove through the rolling hills & flat lands of SE MN. Will have 6m through 10gigs along for the ride. The good news is that the corn is st
After the July 21 -22 CQWW-VHF Contest comes the ARRL's UHF Contest on August 4th and 5th. Last year's UHF contest represented the third straight year of increased log submissions, and looking back a
Hello George. Great question. I suspect that the answer may vary depending on where you live. To the best of my knowledge, here in the Upper Midwest, the answer is no, there is not a special uW liais
This might not be at all reasonable; I don't know about this antenna, but Tennadyne (http://www.tennadyne.com/specs&prices.htm) has a log periodic good from 6m to 23cm, on a 12 foot boom. The tradeof
For my rover I use LMR-400 for 2m through 3456. Each run is about 12' or so. This is one of the advantages that a rover has, short feedlines. LMR-400 is wonderful stuff - excellent performance, moder
I second Steve's comments on the Toshiba 3456 solid state amp from PyroJoe. My home/rover station using one with a DB6NT transverter. You have to mount it to an appropriate heat sink and there are so
This weekend is the ARRL's UHF contest. This fun event runs from 1800 UTC Aug 4 to 1800 UTC Aug 5. It's only a 24 hour contest, so do not think about getting on Sunday evening to hand out a few conta
Hi Steve and all. Good discussion. As you may know, I am both an active rover and the Dakota VUAC representative so I watch this discussion from both perspectives. While HamIM is allowed per the curr
I'm putting the final touches on my rover for September and I was wondering if I could get some ideas on what other rovers use for DC power distribution. I'm especially interested in what you use to
Anyone looked at going above 13.8 vdc and regulating down ? Three 6vdc batteries regulated to 13.8 would be about 200 watts dissipation at 50 amps - half that at 25 amps. 73, Jon W0ZQ _______________
Hello I haven't been following this thread fully, but in Limited Rover you are only limited to any 4 bands? Could a limited rover choose 2304,3456,5.7 and 10 gig? 73 bill af4od Hi Bill. Yes, ANY four
Towards Joe's question as to where to find contest rules, they can be found on the ARRL's website at http://www.arrl.org/ . Once there, toward the top left click on "Operating Activities", "Contests"
Hi Joe. You source for an official ruling would be with the ARRL's Contest Manager, KX9X, Sean Kutzko, KX9X@arrl.org . Regardless of how that comes out, have fun with the War Wagon and don't forget t
Hi Mark. Good questions. I am an APRS newbie myself so I am interested in what others may say with respect to your questions. With the new rules its possible that we may see some changes in how all t
Hello Ron and all. Let me put on my Dakota Division VUAC Rep hat for one second. Regarding the use of the Internet (Pingjockey) during the EME contest, check out the updated rules on the Leagues webs
Ron & Jeff, Let me see if I can answer your two questions with one note. The updated EME contest rules have a defintion for "Assisted" and this definiton is used in context with both the single-op an
Once upon a time someone had referenced a "place on the east coast" that sold the push on/off pot and RF gain/squelch pot for the TR-751A. Anyone help me with a name and perhaps email address ? 73, J
Lee, the TR751A uses a Mitsubishi RF power module, part number M57727. RF Parts website list a price of $64.55. The question may be if they have stock. Not sure if this power module is still in produ
Hi Bruce, thanks for the good info. Yup, I had a few fellows send me a reference to the old "Kenwood East" website and noted that the pots are now discontinued and out of stock. Darn. I have one TR-7
Bruce, forgot to mention, congratulations on your 4th place finish in the September VHF Contest in the rover category. I have not yet received my own QST, but was checking out someone else's copy las