Skyline Drive is closed today due to snow and ice. It should be warm enough tomorrow to melt everything, but there is another system due to hit on Saturday. If that system closes Skyline Drive, I wil
Wow! That's all I have time to say now. More to come. Steve K4GUN _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
What an experience! I have found my niche in this hobby and its roving. So much happened and so much was learned that I think I'm actually going to write an article for QST about how to get started i
In examining how I did in the recently completed VHF contest, I keep hearing a similar comment from people. There were a lot of people looking for me when I was in a couple of rare grids, but I never
I'm not sure all of this is about cheating and rule bending. I think some of it might just be ignorance. Because I had never participated in a contest, I wanted to make sure I was within the rules. I
I love mine. The voice keyer is really nice for roving. Its fairly easy to use once you get used to it. It does take some time to get everything figured out, but once you do, its no problem. I wont g
I'm already plotting improvements to my rover rig for June. After the January contest, I learned a lot of lessons. I need better antennas. That means I also need better masts. I've been looking at wh
I like that a lot. That's pretty much what I'm going for. You don't have the upper portions guyed do you? This is actually giving me other ideas about perhaps changing to rigid conduit, going taller
I'm VERY new at roving myself, but I will say that you're in the right place to get good advice. Something else I can suggest is to go to the ARRL web site and read back through the "soap box" of all
Hell, I'm just excited to see my callsign in the magazine, even if it was just a comment about how fired up I was to do it right in January. Now I can't wait to see the January results with the new r
Since the VHF contest reflector has been quiet lately, I thought I'd post an update on my rover upgrades. I'm making serious progress on this. In the January contest, I had a 100 watt amp for 2 meter
I'm getting closer to finishing my new rover set-up and I am being presented with yet another quandary. As I'm sure you all know, I'm doing a "limited rover" station. I have a tower section that will
As usual, I get great information from this reflector. I still don't know what I'm going to do, but at least now I have more specific information on which to base a decision. What will likely do is t
The complete line scores are published at http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/. You need to be an ARRL member to access this data base but its very well done. Not only can you compare your scores to
I have one more follow up question to this. I'm not sure there is a simple answer, but I'll ask anyway. Where does an elevation measurement matter? This doesn't have to do with terrain issues, but wh
Ahh... I think I get it. So to make sure I have this, let me restate it. On level ground, a 5 degree angle of radiation would actually be measured about about 148 feet from the base of the antenna. h
I missed that auction. I did however, just order one of the Hy Gain ATM-65 masts. From the looks of it, I think it will be sturdy and rugged enough for roving use when nested inside my 5' tower secti
Greeat stuff man. I'll be spending a lot of time on this one! Thanks. Steve _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contes
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