Mike, KB7ME is up and running in CN71 on 144.200 and 50.125 both CW and SSB. He is scouting areas for the June contest. He is on the air now at 17:30z. Regards, Jon-K6EL k6el@comcast.net ____________
Some guys in N.California worked into JA, just south of me. Nothing heard here. :-( Tomorrow is my bet. Regards, Jon_K6EL k6el@comcast.net _____ From: PNWVHFS@googlegroups.com [mailto:PNWVHFS@googleg
Mike, Look forward to hearing you OM! Hopefully condx will make It a fun contest! I'll be looking for you on 6, 144 and 432 from CM99. If you decide to rove around, CM70 is highly sought after some t
I just called Mike, KB7ME who is in place at a location that K6AAW recommended called High Divide a little NE of Crescent City. He will be QRV early checking the headings and will operate there for t
Had a great time this past weekend in the June contest! I put a new Mirage brick on for a little more 2m power. I about went nuts listening to the relay chatter so I want to hard key it but I'm not s
I asked for help with sorting out the options to hard key my Mirage B 2518 G. Thanks for all the ideas. I just want to let you all know that I convinced W2ENY to add the cable to his selection of rel
I have used N3FJP for the last two tests. I like the program...simple to use. I would like to see a display of who/where...which station did I work on which band in some sort of an easy page like the
Nice rig but drifts like a banshee on 432! I have one also. Quite an amazing design. Regards, Jon_K6EL k6el@comcast.net --Original Message-- From: owner-vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu [mailto:owner-vhf@w6yx.s
Doug, I am fairly new to VHF contesting having just started a year ago in the September event so keep that in mind. I use the 3 el SteppIR + the passive element on 6m. It flies at about 73'. Above it
I'm looking for a clean 2m5WL to upgrade my 2m12 currently on my tower. If anyone has one or knows of one that may be available, please let me know. Merry Christmas to all on the list. Regards, Jon-K
On 26 Jan KK6MC said>>> I could have sworn that last time I checked this it said 50 Watts RMS, but that is pretty much irrelevant for most of our operations. This document is revised in March, Octobe
Comments inserted below... 73, Jon K6EL Jon - You suggested referring to the 70 cm allocation map on the FCC web site: "the limits include a lot more than 100 miles around Otis. Here is a link to the
Good summary Les. I can't see any way to bring yesterday back especially when it concerns technology. I have a garage full of RF PacketCluster stuff that I sort of wish I hadn't invested in years ago
There were some very impressive scores racked up! 73, Jon K6EL CM99br _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.c
Seriously, I hope Gene includes useful tips in his talk for maximizing one's scores from areas with low VHF density, and not just tailor his talk to the Potomac Valley folk. The lack of active VHF o
Hi Paul, I am a little confused on what you are doing I guess. I have two Mē420-50-11 Yagis stacked vertically, that is one above the other. I am using a standard Mē splitter and stacking harness and
I bought a new AG-25 preamp over a year ago and it never worked. I enabled it in my IC-910H but it never worked on the tower, although it did work on the bench. I may have killed it with something ov
I guess I didn't get the memo. CM99 -K6EL- 6,2,432, 900FM. 73, Jon K6EL CM99br --Original Message-- From: owner-vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu [mailto:owner-vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of T. M. Sent: Fri
I plan to be on from CM99br on both bands for the contest. Plans are to show up before sun up on FSK441 MS, call CQ probably on 2m, 144.140 D5 and may get on 6m also. My luck with HSMS and contests h