I think what Steve is pointing out is that there are too many stations ONLY using FT8 and everyone is missing out on contacts when this happens. There are people who are not on digital for various re
I had the same issue in January with a VE3. I emailed with him suggested he switch to CM and he explained that he wasn't using WSJT-X and won't until they fix it because it doesn't work on his PC (In
If you got rid of the two signal rule you would actually reduce the activity. If there is a rule change I would support the idea of being able to work a station twice. Once on digital and once on CW
I'm a little confused by that statement. When I got a novice license in the early 80's we started with HF, it wasn't until I passed the tech exam that I got VHF privileges. Now everyone starts with t
No offence but It's obvious that this proposal is coming from a group of long time VHF contesters. The issue I see with this proposal is that you heavily reward the individuals/groups that have been
.174 seems to be it in the Northeast and why not keep it consistent across bands. It makes it easy to remember. Dave N2OA _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VH
This brings up a point I was trying to make on the 220 group. It would be nice if we had one national frequency everyone was using for FT8 on bands above 2m. .174 is pretty common in the northeast an
I understand what you're saying and I agree when you are already on 2m or 6m and make a contact but outside of that if I want to just monitor on 220 or call CQ where do I call? I can call on .174 for
http://www.rvhfg.org/WinterSprintRules.txt ** Winter VHF Sprint Sponsored by the Rochester VHF Group RVHFG.org ** 0 Purpose: Contact as many stations on as many VHF (30-300 MHz) bands as possible wit
Alex, I think you are unknowingly highlighting one of the largest complaints. There is no easy way to get people to move up the bands. When we make contact on voice, before we are done I ask for othe
Sadly, if we don't resolve the FT8 issue I'm not sure the rover count will stay up either. I just bought a few amplifiers from a guy who's only been roving for a few years. I asked why he was giving
This morning pretty much convinced me that few people actually want a change or a return to a traditional contest. I participated in the sprint this morning and worked two stations. When presented wi
I did the same. Called and called on FT4 and not a single response. When I saw Europe on .313 I went to 50.323 and nothin' I'm only running 100W here so I usually can't work the DX on a very busy fre
Personally I like the idea of three points for analog, one for digital, and the region one use of six digit grids and a distance multiplier myself. Dave N2OA _________________________________________
It was pretty late Sunday before people woke up. I tried many times without success and then later Sunday it just lit up. For a while it may have been too crowded. I would think that it would be pref
I've used the Honda 2200 as well for years from 160m - 23cm without any noise. Several local clubs have them as well. Someone brought a Predator inverter generator to field day on year and the noise
I'm pretty sure we had both linear and switching, it's been a few years. We got another generator out and the issue was gone so we know the source. Dave N2OA _________________________________________
Jeff, it is true that it is costly but in general it has gotten less expensive. I was licensed in 1981+/- when I was in Jr. High and most if not all of the new HF rigs didn't even cover 6m. There wer
It's all I can do to get one weekend in June for a VHF contest. I guess if you're retired, have no wife or kids, and have nothing else to do during the few warm/dry weekends we get in the north, that
Hope to be back on VHF in a few weeks. I enjoyed the interview Eric did with you on the QSO Today podcast. Dave N2OA _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcont