It occurred to me this morning that being a VHF operator is a lot like being a baseball fan. It was warm and sunny here yesterday, and this morning the air has that first touch of Spring in it. Sure,
I have to agree that it would be difficult or impossible to change the rules of a VHF Contest to level the playing field. There are simply too many regional factors that influence the outcome that ca
I am really tired of hearing all the whining about "it's not fair", " the NE has a big advantage", "the playing field needs to be leveled", "the rules need to be changed" blah, blah, blah. Bullshit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_257nc5uFM As performed by The Spurious Emissions (out of the) Band, with no apologies to Bob Dylan. But really, if you can combine VHF operation, rock and roll, and
As Zack pointed out, the band also did a VHF-Friendly version of the Grateful Dead's Truckin' called "Rovin'". Great stuff and too much fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC4tbCNz1Bs -- -- 73, Les
With many of us moving towards SDR based receivers or transceivers. there is increased need to route signals using Virtual Audio Cables. Wanted to make everyone aware of a free alternative to the mor
See below, reprinted from the ARRL Letter. If you haven't sent it your comments, please do so. If we don't participate in the process, we shouldn't complain. Comments can be e-mailed to: vhf-input@ar
Nothing but praise for all the recent efforts of the ARRL to improve VHF Contesting. In some areas, this may attract some newcomers to VHF Contesting. == Use of 146.52 MHz FM Simplex Frequency Cleare
Dale, That's a valid concern. In Alabama, we have a group of FM DX'ers who enjoy communicating over long distances on simplex. They use high power, large antenna arrays, etc. Here they use frequencie
Way off topic in terms of VHF operation, but not sure who else to ask. As a boy of 7-8 years old (late 1960s) I remember attending a ham radio club meeting in Cleveland, TN. One of the members there
Thanks Steve. Ive found a few of this type over the years. The unit I remember had a straight key and transmitter built into the key housing. There was also a short wire antenna that came out of the
Unfortunately, I dont think having a VHF Club sponsor the contest is a workable solution. The club sponsorship of the Sprints has been less than spectacular, through no fault of the volunteers who or
Stan, Still waiting for that first EME contact, but Ive made hundreds of meteor scatter contacts using WSJT on 6, 2, and 222 Mhz. Contrary to what were used to with weak signal modes having narrow fi
We used the SSID Exchange method suggested by Mark to make two contacts on 2.4 GHz during a contest about three years ago. It was as simple as setting my SSID to CQ_DE_N1LF then searching for other S
Just purchased a new Icom IC-7300 (great rig!) and so have a few things that are surplus to my needs. Both items are guaranteed to be in great working condition. My Ebay ID is Paladin1 and Ive been o
Icom IC-746 Pro. Serial Number 0203578. HF/6 Meters/2 Meters. Single owner rig, purchased new from Gigaparts. They performed the MARS/CAP Mod. Im not into 11 Meters, so this was used just slightly ou
Id like to hear from experienced VHF operators on this one. Recently, Ive devoted a lot of time to doing some DXing of the FM broadcast band when the amateur bands are not too active. Im still very n
Im hoping that someone with more experience with meteor scatter communications can answer a question that has been bugging me. Is there any benefit to angling a Yagi upwards from a horizontal mountin
Deeply saddened to report the passing of VHF-Man, and prominent DXer Pat Dyer, WA5IYX. Pat contributed greatly to our understanding of sporadic e-propagation through both his professional research th
Tokyo Ham Fair saw the debut of the prototype Icom IC-9700, which looks to be a SDR version of the IC-910H. If released, this radio would feature full-duplex operation on 144, 432, and 1296. Its also