With regard to: This is a great idea and I'd include promoting FM operation as well. While it would be nice to use grid squares as a mult, I do think that the "contest within a contest" approach says
This brings me back to a procedural question of how does any of this become actionable? This Pack-roving re-hash was in response to the announcement that the ARRL Board approved the creation of a VHF
<snip> Tim, I stand corrected. I went back to the contesting.com archives and I agree that your pack rover email was really in response to another rover's email, not the VUAC announcement. It came 24
Ev, Ward: I agree completely...this is on reason why the internet discussions of VHF contesting get so heated...you *might* get some level of agreement within a region but one-size-fits-all is diffic
Nate, I have an article on my web site that gives the basics of VHF contesting, tuned for Colorado. http://www.k0nr.com/rwitte/vhf_contest.html 73, Bob K0NR Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:44:58 -0600 From
Results for 2006 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes are available on the web http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2006/jan-vhf/ Bob K0NR _______________________________________________ VHFcont
VHF Contesting List: I guess this isn't the time to propose allowing contest operation on 146.52 MHz. :-) Mostly kidding, but not completely, Bob K0NR Hello everyone. I am the Southeastern Division r
I agree. This kind of committee work is difficult and not always rewarding. You may not like the structure that is set up (how VUAC "advises", not "decides") but let's not hammer the VUAC members tha
I've had a similar experience on 446.0 MHz. There are simplex-oriented folks that monitor that frequency. They typically aren't participating in the contest but they may be aware of it and they are h
polarized. During the last few contests, I've noticed something interesting on 222 MHz. I have a 222 MHz FM rig that I use for QRP portable work...cheap, light, compact... I use a horizontally-polari
It depends on your objective and personal preferences. I agree that having 100W (or more!) will get you more contacts and grids. On the other hand, I've had a really good time doing the QRP (I mean,
It is worth noting that the CQ WW VHF Contest has a slightly different approach to QRP entry categories: Single-Op All-Band QRP. There are no location restrictions home or portable for stations runni
I just noticed that the 2006 June VHF contest results are posted on the ARRL web site (members only section): http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2006/jun-vhf/ Bob K0NR ________________
Keep in mind that the CQ WW VHF contest is two bands only and the sprints are single band (and only 4 hours long). Both of these limit the hyper-scoring effort of grid circling. 73, Bob K0NR ________
OK, how does the Kenwood TS-2000 receiver stack up in an intensity of a contest? _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.c
A challenge we have in many of the western states is getting sufficient grids activated during VHF contests. In Colorado, there are grids that have more cows than people living there and very few lic
The Rocky Mt VHF Plus group is doing a number of things to promote VHF activity during the June VHF QSO Party this year. Since parts of Colorado have more cows than ham operators, we often have grids
Besides, we already have that contest (no 6M), it is called the ARRL UHF Contest (August). Generally boring as all heck (per my interests...your mileage may vary :-) 73, Bob K0NR ____________________
FYI. The Central States VHS Society sponsors a Reverse VUCC award for rovers: See http://www.csvhfs.org/CSVHFVUC.HTML 73, Bob K0NR _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailin
The QRP Amateur Radio International Club is running a QRP VHF contest in parallel with the ARRL September VHF QSO Party - Bob K0NR *1900Z on September 12, 2009 through 0400Z on September 13, 2009.* B