I went up to the hill near Blacksburg, VA on Monday and worked a few stations. Conditions weren't great at the beginning of the night but thanks to K4QI, K4WWA, W8ZN, and W3ZZ for the qso's (especial
Does anyone have experience building a custom match for the Cushcraft 13B2 antenna? I recently got one, but it was missing all hardware and the match (basically, it came with boom and elements only,
I've looked at the manual, but all it does it tell me to install the UltraMatch box. What I need to do is build a replacement matching network for it, and the manual does not have a schematic for it
Thanks to all who have responded to far. As best I can tell, the T-match presents a balanced feedpoint impedance in the neighborhood of 200 Ohms (whether it's real or complex I don't know), and so I
Folks, I was looking at the FLEX-100 SDR today as a potential IF rig for a VHF/UHF contest station (potentially for field or rover use as well). Has anyone bought and used one of these rigs? I'm part
Should be active for the contest next weekend from the home QTH in EM97tf. I'll definitely be on 2m SSB/FM, likely 70cm SSB/FM, and potentially 222, 902 and 6m if I can get it all together this week.
Listen out for KI4RIX from EM97. Mountaintop TBD... I should be a bit above 144.2 on ssb and also on 146.550 FM. We'll see if I manage to get the 13el yagi in working order or not...if not, 3el yagi
I went up to Brush Mountain in EM97SG near Blacksburg, VA for the sprint. I brought along my newly functional 13 element Cushcraft with homebrew feedpoint as well as my 80W amp. Made 14 QSO's with th
This is a good question that I had as well. I just bought a 180W 2m amplifier that I know will need a new MRF247, and I'm wondering whether to buy one or two on eBay, or get the new 2SC series replac
This June will be the first time (to my knowledge) that W3HAC will participate in the June VHF contest from FM18lw (Washington, DC). We are aiming to be QRV on 6m, 2m, and 222. 432 is a possibility.