I operated this contest from home... to cold and windy for a portable this time. My home station is a IC-706MII and dipole antenna in the attic. Despite my modest station I completed about a dozen ba
I'm not sure why this is "the most difficult of these to accomplish?" The results achieved, especially for a modest station, are far greater using CW than SSB. This morning I worked S57A on 6M from K
Hi all: I plan to operate QRP Portable - or I guess single op QRP or whatever from EM08 in the June VHF QP. This if no nearby thunderstorms or tornados! I undertand this is considered a "rare grid" s
Slow contest out here in the heartland. Hot and windy both days. I operated QRP Portable about 5 miles west on Nickerson, KS on a bluff overlooking the Arkansas River in EM08. 6M 24 Qs 20 Gs MFJ-9406
Weather permitting, I plan to operate QRP Portable 6, 2, 432 and 1296 from EM08 Sunday morning Sept. 15. The portable site in EM08 is about 15 miles NW of Hutchinson, KS. GL to all in the contest! __
Gene presented, I don't doubt there has been a decline in participation." First - good comments by Tom, KE6FI/r. Gene's article is interesting and thought provoking. The decline in logs submitted ki
The first year a station made over 1,000 QSOs(after dupes and log check) on 6 Meters in the June VHF QSO Party was 1998. That year the following stations broke the mythical 1K barrier: 1,358 W5KFT(K5
Great comments by Dave K8CC and George K5TR. And thanks Curt for the June VHF QP summary. Apology to K5TR. I have recently moved and all my QSTs and NCJs are in boxes. The oldest June VHF QSO Party .
- K5TR Interesting observation and graphs. I think George is on to something. Some experts believe high solar activity diminishes mid-latitude Es propagation. Thus, the best "years" for Es may be du
I'll amend this to say Es can and do occur during the Sept. VHF QSO Party and the Jan. VHF Sweepstakes. The 2003 Jan. VHF SS had a nice Es opening Sunday afternoon. Es are not common in these contes
Bill: I mentioned the "line results not in the QST VHF Contest write-ups" in one of my early posts re. this VHF contest issue as well as having it the lead in the VHF Contesting! column in the NCJ. I
Joel - you are right about "getting on the air." If more of us got on the radio between contests, overall VHF activity would be higher. I was on the air yesterday, but you guys in the northeast woul
Thanks Bryan for the comments, and there have been times I haven't sent in a log for some of the reasons you mention, ie. bad prop, too much hassle transfering a "note pad" log to Cabrillo format, l
On page 101 of the May 2003 issue of QST is the "ARRL June VHF QSO Party Contest Announcement." It is different than the contest rules (http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms), and seems geared towards g
I just received my May 2003 QST and saw the ICOM ad for the '703 too, Ken. 6 Meters is a "VHF" band, ICOM! And there is considerable QRP activity on 2 Meters and up. I use an old IC-490A for QRP SSB/
I was on for a couple of hours - nil heard out here in the heartland on 432 MHz. A severe thunderstorm rolling through during the sprint didn't help much. There was a nice 6 Meter Es opening from 020
untapped population of would-be VHFers on HPACK, the FT817 Yahoo Group, Adventure Radio Societyt and QRP-L!! These guys must be shown the WA5JVB cheappie beams and how to find good QTHs. If just 10%
I received several inquires regarding WA5VJB's "cheap yagis." Here are some links for them: http://www.clarc.org/Articles/uhf.htm http://www.fredspinner.com/W0FMS/CheapYagi/ These antennas are easily
I am planning to operate QRP Portable(or the politically correct term now is "Single Operator Portable") from EMØ8 in the Jan. VHF SS. Operating site is 5 miles west of Nickerson, KS. I have t
Due to the recent snow/ice storm this week rural roads in central Kansas are snow and ice packed. I may not be able to get to my regular operating site in EMØ8 for the Jan VHF SS. Thus I may o