Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:19:38 -0700 (PDT)
This makes a ton of sense from our perspective. I would offer that 2-meters is used as a local communication utility band and that .52 (due in part to the contest ban, btw) is often used for search a
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:22:43 -0700 (PDT)
Sure enough! The Rochester VHF Group has (since 1985) sponsored a local award for the January VHF SS: "FM Only"! Having several stations break 10k points is easy after promoting it for a couple of ye
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:12:38 -0700 (PDT)
Rovers can use RFSport Logger for the contest. When they return home, they simply connect to the Internet with their laptops and their log is auto-uploaded...and maps are generated. Cool, huh? :) We'
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:20:05 -0700 (PDT)
Not at all. This is fully approved by the ARRL. Digi is relaying, which makes you "assisted" (a category that doesn't exist in the ARRL rules for VHF contests). The careful rover will run high power
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:35:54 -0700 (PDT)
Wow. I must have received a dozen e-mails on this subject. Yes, I swear to you that -- properly promoted -- your FMers CAN score 10k points and MORE. In fact, I think that the highest score ever subm
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:41:14 -0700 (PDT)
According to the ARRL General Rule below... 2.3.Entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the ARRL Awards Committee. Who is on this committee and what is its authority and charge, please? Ev, W2
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:16:38 -0700 (PDT)
-- Mike Tessmer <Mike.Tessmer@hillmangroup.com> wrote: Simple ignorance. The same goes for Packet, PSK31, RTTY, AM, Spark, FSK441, CW, etc. If it puts a QSO in my log, in accordance with the rules of
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:29:19 -0700 (PDT)
Or, one can consider an alternative ... a tri-band FM transceiver...squelched and always active along with... ... a tri-band antenna onmidirectional: http://cgi.ebay.com/DISCONE-HAM-MARINE-BAND-BASE
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:36:02 -0700 (PDT)
How about this: http://www.PropNET.org Ev, W2EV __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:09:03 -0700 (PDT)
The current protocol is one in which you maximize your score by operating as competitively as you can without alienating the fellow competitors on which you rely in order to maximize that score. The
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:11:40 -0700 (PDT)
Why ban the use of 144.200? Without a goal in mind, how will you measure your success? Ev, W2EV __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the be
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:24:43 -0700 (PDT)
72-74 MHz seems loosly allocated and is between TV4 and TV5 and part of the allocation for Portugal. Even if limited to <100 watts, it would be very cool to have access to. Oh well, what are the chan
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:17:04 -0700 (PDT)
...along with other references to FD items using the same infrastructure as contests... This is no "smoking gun" at all. Tractors, cars, scooters, bicycles and pedestrians can all be found on the ro
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:07:21 -0700 (PDT)
Can someone provide alternate contact information? His erols.com account is bouncing. Ev, W2EV __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the bes
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:52:42 -0700 (PDT)
Tom, The 0.12 dB difference is not as much of a factor as the $0.20/ft difference is. That's a good price (assuming their spec is accurate, of course). Ev, W2EV ______________________________________
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:56:53 -0700 (PDT)
IF YOU ARE IN THE USA...and are planning on operating this upcoming weekend from home, try a new logging and realtime scoreboarding system! Go to http://www.RFSport.com to check it out, download it a
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:35:06 -0700 (PDT)
The "world" version (vers 2.4.3.9) of RFSport.com's logger has been posted and is available for download. Anyone, world-wide may now use it. If Internet connected, your logging will be forwarded to t
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks to the world's first automated Scoreboarding system (http://www.RFSport.com), you can see maps of what each participant worked! Note: the chart includes a column labled "PI". This means "Perfo
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:44:41 -0700 (PDT)
On the other hand, just about everyone who has actually tried the system said that they were motivated by seeing others who were "within striking distance". The logger caches everything and uploads i
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Pete, There is room for both approaches, don't you think? I certainly do. The XML initiative favors HF operations for many reasons. The RFSport initiative favors VHFers (notice that only contests