I agree with Mike King on this matter whole-heartedly. This business of building or attempting to build support for some sort of EIRP classification will result in mass confusion both for a scoring p
Dan, Thank you for your response and Thank You for answering the question. The rules do not indicate that so you may wish to look at them. Unlike the rules in the June and September QSO Parties in wh
In response to the proposed January VHF Sweepstakes and June/September VHF QSO Party Rule Change recommendations Good Day to all and hopefully those who are on this committee will take the time to re
Hi Gang, Well it ought to be frosty in FM08TS Monday Night. Find us on 2 Meters working from either W4SHG or WB4LNT on the Skyline Drive. I am dragging I die hard HF CW operator with me and we will b
Well guys from the W4SHG portable Microwave Report. The day started early, 3:30am to get food, gas and make the 1:45 trek to FM08TN Skyline Drive. Worked all day the day before putting, or should I s
Well it seems you have had a few responses to you post. Let me add a very short one to in hopes aid in your decision. "DO IT" Nothing in the rules prohibit this activity. If you go to a hamfest and h
Hi Everyone, Sorry about not being around for the 2 Meter Sprints and barely around for the 222 Sprints. I had to go south to help out with hurricane relief as I have family was down in LA. (Lower Al
Hi Everyone, Well again this year I have been feverishly working on the Microwave gear and have cobbled together the following to be used during Saturday's Fall 2004 Microwave Sprint from Skyline Dri
Hi Everyone, Well again this year I have been feverishly working on the Microwave gear and have cobbled together the following to be used during Saturday's Fall 2004 Microwave Sprint from Skyline Dri
Hi Everyone, Another Microwave Sprint in the log and amazingly almost all of the equipment worked from the portable. Upon my first contacts I had an issue with the 1296 xverter. The receive was way d
I will be again operating from down in the dismal little FM18gk hole here in Stafford, Virginia. I will be QRV on 6 Meters thru 5.76G assuming Murphy doesn't show his ugly head. I will be working som
Justin, We ought to hook up on FSK during the contest. I was thinking about late evening or early Sunday Morning Your thoughts Steve Gilmore - W4SHG FM18GK QRV 6 thru 5.76G __________________________
Hello Everyone, So nice to get out on such a nice day as the trip to Skyline drive from FM18 was quite nice. This year I was experimenting with a 22 Element Long Yagi on about a 40 foot boom designed
Hello all from FM18 I decided to stay in FM18 this evening as I needed to pick up the XYL from Dulles Airport at 4:00pm. Couldn't get back into the shack until 7:40pm or so. Rush hour traffic south o
Hello All, I will be attempthing to Sprint form FM08jl tonight Reddish Knob. It's a pretty good trek but think it is doable. I will be looking to the West and NorthWest for a Change and into VE Land
Hi Yall, Well it seems the brilliant idea of going to Reddish Knob for a single band was as productive as a finding a pubic hair in a breakfast biscuit. (No I never have.) I think that pretty much su
Hello All, Well this years 432Mhz Sprint was attempted from a different location in FM08 specifically Reddish Knob near the West Virginia Line in FM08jl. My thoughts were to gain some Northerly and W
Well now, It's time again to see if I can transport all the Microwave gear to the mountain and attempt to make some noise and log a few contacts. I will be on the air around 7:00am and will atop Uppe
It appears that the anti-murphy ointment worked this trip as I can report no electrical failures. Maybe not so in my operating skill. Biggest disappointment was not getting K1TEO on 5.7G I heard him
Well due to an in ground sprinkler system repair and pollen removal job for the SHG fleet I was not able to go to FM08 in my normal mountain-top location for the 6M Sprint. I am glad too as the first