I have seen some references to "activity hours" for 432 in the VHF contests. I was wondering how widespread this concept extends? During the June VHF contest, I was surprised to work 45 stations on 4
Interesting question. When was the ruling on the eme QSO made? I guess instead of asking what the ARRL thinks (which is better answered by making a phone call), I would be interested in knowing what
No. That is not what this means. What this means is that you can't pick up your telephone during a contest and call you your friend in a grid you need and ask him to get on the air. If you are in th
I don't think that is the issue at all. It really gets down to the "real time human decoding" issue. Anyone can cheat with the internet if they really wanted to. I would think that the HSCW and WSJT
Glad to see something from CN land. K7RAT will try to be active for a few hours. Also, I have left my station in beacon mode on 432.130 if anyone needs a signal to verify their setup. 73 Tree
Seems like you would want to do all of this real time instead of off line. What functionality is missing from the industry standard logging programs? Tree
Nice list of planned efforts. I guess if I knew what time to turn on the radio (for those activity periods) and if there were actually some signals on the band, I would work some people. However, I a
Strong work Jim. Spreading the gospel to the unwashed is a nobel endeavor requiring genuine enthusiam and a keen understanding of the limitations of the typical "shack-on-the-belt" station. Aside fr
Great score Dave!! Here in Boring, Oregon, I got on the air 5 or six different times during the event and made some noise - mostly on CW. This resulted in a total of 4 QSOs in 2 grids. The 3 CW QSOs
Well, I tried to bite by tongue, but decided to add my voice to this ongoing debate. Like some, I see three types of rovers: 1. A "good" rover. 2. A "captive" rover. 3. A "circle" rover (my name for
The intent of this rule was to encourage rovers to be available for the majority of people in their area. Grid circling is not consistent with that when 99 percent of your QSOs are with the same two
Sure - if you are trying to compete against the other rovers you are dancing with. It seems strange that you are competiting against people that you have made these kinds of arrangements with. It wou
I think this is a great idea. Thanks for sharing it Stan. Tree _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
Yes - it can. I remember asking a rover who I missed in one grid if he could go back into that grid - which he was happy to do. With a 15 minute rule - that would be harder for him to do. However, s
That statistic in no way reflects the issue at hand. Even 72% wouldn't be very close yet. Tree _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com
K9IJ's comments seem to try to state there isn't a problem here. I disagree. We all want to increase activity in our VHF bands. Therefore, it follows that we want to increase the activity in the cont
If anyone has a copy, I need the VHF Engineering schematic for the 432 MHz transmitter (FM). I bought an unassembled kit on ebay, but it came with the 144/220 instructions. Am building it up for a be
The Boring Amateur Radio club sponsored plaques for last year's running of the June VHF contest. You can see the announcement here: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/nwwsvhf/2003-June/002421.html This
As an attempt to reward competition at the local level, the Boring Amateur Radio Club is once again sponsoring four plaques for the CN grid field. If you aren't up on grid squares, the CN grid field