Hello Stan and the group, Sorry but you have your history wrong... The first contest won by rovers using grid circling was the January 1992 VHF Sweepstakes. WB9EEA/R (+AA9D) did one full four corners
Hi Ev and Tom, General Rule 3.5 is brought forward into the "General Rules for ARRL Contests on Bands Above 50 MHz" by Rule number 1.3 therein. Rule 1.3 is equal in force to rules 2.3.1 and 2.3.2...
Ev, Tom, Mark and others who find this topic of interest, After I posted my last message I went back and reread the relavent rules. Rules 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 are general prohibitions. Rule 1.3 restates t
I am getting ready to install my VHF/UHF antennas soon. Anyone use the Andros 2-piece N connector? What do you think? I am a bit skeptical, always thought Amphenol made the best N connectors, was una
This is a common problem for any station that runs high power and big antennas. Realizing that we could be driving away new contesters by not being able to hear them, we installed a four stack of bi
Field Day entries are handled by the ARRL Contest Robot Received cover sheets and documentation emails are logged at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/claimed/ Pictures and comments are found at: http:/
Hi GangThere were some comments here recently about electronic QSLs. They entirely missed the point. Any QSL method is entirely dependant on the accuracy of the SENDERS of the confirmations and the i
Hi, I just read some interesting comments from a ham out East who is going to give up roving because there are too many fixed stations on the air from formerly rare grids and too many rovers now oper
Hi Nate, I sent the message to you via AIM because when I tried to send it to your email address it bounced. I don't know why. (You might try adding me to your approved email list.) Anyway that was
I run a multiop VHF station in Colorado. We looked at the big unidirectional array in Maine when a program about it was presented at the Central States meeting in Colorado Springs a while back. Havi
The W0EEA unlimited multi-op station will be active for the ARRL June VHF QSO Party June 9-11, 2007 from our usual location at DM79vh. Bands: ABCD9EFGHIJK We have set up HamIM for rx only unless some
I regularly make skeds before a contest begins. Also: Multioperator and Single Operator Assisted stations may use spotting nets. I would be absolutely against any change in the rules that would prev
2.1.3 (as well as 2.1) is part of the rules for a Single Operator Station. It has no effect on Rovers or Multi-operator Stations. So Multi-ops can use spotting networks as long as they don't spot th
Hi, Regarding the new Rover class rules for VHF contests: First a compliment to the ARRL. The new rules, if I am interpreting them correctly are a great improvement over the previous set of rules. I
Hi Joe, See section 9.1 of the rules in the link above. The rules for this contest consist of the rules at that link, plus the applicable parts of "General Rules for All ARRL Contests," plus the appl
-- Original Message -- Hi, To use Ping Jockey you have to be registered. Your interest, call sign and exchange are part of every message you send and on 'Earwigging' if you don't send anything. Unles
How do you reconcile 100 plus QSOs? You don't have to. At the 101st QSO the Rover becomes an Unlimited Rover. The rule reads "A rover may not make more than 100 QSOs with any other one rover." Not t
Joe the increase in gain comes from narrowing the beam width. If you stack them vertically the vertical beam width is narrowed. Stack them side by side to narrow the horizontal beam width. Vertical s
Someone at the A.R.R.L. apparently believes that everyone who is going to enter any one of their contests is privy to every email and letter they have ever sent explaining, defining, or redefining th
Hi James, If you are 'out in the field' you should have a GPS with you. The GPS shows time accurate to well within a second. So do most cell phones. 73, Jim W0EEA ___________________________________