Hi Patrick, I would say, "Just get on and do it" :) Don't worry about the frequency that you use; just stay out of the beacon portion of the band, find a clear spot on your bandscope, and go to it. H
I agree with Peter, Paul, and Henry. It is much more difficult to lead an organization than it is to cast stones from the sidelines. The folks at the ARRL have my great appreciation and highest respe
You paid for it, so you might as well get to read it: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a118343.pdf 73, Roger Rehr W3SZ Tree attenuation has been studied quite a bit. I am on vaca but I do have
Hi Alan, The /R serves a number of purposes: 1. It alerts other stations that the /R may be going to other grids. This can be watched for / queried. 2. It alerts fixed stations that they need to pay
Hi Sean, Some years ago while looking for quantitative info on troposcatter for a program that I was writing, I came across a 400+ page compendium on Ionospheric Radio Propagation put out by the Nati
After the EME contest a few months ago I ended up sweeping my system to try to identify points of weakness. I saw exactly what David points out. The striking result is shown at: http://www.nitehawk.c
I think you would really enjoy, be helped by running MSK144 at night. I have only 100 watts (at most) and a small yagi on 6 and have only been using MSK144 for a week, but after midnight Saturday in
There is an answer and Jay is 100% correct. :) I was told long ago that RY is standard. There is good documentation for this and so RY is what I have been doing for years to log digital contacts for
Hi All, I had thought this was all common knowledge and "settled law" for at least a decade. It is not a "new standard" :) It is correct that it is not something to worry about or expend any time or
Hi All, With the broader use of SDRs and "Network Radios" and remote operation, it has become increasingly common for a codec to be in the path of our received and transmitted signals. In some cases
This was our very wonderful friend and colleague Dave Powis, and unfortunately he passed away recently. He was a one man show (albeit an incredible one), so I don't believe this source will any longe