For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible. ;-) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VH
WinGrid does. Do a search for it with Google and you'll find it. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.con
Hi David, You can do either of the scenarios you mentioned as a portable op. I've been operating QRP Portable in VHF contests for quite a few years now. In my case, I stuff equipment for 10 bands int
Yes, you can do whatever you want. There are no separate categories for QRP at home in ARRL contests, however. You'll be up against the "low-power" class if you operate from home. So if you're just o
Hi, I finally got around to sending my Cabrillo log to cqvhf@cqww-vhf.com yesterday. It just bounced back to me. Also, I cannot get into http://www.cqww-vhf.com. Does anyone know what's up? 73, Zack
I now have 2 watts on 10 GHz (as well as on 2304 thru 5760 and 10 watts on all the lower bands). I'll be looking for you from EN50rl. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHF
Well, I hope I don't run into anything similar this weekend. Last weekend I was on private property and have full permission from the owner to be there. He stopped by once in a while to see how I was
I hate when that happens! I was prepared for that scenario in the 10 GHz contest, since I was going to be 360 miles from home. I took along every spare part I could think of, plus soldering iron and
Darn it ... weekday nights are generally out for me for any sort of contesting activity (unless they go past 11 pm or so). I'd have liked to participate in this one but ... Hopefully I can participat
Assuming he was a Rover in a new grid square, I don't see a difference as long as he wasn't using both callsigns from the same VE7 grid square. But using the US call portable VE7 would've been more c
I think I did quite well. Only two dupes (which I already knew about) and two NIL's. I hope the January contest brings decent weather (if that's possible in January) and a lot of activity. 73, Zack W
I don't know. We've been spared this time in my area and I just hope it stays cold enough to freeze the ground. I plan on running Single-Op Portable (QRP) from a hill in EN50rl. I was up there for th
ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes Call: W9SZ Operator(s): W9SZ Station: W9SZ Class: Single Op Port QRP QTH: EN50rl hilltop ~980 ft. asl Operating Time (hrs): 9 Summary: Band QSOs Mults -- 6: 0 0 2: 25 13
Having done Single-Op Portable QRP in most VHF contests for the past 10 years or so, I can vouch for that. When the other station can't hear me on SSB, I switch to CW and usually can complete the QSO
I wonder how many Techs are active on VHF+ weak-signal modes? Most of the people I work have General or Extra licenses. I am active on all HF bands as well as VHF+. And I have a lowfer antenna in the
Maybe it varies from area to area. In this area there are very few Techs, if any, on the weak signal modes on VHF+. I don't know of any who are active on 2304 and above. As Jim said, I'm not saying t
I agree with both postings. It takes a certain type of person to build and/or assemble equipment for bands that are not covered by "out-of-the-box" transceivers (or even to build your own 6m-on-up ge
Yeah, I'm two away from Honor Roll for DXCC. They get pretty scarce up in that range! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting
Loops aren't going to get you a lot of long-haul work but they do have their advantages. As you say, they're certainly better than no antenna at all. If you have a large Yagi you are only going to he