Could someone set me straight here. The Single Operator Portable catagory must be qrp (< 5 watts) right? I can't seem to find the power out requirement in the rules anywhere. Anyway, I'll be operatin
Yes, I will be at Greene Valley in Du Page county, IL Elevation of 980 ft (not high for some of you, but the highest elevation in the state is 1012 ft. and 980 is 240 ft higher then my home qth) Grid
I will be running one of your E-Factor dual band horizontal loops. It will be the first real test. I'll let you know how it goes. Good luck to all in the contest Bruce wb9woz ________________________
Well, what a great contest. Worked 8 hours total over the 2 days. Results from EN51 were: 6 meters 77 qso 100 watts 2 meters 27 qso 50 watts 70 cm 17 qso 20 watts 50 multipliers 6900 claimed score Ra
I have been using a Yaesu FT-857d for about 3 years. As a contesting rig, its not too bad. Since this is my first ssb rig for VHF/UHF, I've been pretty happy. Now the time has come to put the 857 mob
I have to agree with Todd, FM activity in the Chicago/Northern Illinois area increased considerably. Last year out of the 112 qso's, 29 were on FM. This year I only made 119 contacts on the lower 4 b
ARRL January VHF Contest A big thank you to those that heard my weak signal. Operating from a first floor apartment is not easy. Call: WB9WOZ Operator(s): WB9WOZ Station: WB9WOZ Class: Single Op LP Q
For those in the Chicago area, I will be running FM only all weekend on 2 meters, 220 and 440. (except the WCRA Hamfest Sunday AM) I was mixed mode and did pretty well last January considering my lim
Please don't forget about us FM only stations. Bruce wb9woz EN51 _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
My thanks to everyone who replied via the list and also privately. I'll address some you thoughts below. I'm not new to contesting. I've done vhf ssb contests for several years. Before we downsized t