K5QE selling off microwave gear and focusing on limited multi-operator contesting? I can't help but wonder if this is another bellwether of how weak signal operation on VHF/UHF bands are on the decli
Why I have given up the hobby, maybe some people can learn from those who hung-it-up before there is no one left to turn off the lights...... Many of you know or have worked me in the contests (KI4FI
I'm hoping it's not true. I wish conditions would improve, though. The last time I saw a REALLY good VHF+ opening (besides 6m Es in the June and July contests) was in 2008. I think if some of the VHF
I don't know.. I agree with what both George and Les are saying.. I think it depends on how you look at 'Your Ideas of the Hobby'..and what 'You Want to Do' ! I have invested a 'Lot' of money over th
What I have really struggled to comprehend is how there can be literally thousands and thousands of DC-daylight radios of various descriptions out there already in peoples hands, but yet it next to i
Actually I did JT65 and FSK441 on 2 meters and made a far number of Meteor Scatter Q's on 2m FSK and a few 2m JT65 EME Q's Also I had high power on 2 meters, running nearly 350 watts from a Tokyo HyP
OTOH, NR5M has been adding bands/modes to his station over the past couple of years. One of the leagues responsibilities is to protect the bands, and one of the ways it do so is to produce records, l
My post is two-fold: one I'm in agreement about the "problem" posted by Les and others and like to see the brainstorming and the efforts towards a better tomorrow. Two, unlike George KI4FIA, I marvel
Don't get me wrong, I loved every bit of VHF+ SSB/CW (never cared for FM). But it like eating a good potato chip, you can't stop at just 1 QSO. When I first started (2005) and for the first several y
On 2/9/2014 10:38 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote: Life is rich. In addition to my passion for VHF/UHF weak-signal operations, I have other hobbies that also get passion/attention. Oh and multiple jobs, a
It's a complex problem, and like any systemic issue will require a number of approaches to successfully reverse the tide. Grassroots efforts, like the "205 Morning Group", or activity nets are a part
How many amateurs would really care if we lose our allocation at 3 GHz? The answer to the question posed above is very few. But, that may not always be the case. The following text is a quote from a
So today's 24, 47, and 76 GHz bands are yesterday's 220 and 440? There are a few guys up there working on stuff for those bands and mostly doing EME but also some terrestrial work. Do they spend thei
Maybe so. I already have a 24 GHz station and I've managed a 170 km QSO (and a bunch of closer ones) on that band with a watt and a 12 inch dish. I'm mostly done with a 47 GHz station and have my eye
I saw this coming. I called it, even. Now we are DEFINITELY in Get Off My Lawn territory ... though I admit that this is the first time I've seen a post-2000 General complain that the post-2007 Gener