Hi all, Well I've been battling this chest cold and even though I was feeling pretty lousy and coughing constantly, I needed to show my support for the 222 Sprint, so took the rover to a nearby hillt
Took the rover out for the 432 sprint, and activated 2 grids, FN54 and FN55 here in central Maine. Worked 5 stations in 4 grids from FN54 and 8 in 5 from FN55 so, if I understand the scoring correctl
just to be complete and correct, best DX was Jeff, K1TEO in FN31!! _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
Many rover stations are using the Par Moxon with good results. It is a 2 element Yagi with the element ends bent toward each other so it "looks like" a loop. The Moxon has gain over a dipole where a
I'm sure the dollar is pretty strong against the Ukrainian Hryvnia too! I'd love to hear from someone that actually HAS one of these!! bill, K1DY _______________________________________________ VHFco
i.e.: Get people on the air.,,,, I haven't heard a lot about this on this reflector or the other email lists, BUT..... Isn't it really ridiculous to have 13 (or is it 14) entrance categories for the
Hi Marshall and all, I thought for SURE you were mistaken and that a 2304 contact in January was worth only FOUR times a 2M contact, not 8, but then I went and looked it up!! Wow... Guess I should be
Well put Dave!!! As usual, your sensibility and mine about this are pretty much in sync! Sam had it right.. I miss that old bugger.. Hey, do you think if we went back to using Megacycles that activit
Oooooh, I'm getting nostalgic.. I built a 6M tramsmitter when I was a kid.. The final was a 2E24, an "instant heating" version of the 2E26.. _______________________________________________ VHFcontest
John, I had this problem with my FT100D (D model). I made the problem "go away" by changing the length of the feedline.. I think I added a short piece of cable, maybe a foot maybe 2.. It's all out in
I also have an old Garmin eTrex and I couldn't believe they changed the menu for the location formats, BUT apparently THEY HAVE!!! bill, K1DY _______________________________________________ VHFcontes
I'm not a big fan of "grid circling" and agree with everything Paul and others say about "honing operating skills", improving station capability, etc.. BUT.. while what Pete proposes is definitely gr
Hi Dave and all.. I'd suggest putting back up just one of the quad arrays on 432. It can go on a 3 ft mast and all the antennas are easily accessible from the top of the tower.. no more shinnying up
Hi Ron and all, well, thanks to the few who pointed their antennas up to the NE last night. I operated the Rover from FN55 and FN54. Got a late start getting to the Dexter cemetery which I found is l
Well I had the best intentions, even a few skeds, but with the frost starting to come out of the ground here in central Maine, my rover vehicle fell in a sinkhole right in my dooryard and I couldn't
Dave was always easy to work on 432 when I was in PA in the 70's, but I occasionally worked him after moving to Maine.. We also worked him off the moon from HK1TL in Colombia in 1976. Dave was indeed
Hi gang, I'll be in FN55ia at the start of the contest, or shortly thereafter.. When was at this site for the 2M sprint, I had to set up just outside the cemetery gate and shoot through a few trees.
Hi gang, I got to my normal FN55 site just after the start of the contest. ran a sked with K3TUF in FN11 and heard nothing.. Conditions seemed pretty flat. By 9PM I worked 9 stations in 4 grids (FN30
I'll be out in the rover some of the time.. probably a couple of my "normal local spots" in FN54 and FN55. 7 elements, 200 watts.. I'll also have 222 and 432 with me if anyone "needs the grid".. but