Hi guys, This has been a VERY interesting thread. I agree with a lot of it and disagree with a lot. But here's a few things that come to MY mind anyway. I am not on VHF and above ONLY because of cont
Hi Bob and all, I guess I qualify as a "big gun" when I operate from K1WHS unlimited multiop in Southern Maine and I certainly agree with you, that we don't want our "investment" (mostly TIME not mon
John and all, Well I said I was done, but one more thing. "What he (NE0P) said!!" well put, John. bill, K1DY _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the
Hi all, I don't actually see what we buy with distance scoring. Could someone fill me in there?? I know it is intrinsically "more fair", That is to say, reward is given to "more distant" qso's. But d
Kevin, You make MANY well thought out points. Thanks for that. I will comment on only one, the "Rover" section and only as it applies to unlimited-multiop stations, since I have been following the "C
Hi Ken, Whew! Even if I agreed with you, which I don't, you don't answer my final question. How do you enforce such a rule (rule to eliminate "captive" rovers or so-called "manufactured" or good budd
I don't know HOW you could possibly police this withoutout making the rules ridiculous. I would say that amateur radio contests have survived quite nicely for 60 or 70 years and there have always be
Bingo! I agree! bill, K1DY _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
well I certainly agree with that!! bill, K1DY _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=f
Actually, DON'T look in QST, cause there's no ad there. The web site is the way. The K2 is the perfect IF rig to use with the DEMI transverters. We use the combo for contesting on 222 at the K1WHS mu
Mark, I use the FT100D roving and like it a lot. You CAN save the power settings "per band". The menu says 0-100% but it really only goes down to 2 or 3 watts minimum. I used the 28MHz position to dr
That's what I see too. It does not agree with the manual! bill K1DY _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://j
Hi Guys, The obvious place where the all band "rice box" may be OK IS in the ROVER situation where some compromises have to be made to fit the rig into the front seat of '83 Yugo "rovermobile"!! True
OK, so NOW what happens if there's a BIG tropo opening to the east coast when we're all in the cornfield in Iowa??.... Oops!! Seriously, we in the east know it's different in the midwest and west. Mo
Probably. But I still say "so what" and what happens to the contest when you tell me who I can and who I cannot have a valid contact with. At that point it just gets silly!!! bill K1DY FN54 Maine __
abomination n 1. an object of intense disapproval or dislike 2. something that is immoral, disgusting, or shameful Hi guys, whew! I don't think ANY of the VHF contest rules are "abominations"! That's
Dave, If you say it's true it's true. And actually i'm sure it is true in some cases. That has not been my experience. But I say it doesn't matter and I HAVE been out there a LOT! You can't make a ru
Hah! Good one Rick! Welcome to the zany world of VHF contesting.. I think we've beaten this Rover thing pretty much to death, but at the expense of getting hammered one more time I have a *few* more
Hi Jim, I think the long 6M element will get in the way of the 2M antenna. It will be roughly 3 half waves and just resonant enough to screw things up. The antenna would probably work but not optimal
DEMI makes a low power (milliwatts) 2M transverter that fits inside the K2 for driving microwave transverters.. I suspect that's as close as we'll get to Elecraft microwave xverters (though I bet the