Mike asks So while we are beating brands and claims around. Does anyone have an real world experience with these http://www.ku4ab.com/6m-horiz.html -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com Obama, its "
I like the idea of using technology that is already developed, and doesn't require an investment in equipment on my part. So where does that leave us. Twitter. It is a very low drag but effective tec
Mike adds, All twitter does is allows you to raise your hand and say ... Here am I ... please call me. You still have to make the q through traditional methods. But this is where I see the advantage
What the hell good is it giving us more spectrum when so few are using what we have already. Spend your time and efforts in an effort to get people to push those buttons and get on regardless of what
Mike adds To former rovers I highly respect, John, AB5SS & Dan, W5DF use to say. Anyone can get their Gen or Extra, buy themselves a plug and play HF radio, throw a dipole in the air and <with a litt
Please understand I am not flaming you but I think there are just too many chat rooms and clusters. Just how many of them do I need to have open on my computer at any one given point in time to be ab
Sooooo I'm running around town the other day and I have the radio in scan and it stops on one of the Echo/IRLP repeaters and there is someone calling CQ on the repeater. Now I don't know where he was
Mike adds Not only all that I bet I know a "radio-sport" that he has participated in that won't see the light of day being mentioned here. Curious? The IARU Region 2 championships are 8-13 Oct 2013 i
Here's another "from the gospel according to Mike". We need more photo spreads, more pictures of stations, more pictures of rovers. I was inspired by pictures of the "grid pirates" and "pack-rats" am
For starters I'm a Linux kind of person, <and I'm 61 BTW>. But I have broken down and bought a used Lenovo ThinkPad with Win7 for the sole purpose of radio stuff. I'm looking at various CAT software
I have never been much of a individual contester, but I have gone roving a few times in the past, but I've kinda got the FFMA bug thing, and V/UHF contesting in general. I'm assembling everything for
As far as contests go - you do not need a magazine to run or sponsor contests. No but I will miss the hard copy. I have been getting both for some time but always like having something in my hand too
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
I dont mean to sound doom and gloom but all hobbies ebb and flow with active participants. I think this is a fair statement. I first started trying to play around with roving when both of the kids wh
I asked them (CC) the same and they said no _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcon
One, Two or Three separate antennas? A vertical on 50MHz won't matter much. I have a Diamond DPGH62 <now a CP62> that has nice performance only 15' or so off the ground. You can also use any number o
Typical setup was 3 element 6m yagi at 25', 12 element yagi on 2m & 432. Looking for easier setup without rotor without too much performance loss. Well stacked loops on 144/432 is about your only rea
Or do something like Marshall, K5QE has done and have fixed yagi's pointed in different directions. -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com The highest "authority" in America is its Constitution. ____
I think we could all learn from others. If you see something you like post a link to the picture. Likelyhood someone else may be inspired. You are correct there are a number of reciver devices availa
Check out Curt as well. http://www.curtmfg.com/ -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com The highest "authority" in America is its Constitution. _______________________________________________ VHFconte