Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 08:48:54 -0600
If anyone would like to make a meteor scatter sked (WSJT, CW or SSB) for the June VHF contest on 6, 2 or 222, please let me know. Likewise for tropo skeds on those bands plus 432. I have sked opening
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 07:08:30 -0600
Pete, WA7JTM asked me to pass along that he will be active on 6 & 2 from DM53 in the June contest. Skeds welcome - contact him at: pete.scola@nxp.com Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partne
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 13:01:15 -0600
W0VOA/r operated by W9RM will be active in the UHF contest this weekend. I will activate the EN44/45/54/55 grid intersection starting late afternoon or early evening on Saturday and then travel to th
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 11:12:50 -0600
Grids activated: 5 432 QSOs: 25 222 QSOs: 1 Score: approx 900 pts I had to make a trip east which had me at Moms house in Northern EN55 over the contest weekend, so I decided to make a rover appearan
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:29:18 -0600
I am available for skeds in the Sprint tomorrow if anyone in range of DM58 is going to be on. I'm not operating seriously (not enough activity around here), but I can try to help increase your score
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 08:26:24 -0600
I bought a 45G foldover base from Norms a few years ago - it's a jewel. I highly recommend him ! Jay W9RM DM58 CO _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontest
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:34:48 -0600
On 6M, pretty much any two stations with decent power and at least 5-6 elements at a good height can work out beyond 1000 miles frequently. I think having a good low angle signal is a key to success
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:38:22 -0600
There is a considerable amount of path loss, so, in theory, all the "good things" you would want for long-haul troposcatter (or sporadic-E) are useful for ionoscatter. High ERP, low angle take-off an
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:32:15 -0600
One can project a circle of given diameter in miles or KM on a Google Earth map. I've done it but can't remember how. Maybe you need to generate a .KMZ file and import it ? ? Keith J Morehouse Managi
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 11:42:18 -0600
I consolidated all my Bird 43 elements this morning and found I have a extra 250E slug (250W, 400-1000 MHz). I would like to TRADE this element for either a 5E (5W, 400-1000 MHz) or a 801-2 (2.5W, 80
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:48:30 -0700
WSJT-X is very CPU hungry, as any user can tell you. If I was going on a contest DXpedition and wanted to be totally prepared, I would certainly have a version of plain old WSJT on the HD so I could
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 21:12:06 -0700
the "calling frequency" Yeah, the smaller the spread between 'daytime' operation and MS the better, although .260, .270, .280 all seem to work with only minor degradation in performance here. I thin
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 15:55:58 -0700
-- Forwarded message -- The FSK441 standard of west TX 1st is also valid with MSK144. Jay W9RM DM58 CO Keith J Morehouse via Moto G _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting maili
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 10:36:12 -0700
Beams True North. The difference is called Magnetic Declination. There are a number of ways to calculate offset for your longitude but one of the easiest, and available to almost everyone in this age
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 12:23:42 -0700
I'm having a off-line discussion with a experienced Rover and a question has come up... When I log a Rover (any Rover - as long as I know he's a Rover), it goes into my log as xxxx/R. This is how I'v
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 14:20:49 -0700
Thanks Joel. The problem we're having is one some Rovers are familiar with. Stations like me, who upload our contest logger (in my case N1MM+) .ADIF right into LoTW, having all the Rover contacts as
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 15:10:56 -0700
Bruce, you are one of the few callsigns with /R that I have always matched in LoTW. Thanks for having both certificates ! Same with WB8BZK (or, should I say WB8BZK/R...) ! Jay W9RM DM58 CO Keith J Mo
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 08:20:02 -0700
After hearing from many people who had gone the extra mile and procured what W9FZ called a "child" cetificate, I applied for and received a "rover" LoTW certificate for our club call, which is what I
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:25:40 -0700
RY will do it. Jay W9RM DM58 CO Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:57:25 -0700
LoTW doesn't care about Cabrillo. LoTW uses .ADIF files which can be much more specific as to mode. However, the current ADIF standard does not (yet) understand what MSK144 is. But, as far as contest