I don't even post my grid when I post my contest results until the contest log deadline is past. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting
Whatever rules end up getting established or added, I'm not likely to use any live assistance as a Single-Op Portable while I'm going to my favorite hilltop. This is one of the best locations I've se
It's not harder than running QRP on 160. :-) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
If it was K2DRH that he worked in EN41, Bob makes his own propagation! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lis
Increasing participation ... it's going to have to happen by bringing new people in. Ken W9GA had the right idea in the 10 GHz contest last weekend. He had a couple ham friends who aren't microwavers
I most likely will have to miss this one AND the 432 Sprint. I've been extremely busy with work and other things lately that rule out weekday nights. Hopefully I'll make the Microwave Sprint which is
My car just blew a brake line. I don't have a home station and have to operate portable. I can't work on it till the weekend. Plus I have other things going on tomorrow. I guess I'll miss this one. 7
This is not a good week for me. My car blew out a brake line on Tuesday. I'd thought about operating portable in the 432 Sprint but then had no way of getting out. I really wanted to be in the Microw
The world is changing. Speaking of SWL days, the commercial and national shortwave broadcasters are slowly disappearing, one by one. Radio Canada International, Radio Nederland ... gone. Soon to go -
January depends on the weather here. I will be a Single-Op Portable again from my favorite hilltop if the weather isn't too bad. In past years I've gotten a motel room in the nearest town (10 miles a
The only station I routinely work over that way is K9MRI. You might want to check with him. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@cont
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
Around here I've used both. Sometimes someone is in a location that has less QRM on one frequency than then other, and someone else has less QRM on the other frequency. Some people only have one or t
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 thought that, unlike DXCC where you get a basic DXCC and then add endorsements for modes/bands/etc, there is a separate VUCC certificate for every band 50 MHz and up. Each VUCC for a band is unrela
Good points, John! Comments below. I have a myriad of used radios, too. I worked my first 150 DXCC countries with an old FT-101E. I worked another 100 or so with a used TS-440. Most of the rest to Ho
Maybe most of the hams that are active just want radios they can take out of a box, plug in and use. I don't think that's true for contesters - it requires a lot of work to build even a small contest
I have an SDR receiver (Softrock VHF Ensemble II receiver) that I leave displaying the beacon band on 6m. When beacons pop up, it's very evident on the waterfall display. At least then I know there's
I hope I didn't screw up my talk too much! I was ill and having some trouble. :-( All the other presentations were great. Gave me some ideas. 73, Zack W9SZ ___________________________________________
If you want something omnidirectional, horizontally polarized, loops or stacked loops would be the way to go. The range would be more limited than that with a Yagi, though. 73, Zack W9SZ ____________