Hi everyone, Went out "roving" for the 2M sprint last night. I say it that way because I didn't really rove as much as operate portable. Funny, my last QSO was with Sigurd, KJ1K, and he asked me the
Hi gang, I'll be out in FN54JQ for the beginning of the 222 sprint. Depending on activity and wx I may move to FN55IA afterwards... and then again I may not.. running 30 watts and 15 elements.. SSB a
Hi gang, well I made it out in the rover right at the start of the sprint.. Worked K1TEO, WZ1V, and W1ZC in short order. I had a sked with VE3DS at 7:30 and was hearing calls about S2 over the 500 mi
I'll be out at the start of the sprint. Either FN55ia, or FN54jq.. close enough to the same heading for any stations where signals might be weak!! If conditions are good and I'm having fun, I'll move
Ralph, I'm really straining my brain here, but I seem to remember these triodes wanted a little inductance in the cathode connection to "neutralize" them. I remember with an 8874 on 220 back 35 or 40
yeah, duh, I was talking about the grid collet!! so where I said "cathode connection" was just me being stupid, what I MEANT was I seem to remember there needed to be just a little inductance in the
Just curious. What IS "the right price" on this transporter (hee hee)? The web site isn't much help.. bill, K1DY _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesti
Wayne, this is SO great.. Thank you for helping to make this happen. I will be roving in Central Maine for sure.. It's funny, just before the news broke about the UHF contest I was composing an email
hi all, I'm taking the rover out tonight, but I'll just be activating only one grid, my home grid, FN54, so will be signing K1DY (NOT /R..) The 6-digit for my "spot" is FN54JM. I'll be on at the star
Hi all, Well an interesting evening. I took the rover out and went to my spot in FN54JM, same as where I was quite successful on 2M two weeks ago. This site is on a ridge at over 1000ft ASL and while
I highly recommend one of the fine antennas from Terry at Directive Systems http://directivesystems.com/ bill, K1DY Speaking of 222 ... I've managed to acquire an XV-222 and hope ... some day ... to
yeah, like a "cubical quad", which is a full wave loop element .. what makes it different from the HF quad you normally think of is that all the low impedance points are all tied together to ground (
Bill and All.. I will be QRV for the 432 Sprint in a grid close enough to FN54jq that it shouldn't matter pointing-wise.. 4 digit will be 54 for sure.. I will be on at the start and quit when it gets
When not "tuning and pouncing" I will call CQ up the band a bit say 432.128 bill Bill and All.. I will be QRV for the 432 Sprint in a grid close enough to FN54jq that it shouldn't matter pointing-wis
Hi everyone, Well finally conditions were good up here for one of these sprints.. Got on with the rover station from a local ridge in FN54jq at the start and quickly realized the band was in good sha
I was thinking about Owen, but now Gene too, and realize we are all getting moved up closer to the top of the list.. whew..! I'm very sad about Owen's passing. He was a good friend, colleague, even a
The pictures of Owen "doing what he loved best" make me smile!! The two pics of him and Gene make me smile even more.. bill Owen K3CB - R.I.P. Some pictures from our contest archives to help us remem
Dave, I'd seriously consider replacing the FT290R too.. It would be more money out of pocket (maybe) but you could add more bands in the same box and have a MUCH more modern rig than the old 290 (whi
That wasn't that clear,.. I guess what I'm saying here is if you replaced the 290 with a multimode HF/VHF/UHF rig (something like an FT100 or similar) you could have 6,2,432 and 50 watts on 2 and not
OK everybody, K1DY will be on tonight for the Sprint from FN54JQ, central Maine, SSB and CW. I'll be on at the beginning of the contest and stay on until it isn't fun any more. Running 100 watts and