Hi Gang, Just in time for the september contest I have two 45 element, 2304MHz loop Yagis for sale. They are in fine shape and actually haven't been outside much. They are original DownEast Microwave
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Hi John, Any operator that says they don't want to make 6 microwave contacts because it's not a new grid DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS!!! 22 qso points x whatever the grid total is at the end of th
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Directive Systems is still very much in business, but I know for a fact that they are REALLY BUSY right now with some big jobs and the "pre-January contest rush".. Not sure what the problem is with t
Of course if you just want to make contacts and don't plan to send in a log, pretty much all of this stuff is OK.. I'm not saying that's the case with everyone you heard, Ron, but contest ARE a great
Both antennas have great gain. The argument for the loop Yagi (Directive Systems) has in part been wet weather performance. Water droplets on the ends of rod elements (the high impedance points) of a
Hi Ron, Yep they work just fine upside down, though mine are rightside up.. and have survived well, probably due to the "decoy" 432 antennas above them.. bill ________________________________________
Elecraft makes fine gear. So does DEMI. It might bear saying, though most of us KNOW it, that Steve, N2CEI, at DEMI is "one of us", namely a VHF/microwave weak signal op and contester. The guys at El
Hi all, I have a "built and tested" Directive Systems DSFO432-15RS "Rover Special" antenna here that I used on the rover one time (in the January contest). It's 15 elements on an 8ft boom 13.5dB gain
In real life, at K1WHS, I seem to remember having problem working rovers with low antennas (7-10ft) on 6M, and they nearly always had a drop off in front of them.. I guess what I'm saying is, over a,
Dave is right, I WAS talking about dead band conditions. It doesn't make much sense designing a rover station based on the "band opening up". But that DOES remind me. I remember a few years ago rovin
Hi Steve, I think the rover rules are pretty clear that a rover vehicle can only transport one station and use one call sign (except family stations can use more than one call). So you can't have two
Hmmm indeed.. Here's what the current "rover rules" say.. (I just copied this off the ARRL web page): 3.3.6. Rover operators may submit separate logs for single operator (fixed station) in addition t
what I meant to say is that a rover OPERATOR can submit 2 logs.. one as a rover and one as a fixed station.. b _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting
Hi gang. I'm cleaning up around the shack here. I have a 12 element homebrew, insulated element, K1FO Yagi for sale. I think this was one of my original rover antennas, but has hardly been used. Has
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Hi Bill, OK I was a little confused.. You said the only issue with the inverter was that you had to keep the engine running, but it really has nothing to do with the inverter, only the amount of curr
Kevin, The Hi-Spec amps used a pair of 7289/3CX100A5 type tubes.. these are ceramic "2c39 type" planar triodes.. 14 tubes.. all with water cooling caps.. Do they screw on or are they soldered on? The
Steve, Assuming the transverter actually WORKS, you will make a lot more points (Q's AND grids) using it, even at 5 watts, than with the HT.. But I'd get it NOW and get the bugs worked out well befor