The picture shows your rotator and mast without a thrust bearing, if I am not mistaken. I assume you're using a design that does not exceed any force limits. I don't have much experience with portabl
Hey everyone, the weather's looking good this weekend so I'm planning on going out roving. This is the exact same route I did in June, and the times are closer to what I actually did in that contest.
Hey everyone, I was having RX problems on my 70cm radio during the contest this weekend and I'm hoping to get some suggestions of things to try before I start talking to Icom. The setup: I use an IC-
I looked back through my log. While I didn't write down the 432 contacts I failed to make, I think I can estimate based on where I had to rely on CW to get the job done. The sites with all the 432 CW
Wow is it gonna be cold in New England this weekend. At my house, they are saying 10F with 15 mph winds on Saturday when the contest starts, and just getting colder throughout the day. That's way too
Hey, everyone. I've been thinking about this for some time but haven't gotten it figured out. It's only mildly off topic for this group. The extremely short story is that I want to add a 70cm mast mo
The extremely short story is that I want to add a 70cm mast mount preamp for my home satellite setup. That doesn't seem too hard - sequencers, bias tees, etc. - but of course it's the details that ma
Assuming the weather continues to look alright for the weekend, I'll be going out roving again. I'll be taking my standard route. I think I'll probably stick pretty close to this schedule. All times
After seeing KA6U's portabobble EME setup at CSVHFS in LaCrosse WI., I decided to employ checkbook engineering to duplicate it, and now have the same dish AZ-EL system here all checked out and workin
I can no longer sit idly by and read about people making contacts on 222 activity nights. I've got a transverter, I've got an amp, I've got an antenna. I use all this stuff when I go roving. The reas
Assuming the weather continues to look alright for the weekend, I'll be going out roving again. I'll be taking my standard route which I've done several times now, so I should be able to follow this
Please let me know if you are interested. The Perseids only comes around once a year. Lets take advantage of it. I can do FSK441 or MSK144. I'll even do SSB for some great fun. I might be interested
Meteor scatter is great for distances between about 600 miles and 1300 miles as your signal scatters off ionized trails at about the same height as Es clouds, maybe 65 miles above the earth. Best bet
Just a little reminder to get on 222 this evening. The action starts on the East Coast around 2300 UT. I will be there and hope you will be too. Last minute, just wanted to make sure the weather was
As I start to consider my January roving plans, one thing I'm reminded of is how often the weather screws things up for me here in New England. That, plus the fact that two of my usual sites are clos
My original plans were to go roving starting in PA and work my way back into New England on Sunday. However, due to snow in NY/NJ/PA today, I decided to skip driving down there. I will be sticking to
1800 UTC the K is at 7+ Hopefully things will heat up as evening approaches . I live in a poor location for VHF with only modest power and beams on 2m and 70cm set up permanently (for satellites). Wh