There was some great Es during the first day of the contest. As a result there were alot of contacts made. More folks making more contacts - might lead them to submit a log with 100's of contacts in
Remember: Single Operator stations are allowed only one transmitted signal at any given time. Not just one per band. -- George Fremin III - K5TR geoiii@kkn.net http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
I have wondered the same for years. I have also aksed alot of questions about the W2SZ operation over the years and I have gotten answers about it from operators of W2SZ and from other persons not re
I think it would be a great idea if the logs of all contests were to be posted to the web after the contest has been adjudicated. I have been planning on posting all my contest logs on my web site fo
Based on some of the comments I have seen posted on this subject recently (and in the past) it is clear to me that many do not understand the issue of captive rovers. I am going to make an attempt at
The results were published in the August QST. It has been out since about July 15th or so. YOu can read them online in the "members area" - they will be moved to the public area in a month or so I wo
I will be there too. -- George Fremin III Johnson City, Texas "Experiment trumps theory." K5TR (ex.WB5VZL) -- Dave Leeson W6NL geoiii@kkn.net 830-868-2510 http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
I dont think they are that much different. The two most common modes of propagation for QSOs in a VHF contest will be single hop (with some double hop - maybe) E-skip and tropo / forward scatter rang
I made this post to the W6YX vhf list in 1998 went this same topic came up......you might find it useful. -- I have been reading the thread on 6 meter antennas with interest. First I have to say that
There are lot os diffrences - for one it is warmer most of the time in Texas. My point was that you get some E-skip, you get some "tropo/forward scatter / groundwave whatever you want to call it" - b
I have also been wondering what will happen activity wise with a mode like WSJT. It seems to me (based on description) to be much more like operating PSK31 and given that that mode has seen huge grow
I think it should be pointed out that the ARRL contest rules state: 1.8. Use of the national simplex frequency, 146.52 MHz, or immediately adjacent guard frequencies, is prohibited. 1.8.1. Contest en
Cool. I am not sure.... http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/photo/pcd2818/vw-rover-one-79.3.jpg http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/photo/pcd2817/vw-rover-panhandle-80.3.jpg http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/photo/pcd2818/vw-rover
That is a good question. I guess in order to ensure that they win they must create contacts by sending out an army of rovers with equipment that the W2SZ team owns and and would guess maintains. Wow
I had forgotten about that guy - we did not log him since aeronautical mobile contacts can not be counted for contest credit - I don't think they can be counted for VUCC either. It sure would be an e
I have decided that I dont want to make skeds before the contest. It never felt right to me to make skeds and I do not think I have made a sked for a VHF contest is over 3 or more years and before th
Here is my SS SSB report: http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/logs/logcheck/k5tr_2001_ssb_ss_log_check_report.html As I understand it the ARRL has started checking VHF contest logs in the last year or two so pe
I move stations to diffrent HF bands all the time. I do not see how "weak signals" on VHF are any diffrent than weak signals are on HF or any other band. I work _tons_ of very very weak guys on HF al
I am pretty sure we did not have any pre-arranged skeds the year we won limited multi either. http://lists.contesting.com/_3830/1998-June/007444.html -- George Fremin III - K5TR geoiii@kkn.net http:/