FM DX from the Bahamas is fairly common on the East Coast and into the Southeastern United States. Ive logged high band FM stations from the islands, and have no doubt that propagation on 2 Meters ha
Sabine, DL1DBC and author of the Virgo meteor scatter radar page respond to my plea for help in getting this Java based, web application to run last night. He announced that Alexander, DL8AAU, and Ba
It appears that the APRS Propagation Mapping site is working again! http://aprs.mennolink.org This is great news for anyone interested in VHF propagation. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Mayle
Thanks to Jon, NG0E for his hard work in restoring service to the APRS Propagation web site. The old link (below) pushes to the newer link that I sent out earlier today. Sorry for any confusion. At t
With the considerable assistance of Marcus Thomas, KF4YHP, weve finally got the N1LF/B beacons on the air from EM63pf. The beacons are CW only, and located at the Pinnacle Lookout Tower, in Shelby Co
Gedas, Here is some information about the lookout tower. http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/al/pinnacle-lookout-tower/ <http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/al/pinnacle-lookout-tower/> Its at about 800 feet elevatio
Lady & Gentlemen, In an effort to stimulate activity on VHF/UHF bands beyond 70 CM, Id like to suggest the creation of a Five Band VUCC (5B VUCC) award that would closely mirror the 5 Band DXCC Award
Gabe, Excellent, and I mean excellent point. Its high time the ARRL did something to recognize rovers when it comes to VUCC. BTW, I need Alaska on satellite! :-) Thanks for all the roving you do. Tho
John, My proposal would allow Satellite VUCC to count towards 5BVUCC. The idea is to allow the ARRL to create the new award with minimal programming changes needed to LoTW and minimal cost to impleme
I completely misspoke, and apologize. The Southeast Division of the ARRL is represented on the leagues Boar of Directors by Greg Sarratt, W4OZK who is active on weak signal VHF/UHF. Weve been informe
Just heard back from Mike Ritz, W7VO who is the Director of the Northwestern Division. Hes fully supportive of the proposal to create the new award. Reach out to your ARRL Director today, and lets se
Tim, Ive actually operated VHF/UHF/Microwave from the West (mostly in New Mexico and California) during VHF Contests when Ive been traveling for business. Understand well the challenges faced in maki
To my knowledge no U.S. amateur has earned VUCC for laser (light) contacts. Last time I checked, both award recipients were Mexican hams. Earning all of them would be quite the challenge (and virtual
Greg, Always good to hear from you, my friend. Been too long since weve had an eyeball QSO. Reading the mail on this proposal, its clear that there is also considerable interest and support for a VUC
Mike, Im not a programmer, so I cant speak to the technical details. I do know that the demands on the LoTW staff are considerableincluding routine maintenance, programming changes to support additio
Im very interested in determining my maximum possible range for eskip propagation, for both single and double hops. Id like to plot this on a map to have as a reference for my operating desk. Looked
For those VHF weak signal operators who also enjoy FM DXing, you may be aware that antennas for the FM Broadcast band 88-108 Mhz are nearly impossible to find now in the US. Those available are of li
It is not my intention to hijack an email discussion intended for weak-signal VHF operating and contesting. Since the heylcon days of commercially-made FM antennas, the band itself has changed consid
Dave, Regardless of the performance of the antenna, the story was priceless! I still havent stopped laughing. If you still have the design for the DS88-8, Id love to take a look at it. It might be we
Steve, The hash between FM channels who are broadcasting in HD is indeed awful. It usually wipes out both the channel above and below the carrier frequency for DXing purposes. I have noticed that dur