This is good stuff. Thanks for sharing. 73, Bob K0NR We ran a similar test using a rover station 4 element 50 MHz yagi at 12-14 ft vs a halo at 35 ft. This was a real test and not a quick exchange du
W0LD was at Hamvention and reported this via twitter: Very disappointed that @*IcomAmericaInc* <https://twitter.com/IcomAmericaInc> didnt debut the IC-9700! Come on guys...you showed it last summer i
I used FT8 on 6m during the contest. Yes, there were issues and we can work on them but I thought it actually worked pretty well considering that its new technology. FT8 was introduced, what, about a
I'd encourage everyone to be thoughtful about how you use 146.52 MHz for contesting. John's email below has some good ideas. If 52 gets overrun with contesting CQs, we'll have a mob of non-contesting
Jay, Good point. I wonder what a spectrum survey would show concerning the 3456 MHz band? :-( 73 Bob Bob Witte, K0NR bob@k0nr.com Check out my new book: /VHF, Summits and More: Having Fun With Ham Ra
Hi all, I was going to sit this one out but debating VHF contest rules is way too much fun. :-( There are always multiple things to "fix" in the VHF contest rules but I think the big issue on the tab
Unfortunately, the Prefix/Suffix thing for operating in other countries is not consistent. I've operated from other countries and I've always followed what was listed on my reciprocal license, result
On 11-Jun-20 4:57 AM, Steve Kavanagh via VHFcontesting wrote: "When youre operating fixed, youd use the callsign without the /R. when rover, youd use the /R. Youd submit two logs, one as a fixed stat