Greetings, The South Pickering ARC which I am the prez is having a speaker on the 26th on apartment antennas. I just gave a newly made 4 element 2 meter beam to Mike VE3MBA who is on the 20th floor o
Greetings, The grid reference fo VE3MBA and VE3CRU is FN03mu 30 miles east of Toronto and south of the VE3UBL/b on 50.059. 73, Bill Email: ve3cru@rac.ca ______________________________________________
Greetings, I now have an MMT 220 transverter with a 96 mhz crystal and seek a 97 mhz crystal to bring it from 220 to 222 mhz. Does anybody have same, or alternately, can direct me to a good supplier?
Greetings, Folks have debated at great lengths many proposals for rovers. I note that many are counter-productive to the honest little rovers, in an effort to control several who manipulate for maxim
Greetings, A deterrent for some in contesting is the push for electronic logs, as for many reasons, some cannot use it. In the forthcoming CQ WW WPX Contest for example, under XIV Instructions for Su
Greetings, Due to a bad case of poison ivy, I will not be rovering in the 222 Sprint tonight. I will however be available for those wanting a contact, on any 222 frequency running an Icom IC-3 FM int
I have an earlier level DEMI 1296 transverter, serial # 105 without any information on it. I want to drive it with either a Kenwood 700A or Yaesu 480R, each being approx. 10 watts output and neither
I will be in the 432 Sprint, this time as rover to give out more points. I will be in FN04 from 7 till about 9:30, Then 1 mile south in FN03 till 11. Remember the /R in your log. Lets have fun. Bill
The 432 Sprint at my end was a total disaster. I heard and worked only 3 stations in the first hour, two being local and the other being in FN02. Packed up and drove home then checked again at 9 and
Greetings all, I will be operating in the 903+ Sprint this Saturday, subject to limitations. I will be at Mosport Park and Racetrack, 50 miles n/e of Toronto supplying hams and equipment for the Scou
The Fall 6 meter Sprint was indeed interesting. At the north end, much less participation was noted. However, a surprise opening to the south saw 7 grids worked in EM70, EM73, EL88, EL96, EL98, EM90,
Much has been said, and much will continue to be said about rovering, both from fixed stations and other rovers. The prime focus is on pack rovers who manipulate to attain exceedingly high scores. Al
Rovers have 3 basic items to consider in rovering, namely time, cost and results. Broken down, time to get the vehicle ready, time to get to the grid and be set up and duration of time in the grid, a
K3UHF, Yes indeed Russell VE3OIL does do much good for Canada. During the June and September contests, he is partnered with Murray VE3NPB driving separate vehicles. In January, Russ travels alone, tr
Last night I rovered to FN14, hoping for great results and was there from 2300 to 0300. My total Q's was 7, namely KC2LEE, Buffalo, N2YJU and N2AU in the Rochester area, then VE3ARD and VE3XG followe
Greetings, A problem transmission has come on the air between 50.125 and 50.126. It consists of a pulsing beeping tone from origin unknown. Please listen for it and get a beam heading so we can sourc
Greetings, Contrary to popular belief, this problem is not generated within my residence. Nothing has changed here in months. The signal was heard by Dana VE3DSS on a beam heading of north-east, whic
Greetings all, I am embarking on a grid hunters dxpedition which includes the January 'test too. I will have with me the following bands and antennas: 6 meters, Icom 756 ProII with 500 watt amp, 50.1
I now have an exploded grid map and on Sunday will make one change, as I forgot the 'test went to 0400Z Monday. I will operate till about noon in EN86, then move to EN76 till the supper hour and head
Greetings, Sad to say, the Rovermobile looks ready for eme or satellite communications but is now disabled for the contest. In a senior's moment, I drove through the drive-thru at the donut shop that