Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:35:38 -0700
I do understand that other rovers have run WSJT-x (with FT8 and other modes) and may or may not share my views re this. I also understand that there are numerous advantages to using modes such as FT8
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 13:36:36 -0700
Or, West is First. I think most MSK144 meteor scatter ops know this now. The question was concerning FT8 where it seems the current standard is "any time, any direction, any sequence". FT8 being most
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:34:41 -0700
...using a foot switch to key everything, either with or without a sequencer, is the way to go IMO, although it can 'get lost' in a Rover environment. I prefer foot switching everything, whether I be
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:21:41 -0700
No - I do it all the time. 99%+ of my Rover operation is done stationary since I can't deploy the antenna mast while driving. When I do work someone in-motion, it's going to be on SSB and the PTT on
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:30:02 -0700
According to the FT817 manual, the ACC connector has a pin that goes to ground on TX. It's referred to as "TX GND" but I've seen that described in Yaesu manuals two different ways - one, it actually
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:22:31 -0600
...huh. it looks like the High Sierra I remember is not the same as this one :) -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO _____________________________________________
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:36:16 -0600
In my opinion, the best VHF/UHF transverter is going to have a high dynamic range (crunch-proof) front end combined with extraordinary receiver sensitivity. Depending on your design skill and the law
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 08:59:53 -0600
My understanding is that DXpedition mode is NOT for the "casual" user - even big-time contest stations. I will be one of the operators at multi-op effort W5UHF from DM75. I plan to use NO WSJT-X mode
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 09:39:09 -0600
Members of the New Mexico VHF Society will be activating club call W5UHF in the upcoming ARRL June VHF contest from DM75. We want to put a lot of effort into working 2M & 222 meteor scatter and would
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:42:27 -0600
I think the problem with the whole "QSY 2" thing on FT8 is the other guy (probably not an experienced contest op) doesn't know if you mean QSY to 2 using FT8 on some frequency he's not savvy to, or Q
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:06:11 -0600
Jim, you will find that a large number of HF-centric FT8 operators will call you with TX2 instead of TX1 to "save time". If this happens and they are NOT in NA VHF Contest mode, you will never receiv
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:50:56 -0600
Yes, in the ARRL VHF contests, it is legal to have multiple signals on the air (at the same time) as long as they are on different bands. When the rules were changed (I think 2 years ago), I was agai
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 08:02:17 -0600
..the entire idea about rules changes in 2016 was to allow assistance. They ALSO pushed the change to allow single ops to become multi-ops by allowing signals on 2 bands at once ! This was part of th
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:33:40 -0600
http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-okays-changes-to-dxccprogram-vhf-and-above-contesting-rules THAT is exactly what I was looking for - tnx Tor. Now, have they rescinded this change, or what ??? -W9
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:18:25 -0600
As many of you know, I had been forecasting the "death" of SSB on 6M due to FT8 for some time. It has certainly come true on day-to-day openings. While I understand the attractiveness of the mode for
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 11:47:11 -0600
FT8 for contesting this weekend has been a bad joke. Remember this when the band is open... Herb, if you DON"T use contest mode and guys call you with TX2, which is increasingly the way it is, you wi
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:49:28 -0600
^^^ THIS, I believe, is a big part of this weekends problem. The only reason I can think this is the case is that 6M is overrun (yes, a strong word, but it's kind of true) by HF-centric op's who swoo
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:41:32 -0600
Yes - really. All I can suggest is that they didn't care what your grid square was, since you are in the 1st call area, which on 6M, might as well be a suburb of EU In W9 land, they certainly wanted
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:28:27 -0600
seconds at a time'. That's the job of the 'unenlightened' op's who stubbornly refuse to move OFF those modes when the band opens for sporadic E during the summer contests. The September and January
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:27:08 -0600
During a shower, be on at it's peak. You can check one of several sources on-line for the proper peak time, or use Virgo, if you can overcome it's finicky nature. http://www.dl1dbc.net/Meteorscatter/