Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:55:39 -0700
Hola Felipe... I always have a SDR running in the RX antenna loop of my FT-920 on 6M. I'm looking at it as I type this and can see the occasional beacon pop in on meteor scatter. I run it on the coup
Don, more power in always good ? Unfortunately, I don't think ANY of the nice compact Honda generators have 220V outputs. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO ___
Having dealt with a 'fleet' of vehicles over the years, I have a pretty good handle on how long batteries should last, both in overall life and when on trickle loads. I would say (with no real scienc
Hey Mike ! Hope to run into you on 6M SSB or CW this season. I know it's pretty much FT8 or 'nutten on the band now-a-days, but don't be a stranger. FN66 is one of only 3 double hop grids I still nee
2M Spring Sprint W9RM DM58 0 x 0 => ....zero ! Well, I was on right at 7 PM local to support the contest but few others in range were, not that it was any great surprise. A few "high"lights include,
Unfortunately, we are secondary users in the 70 cm band. Part 97.301 )b states: Amateur stations transmitting in the 70 cm band, the 33 cm band, the 23 cm band, the 9 cm band, the 5 cm band, the 3 cm
The 'need for FT speed' reflects the huge QSO/hour disadvantage FT8 has vs SSB when the band is open. Many 6M op's have foolishly abandoned SSB during contests, so the introduction of FT4 is an attem
This is a interesting thought and one that I hadn't considered. Do others see this when trying to answer a running station ? When I'm running a pileup, I work them until there is nobody left. I know
..of course, another possibility that one can't get a run going on SSB is..... wait for it. Everyone is on 50.313 -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG _______________________________________________ VHFco
During a halfway decent 6M contest Es opening, 100/hr on SSB is not a very high rate, even averaged over a entire hour. On HF, 100/hr is even less impressive. The secret is, the Q's need to BE there.
ARRL DX does not have an "automatic filled" exchange unless you have a pretty good database of stations you intend to work. Now, CQWW is pretty much automatic. Granted, a VHF contest does have a slig
Yes, a operator flaw, for sure. Fades happen and even though your QSO partner may be reporting you at +10 or +15, he might miss a sequence. Once again, situational awareness kicks in. If you are runn
Where I live, EVERY contact on 2M and above is DX. There may be 5-10 local QSOs to be made, but many of them are only available because I moved them from 6. The closest concentration of 'above 6M ops
Anyone seriously operating this weekends contest and using FT8 probably had this happen. You're cruising .313 looking for those new mults or whatever, you see someone CQing WITHOUT the word TEST in t
And, you can't ask EASILY them to QSY to your other bands. Is this part of the 2M and up lack of QSO's problem we're seeing all around the country ? Guys, I don't care what you personally think of WS
W0ZQ made some comments in his 3830 soapbox about 'diddle factor with logging, scoring and reporting' to get his log ready and was wondering what tools were available. N1MM+ now has built-in scoring
Believe it or not, N1MM+ contest logger and V2.xx of WSJT-X integrate very well. If you're logging SSB Q's ( what ? What's a SSB Q ??), and want to start WSJT, simply type FT8 in the call block of N1
I have a problem with DX Commander type radio interfacing. The way its implemented in WSJT uses (I think) a radio control 'library' called hamlib. It appears there are errors in this library for one
It has nothing to do with CW. No serious station ever spent more then a token amount of time in CW if the band was open. You could always run twice the rate on SSB if the band was open. The problem i
... for what it's worth, Lew has nailed down my exact feelings and opinion of the current state of VHF contesting in this new world of FT8. I approve of his post ! -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG ___