[Fourlanders] Pack Roving

[James Worsham]

Nope.  I am planning to contact Wayne after I am back from my trip and see what he will tell me.

73
Jim, W4KXY




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From: Brian McCarthy <rfacres at gmail.com>
To: "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640 at ncr.com>
Cc: Bob Mantell <k4esa at yahoo.com>; Tom McElroy <tommcelroy.mail at gmail.com>; "wa4kxy at bellsouth.net" <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net>; "fourlanders at contesting.com" <fourlanders at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:31:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] Pack Roving

Does anyone have any more details about these toolbox packages beyond
the few photos that have been published?

Brian
NX9O

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Rogers, Ron <RR124640 at ncr.com> wrote:
> Wayne used FM in his multi-band package because (1) a 2 meter FM rig used for the IF radio is the least expensive "foundation" radio you can find and, (2) the rovers in the pack are always within sight of each other, therefore they are always "full quieting" to each other.
>
> That way the microwave transverters don't need a lot of gain in the front end and can almost be of simple mixer stage design.
>
> Wayne did not design this "rover package" for weak signal microwave DX record setting.
>
>
> Ron
> WW8RR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob Mantell
> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:36 PM
> To: 'Tom McElroy'; wa4kxy at bellsouth.net
> Cc: fourlanders at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] Pack Roving
>
> I am guessing it takes deep pockets to set up a pack of 10 band rovers?
>
> How much would it cost to put one of those tool box kits together, if you already had an FT-857d ?  Did you notice they are using FM??
>
> Is there any used surplus Microwave equipment available to rove with that is getting dusty on anyones shelves during contests?
>
>
> 73 de Bob,
>
>  K4ESA EM74qc
>
> Bob Mantell
> k4esa at yahoo.com
>
>
> --- On Sat, 9/19/09, Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth..net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] Pack Roving
> To: "'Tom McElroy'" <tommcelroy.mail at gmail.com>
> Cc: fourlanders at contesting.com
> Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 10:02 PM
>
>
> Yeah, I posted that with the hopes that it might encourage some folks to consider doing the roving gig.  One of the biggest disincentives to W4NH working the microwave bands in contests is the lack of rovers in our geographic area.  If you go back several years we used to have several guys who roved many of which had at least some microwave capability.  Now there are none and it is becoming harder to justify putting the microwave bands on the air to just work the 7 or 8 fixed stations that are available to us.
> Anyone want to be a microwave rover?
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Jim, W4KXY
>
>
>
> It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are.  If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
>
> Richard P. Feynman
>
>   _____
>
> From: Tom McElroy [mailto:tommcelroy.mail at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:11 AM
> To: wa4kxy at bellsouth.net
> Cc: fourlanders at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] Pack Roving
>
>
>
> I really dig that.
>
> Tom
> KI4WOU
>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Check this out:
>
>
>
> www.packrovers.com <http://www.packrovers.com/>
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>
>
> 73
>
> Jim, W4KXY
>
>
>
> It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart
> you are.  If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
>
> Richard P. Feynman
>
>
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