[VHFcontesting] re: Location, location, location ...
Kenneth E. Harker
kharker at cs.utexas.edu
Tue Jun 11 10:40:36 EDT 2002
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 09:46:22AM -0400, Betty E. Raas wrote:
> Don,
>
> not quite sure of what u meant, it kinda sounds like all of u guys are on
> the same freq? 144.200? this could be a problem but mabey spreading out a
> ways would help, i know from personal experience that at least on 2m there
> are stations from 144.150-144.260 mabey even lower...this is the same for
> all the bands below 903 as well...ive worked stations calling cq contest all
> the way up to 50.210, 222.170, 432.160..... band congestion can be a problem
This is simply not true in Oklahoma, Texas, or just about anywhere outside of
the northeast U.S. I once, as an experiment, spent an entire ARRL September
VHF QSO Party calling CQ on 144.205 or higher - not on 144.200. I can count
the number of stations that answered my CQs on the fingers of two hands.
Almost all of my two meter QSOs that weekend were me calling other stations
on 144.200. Outside of the northeast U.S., there is insufficient critical
mass to get people to move off of the call frequency.
> at times...ok a BIG problem....especially for people in the east....there
> may be a easy fix to the situation at hand in ur local area. Please be a tad
> more specific and ill give it some thought.
> -steve raas N2JDQ { 1 OF MANY N2PA OP'S FN12HN QRV 6-5G , WITH 10G COMMING
> SOON HOPFULLY FOR AUGUST! }
>
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> > 1. Re: Why is this necessary ??? (Kenneth E. Harker)
> > 2. Re: Why is this necessary ??? (George Fremin III - K5TR)
> > 3. Re: Why is this necessary ??? (Bill Olson)
> > 4. N6NZ operated a wee little bit (Dave N6NZ)
> > 5. June Contest at KM0T (Mike A. King - KM0T)
> > 6. WARNING: VHF roving is hazardous to your engine! (Scott Pederson)
> > 7. Re: [RMG] WARNING: VHF roving is hazardous to your engine! (Bill
> Tynan)
> > 8. FT-736 Mechanics (Donald M. Ross)
> > 9. Location, location, location ... (Donald M. Ross)
> > 10. FS: Microwave IF rig ......... (Jason Wilborn)
> > 11. June Contest at KM0T (Mike A. King - KM0T)
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:41:08 -0500
> > From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker at cs.utexas.edu>
> > To: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> > Cc: mgef at mgef.org
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Why is this necessary ???
> >
> > So, I'm just dying to know - did W2SZ/1 really
> > get all twelve of their captive rovers on the air?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:03:08AM -0500, Kip K. wrote:
> > > From: "Frey, Richard L (CRD)" <frey at opal.crd.ge.com>
> > > To: "'mgef at mgef.com'" <mgef at mgef.com>
> > > Subject: [mgef-only] We Need Rovers Please
> > >
> > > Hello everyone.
> > >
> > >
> > > The subject says it all.
> > >
> > >
> > > We have only 6 operators for our 12 sets of local
> > > rover equipment this June so far. We need to
> > > get all our equipment into use if we want to
> > > ensure a win this contest.
> > >
> > > Just to give you an idea of what this means...
> > > 6 local rovers going to 6 local grids generate
> > > about 500,000 points at the level where we now
> > > compete. We had 2,400,000 points last June. Without
> > > these 6 rovers we can only expect 1,900,000 points
> > > under the same conditions if we don't put out
> > > our rovers. This can EASILY spell the difference
> > > between winning and losing!!!!!!
> > >
> > > Now I'm not trying to get hilltop ops to go
> > > roving if they really DO operate on the hill,
> > > but I am trying to get help where ever I can
> > > get it.
> > >
> > > If you are not comming to the Mountain this June,
> > > Please, Please, take out some of our rover gear.
> > > We need all the points we can generate to win.
> > > Remember they beat us once they can beat us
> > > again!! So, let's ensure another first place win!
> > >
> > > If you only normally come along for the ride as
> > > a rover helper, please, please take another set
> > > of rover gear and become an operator if you are
> > > licensed.
> > >
> > > If you DO plan to come to the Mountain and do
> > > not expect to operate at the main station, then
> > > again, please, please take out our rover gear.
> > >
> > >
> > > Please send E-Mail to: frey at crd.ge.com
> > >
> > > DO NOT JUST HIT REPLY in this E-Mail
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Dick
> > >
> > >
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> > Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto"
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:11:24 -0700
> > From: George Fremin III - K5TR <geoiii at kkn.net>
> > To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Why is this necessary ???
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:03:08AM -0500, Kip K. wrote:
> >
> >
> > >> Why is this necessary ???
> >
> >
> > That is a good question.
> >
> > > From: "Frey, Richard L (CRD)" <frey at opal.crd.ge.com>
> > > To: "'mgef at mgef.com'" <mgef at mgef.com>
> > > Subject: [mgef-only] We Need Rovers Please
> > >
> > > Hello everyone.
> > >
> > >
> > > The subject says it all.
> > >
> > >
> > > We have only 6 operators for our 12 sets of local
> > > rover equipment this June so far. We need to
> > > get all our equipment into use if we want to
> > > ensure a win this contest.
> > >
> >
> > I guess in order to ensure that they win they must
> > create contacts by sending out an army of rovers
> > with equipment that the W2SZ team owns and and
> > would guess maintains.
> >
> >
> > > Just to give you an idea of what this means...
> > > 6 local rovers going to 6 local grids generate
> > > about 500,000 points at the level where we now
> > > compete. We had 2,400,000 points last June. Without
> > > these 6 rovers we can only expect 1,900,000 points
> > > under the same conditions if we don't put out
> > > our rovers. This can EASILY spell the difference
> > > between winning and losing!!!!!!
> >
> >
> > Wow - that is alot of points.
> >
> > It is too bad that they need their own personal rovers
> > in order to make this score. I was impressed by their
> > 2.4M score last June and their 3.2M score in September
> > but now that I see how many points come from rover stations
> > that they supply all the equipment for - all I can say
> > is how sad that W2SZ has to manufacture a score by
> > sending out rovers to the local grids.
> >
> > Maybe someone near to the W2SZ operation this
> > question that just came to my mind....
> >
> > Do these rover stations only work W2SZ or do they also
> > work all the other locals on these bands too?
> >
> >
> > --
> > George Fremin III - K5TR
> > geoiii at kkn.net
> > http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
> >
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 3
> > From: "Bill Olson" <callbill at hotmail.com>
> > To: geoiii at kkn.net, vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Why is this necessary ???
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:18:09 +0000
> >
> > I have always found W2SZ's rovers to be willing to work other stations.
> >
> > bill, K1DY
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:31:17 -0700
> > To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> > From: Dave N6NZ <n6nz at n6nz.net>
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] N6NZ operated a wee little bit
> >
> > This weekend I had too much work to do out at "the ranch" (euphemism
> > detectors should be going off...) to play radio much. But I did take a
> few
> > minutes out from building fence and other physical labors to fire up the
> 6m
> > radio on a SQLoop.
> >
> > First I discovered that the ALC meter was dead, so Tim over at N6JIM had
> to
> > talk me in on mic gain. I worked a couple of other strong guys, and
> > *almost* worked KM7VU, but couldn't copy the grid... sounded like a DN
> > something, but oh well. So much for DX, such as it was. So the big claimed
> > score: 3 Q's x 3 grids from CM97xm.
> >
> > It was great to read KF6TPT's roving report! Now that N6JIM and I both
> > seem to be too lazy to go roving in this country, I'm glad someone else
> has
> > taken up the banner for the "western independent (we don't need no captive
> > rover-slaves...) rover". Having been on those roads, the story is very
> vivid.
> >
> > BTW: Shameless plug: Tonight the speaker at the Norther California Contest
> > Club is talking about "10 GHz+ Contesting". Guests are always
> > welcome. Check out http://www.nccc.cc/
> >
> > 73, Dave N6NZ
> >
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Reply-To: "Mike A. King - KM0T" <scsueepe at mtcnet.net>
> > From: "Mike A. King - KM0T" <scsueepe at mtcnet.net>
> > To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>, <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>,
> > NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>,
> > Badger Contesters <badgercontesters at mailman.qth.net>,
> > <rmvhf at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:51:28 -0500
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] June Contest at KM0T
> >
> > Hi all, just a quick report from EN13 and the contest effort over the
> > weekend.
> >
> > It did not turn out as expected unfortunately, but tried to make the best
> of
> > it. I had spent months building equipment and a new tower for the 5.7 and
> > 10 Ghz bands, also rover equipment for N0DQS for the same bands. Well,
> the
> > equipment arrived late and set me back in terms of building the stuff, we
> > actually got the dishes on the rover about 10 minutes before the contest
> > started! The tower was only raised an hour before the contest, talk about
> > waiting to the last minute!
> >
> > As an aside,
> >
> > We had a thunderstorm go through Friday evening, it looked harmless enough
> > and I was working on the new tower as it was laid on its side (MA-40
> crankup
> > mast). It started to rain a bit and I thought I would hang out in the
> > garage and watch the storm go past. Well, as the wall cloud hit, the
> winds
> > jumped to 50 MPH immediatly. I quick ran into the house and swung the
> other
> > tower antennas into the wind. As I did that, the winds jumped to 56 MHP.
> > Not a problem, my crankup tower was all the way down. We had seen 56 MPH
> a
> > number of times here and I was not worried. Well, it got worse and I saw
> > the wind meter jump up to 69 MPH. I had always thought that my wind vane
> /
> > anamometer had "mechanical limitations" since I had never seen it above 56
> > MPH, well was I wrong :) My wife and I got pretty excited and brought
> > Patricia downstairs, as we did that the whole house was shaking and I
> though
> > the pictures were going to fall off of the walls. It truely looked like a
> > hurricain outside, just like you see those reporter guys on TV standing
> out
> > in the horizontal rain fall, it was very scarey. Well the winds gusted up
> > to 75 MPH on my "mechanically limited" anamometer and thats when I decided
> > to go downstairs. Offical weather service wind speed was clocked at 77
> MPH
> > in the next town. I managed to sneak a look at my tower during it all, I
> > really thought I was in trouble. Wish I had the video camera going.
> >
> > It simmered down a bit and my wife said, where is our patio table? "I
> told
> > you to bring it in!" I growned and said, "Oh, there it is, on one of our
> > trees" At least it was not broke!
> >
> > It must have been an awsome wind, because the antennas and mast turned
> > inside the rotor clamp of the M2 rotor of the main tower. I lost about 30
> > degrees of rotation, need to recalibrate it. The tower survived and all
> the
> > antennas. I do believe their 100 MPH survivability claims now for the M2
> > line of antennas. All nearby residences and neihbors who had trampolines
> > that my kid likes to jump on are no longer in the county. My wife and I
> > think that was the good part of the storm!
> >
> > Anyway, that set me back all Friday night for tower work! Glad it was not
> > worse.
> >
> > Back to the contest email......
> >
> > We then tested and all appeared to be ok. Got one contact on 10 Ghz and
> 5.7
> > and the N0DQS/R set off on his journey. Well, as he went out to some grid
> > corners, it appeared that he was not hearing me at all, even when I was
> > hearing him very well on both bands. (That part was exciting!) He came
> back
> > and we tested things out, He could get no more than a mile or so and then
> > would not hear anything. We then scrapped the 5.7 and 10 Ghz plans for the
> > contest. Oh well, we tried. I think I now know what the problem is and
> > will resolve very shortly. (Dont even ask, but it was related to a
> > meltdown in my brain that caused the problem too much to do and too
> little
> > time) The home station appears to be up and running for those bands. I
> > heard Gary, W0GHZ on 5.7 Ghz, but very weak and condix were bad. My 250
> mW
> > would have never made it up there. On 10 Ghz, I am getting about 11 watts
> > at the feed horn of the dish, with the transverter / amp mounted right
> > behind it.
> >
> > For those of you on 10 and 5.7 Ghz (and the lower bands for that matter)
> I
> > will be looking for you in the next solid tropo opening.
> >
> > So, that fried the first 3 hours or so of the contest and it took the wind
> > out of my sails. It took some time to get back into the swing of things.
> I
> > guess I missed some 6M to the NE at that time.
> >
> > Conditions on 6M, not bad, almost 100 grids and over 200 Qsos, none to the
> > SW past New Mexico. A few 20 minute openings to the NW and a good one to
> > the eastern seaboard.
> >
> > 2M was fair to bad. Made one contact to EN60, that was the farthest east.
> > Got into EM47, 27, 19 and 17 and DM98 to the south. Got into EN16 and
> EN25,
> > 35 to the north. Never heard Bill K0AWU, which was unusual. Got to
> work
> > the DN95 guys too on 6M and 2M. Never heard DM79 on 2M, normally hear
> them
> > on Sunday early afternoon it seems. Was W1XE Multi-Op going? Never found
> > Bob - K2YAZ in EN74, he is usually always workable on 144 and 222 Mhz.
> >
> > The rest of the microwaves up thru 3.4 Ghz worked wonderfully. The new
> > rover box on 3.4 Ghz with the 40 watt Toshiba amp showed its stuff, never
> a
> > problem. Always as strong as the 25 watts on 2.4 Ghz from the rover.
> >
> > Then had CPU probs for WSJT, never got it going. Missed out on a bunch of
> > WSJT contacts in the night. Lots of rocks too, so that was a bummer.
> Sorry
> > to all of you that I messed up on the scheds.
> >
> > Poor activity on 222 and 432. Grid counts were down on all bands
> > unfortunately.
> >
> > So, better luck next time, score was just over 150K Nothing like last
> year,
> > thats for sure. See you in UHF and September, I will be ready!
> >
> > I will have a full report on the website soon, with pics of the new tower,
> > dishes, etc.
> >
> > Thanks for all the contacts!
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Mike KM0T en13vc
> > www.qsl.net/km0t
> >
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 21:24:36 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Scott Pederson <spederson at yahoo.com>
> > To: Jeff Burchell <toxic at fat.doobie.com>, vhfcontesting at contesting.com,
> > Central Texas DX and Contest Club <ctdxcc at kkn.net>
> > Cc: Keith Watson <keith.watson at usa.net>, WCARC <wcarc at yahoogroups.com>,
> > Jim Pederson <jpederson1 at houston.rr.com>,
> > Blake Roberts-KD5RQY <broberts3 at austin.rr.com>, Matt <n1km at n1km.com>,
> > Dell Noel-K5WEC <k5wec at arrl.net>, John Ogden <jono at enteract.com>,
> > Dave Patton <nt1n at arrl.org>, "Steve Janice" James <majames at mc.net>,
> > Gregory Jones-KC5PXQ <mudfoot62 at aol.com>,
> > Anita Kirk <anita.kirk at nextiraone.com>, Darrell Kirk
> <darrellk at ev1.net>,
> > Danny Goodrum-N5DRG <n5drg at mail.ev1.net>,
> > Larry Gunter-WB5BEK <wb5bek at arrl.net>,
> > Mike Hardwick <n5vcx at worldnet.att.net>,
> > Bob Harris-WD5BNB <bobeharis at yahoo.com>,
> > Chris Hennan-KD5GIK <chrishennan at mail.ev1.net>,
> > Dave Hogate-K5DRH <k5drh at arrl.net>, Walter Holmes
> <walter.holmes at hp.com>,
> > Dave Christie-KA5E <dchriste at flash.net>,
> > Jonathan Cowen-KD5PNP <atilasob at yahoo.com>,
> > Tony Davee-KM5JH <km5jh at arrl.net>, Paul Gentry <paul at k9pg.com>,
> > Jimmy Brown-KC5WLF <kc5wlf at worldnet.att.net>
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] WARNING: VHF roving is hazardous to your engine!
> >
> > Howdy Jeff and all,
> >
> > Funny thing happened on the way to EL19...a Blown Engine in KI5DR/R!
> > Well, maybe just a fuel pump, we'll know more tomorrow. A Lurch, and a
> > Cough, then, Nothing but Wind Noise. Uh Oh...
> >
> > Read all about it at http://www.ki5dr.com/hamming.htm with pictures!
> >
> > - The SAGA of the Rover (to the 60's tune of "Signs", by "Five Man
> > Electric Band")
> >
> > - Having fun with other motorists
> >
> > - Rover Meets Rover!
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who got on and worked the rovers.
> >
> >
> > 73!
> > Scott - ki5dr
> >
> > --- Jeff Burchell <toxic at fat.doobie.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
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> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 7
> > From: "Bill Tynan" <btynan at omniglobal.net>
> > To: "Scott Pederson" <spederson at yahoo.com>,
> > "Jeff Burchell" <toxic at fat.doobie.com>, <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>,
> > "Central Texas DX and Contest Club" <ctdxcc at kkn.net>
> > Cc: "Keith Watson" <keith.watson at usa.net>, "WCARC"
> <wcarc at yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Jim Pederson" <jpederson1 at houston.rr.com>,
> > "Blake Roberts-KD5RQY" <broberts3 at austin.rr.com>, "Matt"
> <n1km at n1km.com>,
> > "Dell Noel-K5WEC" <k5wec at arrl.net>, "John Ogden" <jono at enteract.com>,
> > "Dave Patton" <nt1n at arrl.org>,
> > =?iso-8859-1?Q?Steve=A0=A0Janice_James?= <majames at mc.net>,
> > "Gregory Jones-KC5PXQ" <mudfoot62 at aol.com>,
> > "Anita Kirk" <anita.kirk at nextiraone.com>, "Darrell Kirk"
> <darrellk at ev1.net>,
> > "Danny Goodrum-N5DRG" <n5drg at mail.ev1.net>,
> > "Larry Gunter-WB5BEK" <wb5bek at arrl.net>,
> > "Mike Hardwick" <n5vcx at worldnet.att.net>,
> > "Bob Harris-WD5BNB" <bobeharis at yahoo.com>,
> > "Chris Hennan-KD5GIK" <chrishennan at mail.ev1.net>,
> > "Dave Hogate-K5DRH" <k5drh at arrl.net>,
> > "Walter Holmes" <walter.holmes at hp.com>,
> > "Dave Christie-KA5E" <dchriste at flash.net>,
> > "Jonathan Cowen-KD5PNP" <atilasob at yahoo.com>,
> > "Tony Davee-KM5JH" <km5jh at arrl.net>, "Paul Gentry" <paul at k9pg.com>,
> > "John Benedict" <ke5rs at arrl.net>,
> > "Jimmy Brown-KC5WLF" <kc5wlf at worldnet.att.net>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:15:16 -0500
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] Re: [RMG] WARNING: VHF roving is hazardous to
> your engine!
> >
> > Scott & Jeff:
> >
> > Very sorry to hear of your problems. You rovers put in a lot of effort to
> > make the constes fun for us stay-at-homes. It's always infortunate when
> > something bad happens to one.
> >
> > Hope it's not too serious.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Bill, W3XO/5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Pederson" <spederson at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Jeff Burchell" <toxic at fat.doobie.com>;
> <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>;
> > "Central Texas DX and Contest Club" <ctdxcc at kkn.net>
> > Cc: "Keith Watson" <keith.watson at usa.net>; "WCARC"
> <wcarc at yahoogroups.com>;
> > "Jim Pederson" <jpederson1 at houston.rr.com>; "Blake Roberts-KD5RQY"
> > <broberts3 at austin.rr.com>; "Matt" <n1km at n1km.com>; "Dell Noel-K5WEC"
> > <k5wec at arrl.net>; "John Ogden" <jono at enteract.com>; "Dave Patton"
> > <nt1n at arrl.org>; "Steve Janice James" <majames at mc.net>; "Gregory
> > Jones-KC5PXQ" <mudfoot62 at aol.com>; "Anita Kirk"
> <anita.kirk at nextiraone.com>;
> > "Darrell Kirk" <darrellk at ev1.net>; "Danny Goodrum-N5DRG"
> > <n5drg at mail.ev1.net>; "Larry Gunter-WB5BEK" <wb5bek at arrl.net>; "Mike
> > Hardwick" <n5vcx at worldnet.att.net>; "Bob Harris-WD5BNB"
> > <bobeharis at yahoo.com>; "Chris Hennan-KD5GIK" <chrishennan at mail.ev1.net>;
> > "Dave Hogate-K5DRH" <k5drh at arrl.net>; "Walter Holmes"
> > <walter.holmes at hp.com>; "Dave Christie-KA5E" <dchriste at flash.net>;
> "Jonathan
> > Cowen-KD5PNP" <atilasob at yahoo.com>; "Tony Davee-KM5JH" <km5jh at arrl.net>;
> > <kc5wlf at worldnet.att.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 11:24 PM
> > Subject: [RMG] WARNING: VHF roving is hazardous to your engine!
> >
> >
> > > Howdy Jeff and all,
> > >
> > > Funny thing happened on the way to EL19...a Blown Engine in KI5DR/R!
> > > Well, maybe just a fuel pump, we'll know more tomorrow. A Lurch, and a
> > > Cough, then, Nothing but Wind Noise. Uh Oh...
> > >
> > > Read all about it at http://www.ki5dr.com/hamming.htm with pictures!
> > >
> > > - The SAGA of the Rover (to the 60's tune of "Signs", by "Five Man
> > > Electric Band")
> > >
> > > - Having fun with other motorists
> > >
> > > - Rover Meets Rover!
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone who got on and worked the rovers.
> > >
> > >
> > > 73!
> > > Scott - ki5dr
> > >
> > > --- Jeff Burchell <toxic at fat.doobie.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________
> > > Do You Yahoo!?
> > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup
> > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > RMG mailing list
> > > RMG at clarc.org
> > > http://www.clarc.org/mailman/listinfo/rmg
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 8
> > From: "Donald M. Ross" <dross at sirinet.net>
> > To: "VHF Reflector" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>,
> > "VHF Contest Reflector" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 20:58:18 -0500
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] FT-736 Mechanics
> >
> > Anyone know a good FT-736 mechanic?
> >
> > Mine has the Mutek boards in it and is fine on 2m and 220 (the module
> right
> > under the 2m board) but the problem is with the 70cm and 6m module. I get
> > good transmit power and audio on those two bands, but no reception at all.
> >
> > Don, NL7CO
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 9
> > From: "Donald M. Ross" <dross at sirinet.net>
> > To: "VHF Reflector" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>,
> > "VHF Contest Reflector" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>,
> > "SWOT" <sidewindersontwo at yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:04:35 -0500
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] Location, location, location ...
> >
> > This weekend I had a rather new problem with some of the locals and am
> > looking for some advice on how to rectify the issue(s).
> >
> > Situation: There are six active VHF contesters here in Lawton, OK and we
> > are all clustered in such a way that there is a maximum of five miles
> > between any two of us. As in all aspects of life, some have better "ears"
> > than others and are frequently trying to work stations that the other
> locals
> > can't even hear. In most cases, the more "hearing impaired" stations will
> > call CQ when the stations with the better ears are trying to pick
> something
> > out of the noise. With few exceptions, I do not believe this to be either
> > malicious or bad manners.
> >
> > This can not be a unique problem, how are others dealing with this issue?
> >
> > Don, NL7CO/EM04
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 10
> > From: "Jason Wilborn" <meteorsked at hotmail.com>
> > To: wsvhf at mailman.qth.net, vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 03:07:43 +0000
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] FS: Microwave IF rig .........
> >
> > Hello . I have a FT 290R MKII 144mhz radio that I no longer need . It has
> a
> > glitch in that the tuning with the VFO dail is eratic, but changes
> frequency
> > great with the up down buttons on the mic and front panel { This is common
> > in these rigs , I have never sent it in for repair} . The rig also has a 1
> > 1/2 " scratch on the top .
> >
> > The radio transmits great with good audio and receives very well in all
> > modes.
> >
> > Make me a good offer .
> >
> > TNX es 73
> > DE KG4BMH EM76
> > Jason Wilborn.
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:
> > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 11
> > Reply-To: "Mike A. King - KM0T" <scsueepe at mtcnet.net>
> > From: "Mike A. King - KM0T" <scsueepe at mtcnet.net>
> > To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>, <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>,
> > NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>,
> > Badger Contesters <badgercontesters at mailman.qth.net>,
> > <rmvhf at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:51:28 -0500
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] June Contest at KM0T
> >
> > Hi all, just a quick report from EN13 and the contest effort over the
> > weekend.
> >
> > It did not turn out as expected unfortunately, but tried to make the best
> of
> > it. I had spent months building equipment and a new tower for the 5.7 and
> > 10 Ghz bands, also rover equipment for N0DQS for the same bands. Well,
> the
> > equipment arrived late and set me back in terms of building the stuff, we
> > actually got the dishes on the rover about 10 minutes before the contest
> > started! The tower was only raised an hour before the contest, talk about
> > waiting to the last minute!
> >
> > As an aside,
> >
> > We had a thunderstorm go through Friday evening, it looked harmless enough
> > and I was working on the new tower as it was laid on its side (MA-40
> crankup
> > mast). It started to rain a bit and I thought I would hang out in the
> > garage and watch the storm go past. Well, as the wall cloud hit, the
> winds
> > jumped to 50 MPH immediatly. I quick ran into the house and swung the
> other
> > tower antennas into the wind. As I did that, the winds jumped to 56 MHP.
> > Not a problem, my crankup tower was all the way down. We had seen 56 MPH
> a
> > number of times here and I was not worried. Well, it got worse and I saw
> > the wind meter jump up to 69 MPH. I had always thought that my wind vane
> /
> > anamometer had "mechanical limitations" since I had never seen it above 56
> > MPH, well was I wrong :) My wife and I got pretty excited and brought
> > Patricia downstairs, as we did that the whole house was shaking and I
> though
> > the pictures were going to fall off of the walls. It truely looked like a
> > hurricain outside, just like you see those reporter guys on TV standing
> out
> > in the horizontal rain fall, it was very scarey. Well the winds gusted up
> > to 75 MPH on my "mechanically limited" anamometer and thats when I decided
> > to go downstairs. Offical weather service wind speed was clocked at 77
> MPH
> > in the next town. I managed to sneak a look at my tower during it all, I
> > really thought I was in trouble. Wish I had the video camera going.
> >
> > It simmered down a bit and my wife said, where is our patio table? "I
> told
> > you to bring it in!" I growned and said, "Oh, there it is, on one of our
> > trees" At least it was not broke!
> >
> > It must have been an awsome wind, because the antennas and mast turned
> > inside the rotor clamp of the M2 rotor of the main tower. I lost about 30
> > degrees of rotation, need to recalibrate it. The tower survived and all
> the
> > antennas. I do believe their 100 MPH survivability claims now for the M2
> > line of antennas. All nearby residences and neihbors who had trampolines
> > that my kid likes to jump on are no longer in the county. My wife and I
> > think that was the good part of the storm!
> >
> > Anyway, that set me back all Friday night for tower work! Glad it was not
> > worse.
> >
> > Back to the contest email......
> >
> > We then tested and all appeared to be ok. Got one contact on 10 Ghz and
> 5.7
> > and the N0DQS/R set off on his journey. Well, as he went out to some grid
> > corners, it appeared that he was not hearing me at all, even when I was
> > hearing him very well on both bands. (That part was exciting!) He came
> back
> > and we tested things out, He could get no more than a mile or so and then
> > would not hear anything. We then scrapped the 5.7 and 10 Ghz plans for the
> > contest. Oh well, we tried. I think I now know what the problem is and
> > will resolve very shortly. (Dont even ask, but it was related to a
> > meltdown in my brain that caused the problem too much to do and too
> little
> > time) The home station appears to be up and running for those bands. I
> > heard Gary, W0GHZ on 5.7 Ghz, but very weak and condix were bad. My 250
> mW
> > would have never made it up there. On 10 Ghz, I am getting about 11 watts
> > at the feed horn of the dish, with the transverter / amp mounted right
> > behind it.
> >
> > For those of you on 10 and 5.7 Ghz (and the lower bands for that matter)
> I
> > will be looking for you in the next solid tropo opening.
> >
> > So, that fried the first 3 hours or so of the contest and it took the wind
> > out of my sails. It took some time to get back into the swing of things.
> I
> > guess I missed some 6M to the NE at that time.
> >
> > Conditions on 6M, not bad, almost 100 grids and over 200 Qsos, none to the
> > SW past New Mexico. A few 20 minute openings to the NW and a good one to
> > the eastern seaboard.
> >
> > 2M was fair to bad. Made one contact to EN60, that was the farthest east.
> > Got into EM47, 27, 19 and 17 and DM98 to the south. Got into EN16 and
> EN25,
> > 35 to the north. Never heard Bill K0AWU, which was unusual. Got to
> work
> > the DN95 guys too on 6M and 2M. Never heard DM79 on 2M, normally hear
> them
> > on Sunday early afternoon it seems. Was W1XE Multi-Op going? Never found
> > Bob - K2YAZ in EN74, he is usually always workable on 144 and 222 Mhz.
> >
> > The rest of the microwaves up thru 3.4 Ghz worked wonderfully. The new
> > rover box on 3.4 Ghz with the 40 watt Toshiba amp showed its stuff, never
> a
> > problem. Always as strong as the 25 watts on 2.4 Ghz from the rover.
> >
> > Then had CPU probs for WSJT, never got it going. Missed out on a bunch of
> > WSJT contacts in the night. Lots of rocks too, so that was a bummer.
> Sorry
> > to all of you that I messed up on the scheds.
> >
> > Poor activity on 222 and 432. Grid counts were down on all bands
> > unfortunately.
> >
> > So, better luck next time, score was just over 150K Nothing like last
> year,
> > thats for sure. See you in UHF and September, I will be ready!
> >
> > I will have a full report on the website soon, with pics of the new tower,
> > dishes, etc.
> >
> > Thanks for all the contacts!
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Mike KM0T en13vc
> > www.qsl.net/km0t
> >
> >
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