[VHFcontesting] Idita-Rover....Brilliant!

[Dave Wendling]

Thanks for that great info. After the last loud Radio Shack model I bought, I just assumed they were all noisy. 

Dave Wendling
kb1eaa at berkshire.rr.com
Home of Palm Rover Software
http:/www.home.nycap.rr.com/nugidoors/

Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier at comcast.net> wrote:
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>I have found the Astron Inverters to be quiet and reasonably priced.  K5UHF
>told me he had been using them and I trusted Ken and bought a couple:
>quiet as a church mouse on 160m through 10 Ghz and I have them all.
>
>Bob
>N4HY
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
>[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dave Wendling
>Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:22 PM
>To: Ev Tupis (W2EV); rover at mailman.qth.net
>Cc: VHFContesting eMail Remailer
>Subject: re: [VHFcontesting] Idita-Rover....Brilliant!
>
>
>This year we are going to do half the Idita-Rover by starting off on the Sky
>line drive, VA and driving back up the coast to Northern MA or Southern VT.
>I dislike contesting with my laptop due to the need of a power inverter
>(noise). Is there anything I can use on my Palm to CQ for HamIM? I use
>PocketAprs which might work.  PocketAprs reads my GPS directly through my
>Kenwood TH7.  If this is a possibility I would love to experiment this
>January. I run my Kenwood into a 50 watt FM amp to a vertical on the roof of
>the Red Rover. Suddenly January is looking more interesting.  I could post
>my route and attempt to stick to a tight time table which would enable
>others to check the effectiveness of their setup.
>
>Dave Wendling
>kb1eaa at berkshire.rr.com
>Home of Palm Rover Software
>http:/www.home.nycap.rr.com/nugidoors/
>
>"Ev Tupis (W2EV)" <w2ev at arrl.net> wrote:
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