[VHFcontesting] Pack Rovers meet ARRL contest objectives

[Zack Widup]

Great feature (in the right hands), isn't it? 

Here in the Midwest 903.1 is the popular calling frequency for that band. 
I worked someone who had crystalled his radio for 902.1 with my FT290RII 
by tuning to 143.1.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Buck Calabro wrote:

> > ...can only work 
> > on a portion of the 33cm band that 
> > other weak signal stations literally 
> > cannot use (because most use a 
> > 144 MHz IF radio that only has a 
> > 4 MHz wide transmit range) 
> 
> Just as an FYI for folks following this thread, the IF rig I use
> (loaned to me - I'm looking to acquire one of my own) is a Yaesu
> FT-290RII.  It transmits out of band.
>   --buck