[VHFcontesting] 6m Digital Freqs?
lee bradshaw
k4uva at comcast.net
Sat Oct 20 16:06:31 EDT 2007
I just got a Rigblaster Plus last weekend but I'm having some issues
getting it to work with my 706mkiig. If I can get things working
properly I may try to work you guys on PSK
Lee K4UVA
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: 6 meter sprint tomorrow (lee bradshaw)
2. Re: 6M Sprint Tomorrow! (JT Croteau)
3. Birdie problem on 50MHz (JT Croteau)
4. 6m Digital Freqs? (Ken Alexander)
5. Re: 6m Digital Freqs? (JT Croteau)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:06:58 -0400
From: "lee bradshaw" <k4uva at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 6 meter sprint tomorrow
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K4UVA will be active during the entire sprint from FM17. I'll be running
100 watts into a 4 element yagi at 2280 ASL. I hope these strong storms
don't make conditions worse than they already are! Some E's would be
great!
JT, I'd be happy to try to make a QSO with you sometime Saturday
afternoon.
Lee
K4UVA
Richmond, Va
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Today's Topics:
1. RFSport Online Logger (Ev Tupis)
2. FS: Icom 746 HF/6m/2m transceiver (John Geiger)
3. CQ-VHF (John Lindholm)
4. 6M Sprint Tomorrow! (JT Croteau)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:59:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ev Tupis <w2ev at yahoo.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] RFSport Online Logger
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Would you be interested in testing the latest version of RFSport Online
Logger for the 6-meter sprint? It is available for download from
RFSport.com.
Note: 99% of users experience no problems...but I'm chasing the 1% that
do (be prepared to contact me to work-through the circumstances of any
problems you may have...please). If you plan on using it...please
download it early and use the "Practice" mode to become familiar with it
before the event begins.
Regards,
Ev, W2EV
VHF Sprint info: http://www.svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules.htm
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:33:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Geiger <n5ten at yahoo.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] FS: Icom 746 HF/6m/2m transceiver
To: vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu, vhfcontesting at contesting.com
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I have for sale an Icom 746 HF/6m/2m transceiver in
very good condition. It does 100 watts on HF as well
as on 6m and 2m, which makes it a very good VHF DXing
and contesting rig. It works fine and the case is in
good condition with a couple of light marks on the
bottom of the case. It comes with a power cord, hand
mic, original manual, and original box. The 746 has
DSP, as well as a built in memory keyer and autotuner.
I am asking $725 plus shipping from zip 73507.
73s John AA5JG
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:35:07 -0400
From: "John Lindholm" <w1xx at cox.net>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] CQ-VHF
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VHF Enthusiasts everywhere: We are nearly complete on processing scores
from the 2007 CQWW VHF Contest held last July. Though conditions were
certainly not up to the previous year's standards [what could be?].there
were quite a few bright spots and the number of log entries continues to
be encouraging. This 2 and 6 meter only contest continues to have broad
appeal. We could use some help in two departments though:
1. If you have any photos of your station in operation during the
2007 contest, please send them along for CQ publication consideration.
You can reach me at w1xx at cq-amateur-radio.com.
2. Most of our plaque sponsors have signed up to continue..but
there are openings for plaque sponsorship. We would especially welcome
seeing more CLUB sponsorship of plaques. Can you get your club
involved? For more information about how to sponsor one of these
beautiful plaques, click the link on www.cqww-vhf.com
<http://www.cqww-vhf.com/> .
Your continued support of this fun contest is very much appreciated.
Look for the 2007 results in CQ Magazine in an early 2008 issue. 73 &
good DX!!
-- John Lindholm, W1XX
CQWW VHF Contest Director
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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:18:55 -0400
From: "JT Croteau" <jt.n1ese at gmail.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 6M Sprint Tomorrow!
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Well, I haven't been able to arrange a sked with anyone or make any
contacts since building my transverter. However, my transverter seems
pretty stable as I've been tuned to K1MS/B for the past two days
straight and haven't had to touch the VFO on the IF rig (K2).
Hopefully, all is set here for the sprint tomorrow. I seriously doubt
I will make very many contacts but as long as I make at least one I
will be happy. I think I will try out the RFSport Logger for this
contest.
--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx)
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:54:57 -0400
From: "JT Croteau" <jt.n1ese at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 6M Sprint Tomorrow!
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6M is terrible here right now with the rainy weather. Noise level is
around S6 of loud crackling static with occasional peaks to S8.
However, I did manage to have a nice QSO with George, W1JHR about 76
miles to the SE of me. I had never used SSB on this K2 before so
George had been calling me for about 15 minutes while I tried to
figure out why I wasn't getting any audio out to the transverter. I
finally went through the SSB menu options and started turning entries
up until I started getting audio out. Heh! I guess I need to now
look at the SSB manual and see what settings I tweaked and how to
properly set them. I am glad I caught this tonight and not tomorrow
night during the contest.
Thanks again to W1JHR for taking the time to have this QSO with me.
He was able to hear my 20W through the noise. I am hopeful for better
conditions tomorrow night but not expecting much.
--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx)
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Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:23:56 -0400
From: "JT Croteau" <jt.n1ese at gmail.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Birdie problem on 50MHz
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Having a slight issue with my newly built 50MHz station. Transverter
is an Elecraft XV50 I built myself and the IF rig is a K2.
I have a birdie problem too close for comfort to the 50MHz SSB calling
frequency of 50.125. The noise is about 22 dB above the noise floor
at it's peak. The noise starts to come into my passband around
50.125.35 and is present for ~2 KHz.
Here is a spectrogram plot of it taken at 50.126.45:
http://n1ese.qrpradio.com/images/birdie.jpg
and here is a recording I made as I tune the VFO from 50.125 through
roughly 50.128:
http://n1ese.qrpradio.com/sounds/50mhzBirdie.mp3
Any ideas how to track down something like this and does it look like
a problem internal to my K2 or XV50 or does it sound like it might be
external somewhere in the environment around the shack?
Thanks
--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:36:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander at rogers.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 6m Digital Freqs?
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I'll be operating CW, PSK31 and RTTY only in the 6m
Sprint tonight. A cold and bad cough prevents me from
uttering so much as a few words without coughing
myself silly.
The RAC (Radio Amateurs of Canada) website indicated
the RTTY/AMTOR calling freq (in Canada) is 50.7 MHz,
but that sounds different from what I've heard. Would
someone kindly enlighten me on where I should call
using PSK-31 and RTTY on 6m?
Thanks and 73,
Ken Alexander
VE3HLS
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:49:42 -0400
From: "JT Croteau" <jt.n1ese at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 6m Digital Freqs?
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On 10/20/07, Ken Alexander <k.alexander at rogers.com> wrote:
> Would someone kindly enlighten me on where I should call
> using PSK-31 and RTTY on 6m?
Spots in my database from 5 different sources are kept for 90 days.
Filtering only RTTY and PSK spots on 6M shows most activity appears to
be anywhere from 50.240 and 50.290. I have read rom a few sources
that the calling frequency for PSK31 is 50.290 so I'm going to be
calling CQ around 0100 hours on 50.290 tonight during the sprint.
--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx)
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