[VHFcontesting] Any other rovers running MSK144

[Ken Alexander]

Hi Roger,

It's very good to hear about your success with MSK144!

What frequency were you making your QSOs on in the 6m band?

Thanks and 73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS

On Jan 23, 2017 5:38 PM, Roger Rehr W3SZ <w3sz73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think you would really enjoy, be helped by running MSK144 at night. 
> I have only 100 watts (at most) and a small yagi on 6 and have only been 
> using MSK144 for a week, but 
> after midnight Saturday in the early hours of Sunday with this pipsqueak 
> station I was able to work on 6 with MSK144 from FN20ag: 
> EN35 
> EM45 
> EM45 again 
> EM31 
> EN52 
> EM48 
> FN31 
> FN43 
> FN44 
> EN80 
> And during the same time period using various digital modes was able to 
> complete with 
> FN03 on 144,222,432,1296 and with 
> FN25 and FN35 on 144. 
> I had LL on 2, but only 90 watts on 222, 40 watts on 432, and 15 watts 
> or less on 1296. 
>
> So I think your plan to use MSK 144 etc at night is a great one.  If you 
> are a solo rover you could even have a "guest" op come in to do the MS 
> stuff overnight while you sleep :) 
> Unfortunately, if you are a 2 person rover you couldn't do that, but one 
> of you could sleep while the other one had all the fun (and it is GREAT 
> fun)  :) 
>
> If you do this, it would be best for you to make sure you set your cell 
> phone up as a hotspot so that you can then use your laptop[s] to 
> coordinate / advertise on PingJockey (which I used exclusively for this 
> rather than going to ON4KST, etc). 
>
> The rover rules do not prohibit you from using commercial power.  They 
> do prohibit you from using equipment (including power supplies) that you 
> have stashed at a remote site.  This is to prevent rovers from 
> essentially setting up "superstations" at a number of fixed locations 
> which they then drive to and operate from while claiming rover status. 
> (2.5.3 of General rules for Contests above 50 MHz). 
> http://www.arrl.org/general-rules-for-arrl-contests-above-50-mhz 
> "2.5.3. Rover vehicles must transport all the equipment, power supplies, 
> and antennas used at each operating site". 
>
> So go to it and have fun! 
>
> 73, 
> Roger Rehr 
> W3SZ 
>
> On 1/23/2017 5:15 PM, Sean Waite wrote: 
> > Color me also interested. My big hangup at the moment is power. I don't 
> > have 110VAC in the rover and even with an inverter, the laptop power draw 
> > and the 100% duty cycle of these modes is going to suck batteries. One 
> > thing we considered is possibly only running MSK144 at night once we're at 
> > our sleeping destination, we can pick a campground or something with street 
> > power. I'm not sure if this is legal under the rover rules, though. 
> > 
> > Sean WA1TE 
> > 
> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:34 PM n12614--- via VHFcontesting < 
> > vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
>
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