Upcoming IARU contest this summer. I'll be away from home. No access to outside world from shack. None. Zero, Zip, Zilch, Nada. Small Tribander (1 coax) 40m and 80m inverted Vees. Separate coaxes. Al
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Lots of private emails. HOWEVER, sadly I don't think I can use much information from most of them. Two emails contain an idea or two I may be able to implement. (
Bob, What about a Cushcraft MA-160V ? A fellow VE9 friend of mine just moved to a subdivision and I sold my old one to him so he can get back on 160m. Sure, a tall inverted vee might be a few dB bett
Today I installed 160m vertical #2 in what will soon become a Comtek PVS-2 (2el BS/EF) array for 160m. (vy recently I installed 3 Comtek (wire) 4-squares for 20, 40 &80m. Spacing is about 134? for th
Update: I didn't see my message appear on either reflector, so with only a couple hours of daylight of good sun (and wx this week looking bleak), I rolled the dice and went out an shortened each rais
Jim, Ahhh, man, that sucks. Thanks a lot for all the QRP QSO's over the years. Not easy from Utah I am sure and I always have a smile when I hear you there in the static. 72/73, Mike VE9AA..sometimes
Got part of a used COM-PVS-2-A 160m array (COM-PVS-160-A) for 160m last year (Tnx Bob!) and only yesterday @ sunset did I finally finish it off in the pouring rain. I had to make a controller for it.
I?ve never owned a vacuum variable. What I have been using for decades are very large air variables hung from a stick, or tree or whatever and I cover it up with a 2L pop bottle* with the bottom cut
I don't have a HI-Z, but I do have many antennas in the trees here. (and have in the past at other locations too) Recently, I have installed all wire & rope 4-squares on 40 & 80 and a 2-el on 160m, a
Part of Quebec is in zone 2 as well. Announced operations from zone 02 for CQWW CW http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2016.html VE2 NEW (Nov15) Canada Zone 02 M/S VE3NE VE3DZ By VE3NE VE3AXC; fm VE2CSI (Sep
Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB The Stew Perry contest is not an ARRL event, so entering in Multi Op does not mean "Single Op + Packet" I was surprised at a few mini packet pileups I had last
Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB Any QSO's made with me last evening on 160m will NOT count as RAC contest contacts as I never once sent "NB", but only sent my grid square as I was doing the St
Paul, Your email to the list was very inspiring. I truly enjoyed reading it and you can be assured it very much made my day when I was feeling a little down. I won't sugar coat it - True, you may be
Bob, Heard you in the contest. Anyways, have you tried contacting W7RN? A big station in Nevada. (I am sure there are others) IIRC, K6DGW also remotes into it at times. Either way, should be relative
Hey Gary, Sorry to read of your plight. Being a Topbander, I know you must be tough and will in time, find a way to get to the shack. Take care, Mike VE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB ____
Hi Bob, Welcome to 160m ! Milt Jensen N5IA (sk) used his huge array in the 160m contests to work thousands of miles east and west while he was in full sunlight. (In fact I believe he was the one who
Exciting reading Jeff. I thoroughly enjoyed your report. Thanks for taking the time to jot it all down and share it with everyone. Sometimes we hear these big signals from the other side of the globe
Hey Jeff, Sorry to hear about Jack. I have toured the wonderful VE1ZZ antenna farm & shack with Jack back in the early 90's and marveled at how did he (remarkable) things on a shoestring budget. He p
Hi Paul - I know this is a TopBand reflector, so I'll keep this comment short. Jack was being modest. He was among the very first of us VE's to get 6m DXCC as well. I think maybe #2 or #3..I can neve
Pete, I wish I had an answer. On 160m last night there was a semi-rare DX station coming back to LU8DPM multiple multiple times and there was a persistent stateside east coast station transmitting hi