I was very disappointed when I saw that the aurora had, indeed, been sold to Dubai! The AU openings had been pretty sparse here in Maine over the last two years, but they would be even worse if they
I first ran into Tom, K8MMM on six meter scatter back in 1964 or 1965. Not sure of the date exactly, but I lived in Connecticut, was a young kid, and put up a big yagi on six meters (courtesy of W1RJ
Hello Jack, I had been using clamp type N male connectors for many years, but recently switched to crimp type N s for LMR-400. I have tested them, and actually think they are better than the clamp ty
Hello Marshall I always solder my center pins on both the crimps and the clamp type. The crimp connectors I use from RF Connection are from RF Industries I believe. They seem to work very well, and i
I started out my ham "career" with a Tecraft 10 watt output 144 MHz transmitter. It used a 6360 PA. I think the model # was TR-20. I lost track of it over the years, but then found it again a few yea
Thanks to all who provided assistance in figuring out the old Tecraft transmitter. Gene, W3ZZ found an old review in a 1956 QST!! The old slugs in the coils had changed value and needed some tweaking
The results are out in the latest CQ Mag. I got it in the mail a few days ago.. (Feb 2009) Dave K1WHS _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesti
Hello Paul, I always try to use a minimum of power at the IF frequency, whether it be 28, or 144 MHz. 1 milliwatts causes less trouble than 10 watts. After that, you need to shift the IF on the MWs a
Hi Paul, Multi op contest stations are a challenge, and much fun for some in many ways. You should take notes each time you do it, and document the problems as they occur, so you can go back to them
Hello Marshall, I worked a European station on 144 CW back in the mid 70's during a European contest that used distance to determine the score. My one contact put me way ahead of many stations in Ger
I think that, besides what you have described, the big problem with repeaters is that they utilize another transmitter that is not at YOUR contest location, and is not in any way connected to your op
Hello Todd, Another idea that could be incorporated into your idea would borrow the theme of HF QRP foxhunts. To build activity, a rover station goes out to a great location, and at a certain hour ca
I spent my first evening this Spring in my remote hamshack running the 222 Sprint. The road has dried out enough that I can drive up with some gear. I hooked the 222 stuff back up. The new antenna ha
How to begin? I had a "trying" evening. First off, I was "trying" to get the station hooked up. No time before the sprint to assemble the station, so I was putting it together at 5:30 PM on Wednesday
That's great until you find out you are in the same ARRL division as W2SZ!! groan! I'll never see a plaque unless I set a brush fire that Saturday on Mt Greylock in Massachusetts. The good news is th
Get 50 MHz as high as you possibly can. For low angle work, the higher the better. Anything up 30 ft will beat a beam at 6 or 8 ft for long ground wave or diffraction path QSOs. I guess if the band i
I worked K5N at 2010 UT on 50.150 SSB as well, while just hanging around working in the shop. (5 el at 30 ft!) They said that they just got the first station running and this was their first contacts
I am looking for some long haul meteor scatter skeds on 222 MHz. I can run FSK441/ WSJT, SSB, or CW. I would like to try out my relatively new antenna on meteors. The only problem is I will be out of
Hi Terry, Well you cleaned my clock. Once again I am killed by no activity to my East and northeast. I worked only two grids there, FN54 and VE1WLC. In the other direction I worked out to FN03 in the