For the January VHF contest, I'll be operating and driving solo and hoping for e-skip on 50 Mhz. I have a friend that proclaims herself to be a witch and I've asked her to make a potion that I can ru
Hi Folks, W7QQ/r will be active on SSB and CW in New Mexico as follows: Local Saturday: DM75 at 1800Z DM74 at 2100Z DM64 at 0000Z DM65 at 0200Z Local Sunday: DM54 at 1400Z DM55 at 1800Z DM56 at 2100Z
Regarding the PAR stressed Moxon: I use that antenna at 13' 6" on my rover station. It's mounted on a rotatable mast that allows remote pointing while in motion. It tolerates highway speeds and gusts
I use a 13 foot 6 inch mast here in the southwest. It's pretty tall but it's legal and works well. I have it on a rotator so I can rotate the stack while in motion. I have 5 yagis and a stressed Moxo
Regarding Terry's question and avoiding the east/west issues, I would keep scoring as it is. Here in the "RF Wasteland" of the desert southwest most folks do not ever consider a transverter of any ki
Hi Dan, I use a pair of Elecraft K2 radios as IFs on 28 Mhz. I like the IF performance and the ability to use DSP, bandwidth filters and noise blanking to manage noise and interference. I use one ded
W7QQ will rove in New Mexico on the following schedule: *W7QQ Rover Schedule* UTC Local (MDT) Saturday 1800Z to 1915Z -- *DM63* -- 12:00 noon to 1:15 PM 1915Z to 2015Z -- *DM73* -- 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM
I've not had the problem you describe exactly but I have had similar problems with Elecraft transverters. I've built two XV222 transverters and at least one of each of the others. Here are some sugge
I'm assuming that the ARRL cancelled only the 2016 UHF contest because they intend to offer future UHF contests during an earlier part of the year; possibly during a part of the year that's already p
Jay, Regarding the SG Labs transverter: I paid a little over $200 for mine last year. I hear the price is about $195 plus $15 shipping. Several folks in the Pacific NW VHF Society use them and are ve
I just learned the answer to your rotor question myself: The Yaesu rotors will work on 12 vdc after modification. The mod involves removing the ac supply, which provides 20 vdc. That supply is replac
Hi John, There are two answers for suggested next steps: The first is get better antennas. That's a suggestion that will stay valid no matter how long you compete. In VHF+ better antennas are much ea
Will be operating fixed in Santa Fe, New Mexico DM75. 50 through 24 GHz. 73 Bill W7QQ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://li
To Rovers who use LoTW, As part of a New Years resolution I dug into my contest logs intending to upload them to LoTW. Much of my log info is on N1MM+ or RoverLog and most of my contacts were made wh
You've gotten a bunch of great answers to your question and I agree with all of them. Perhaps another question could be asked: "What defines a transverter that's good enough?" There are two main fact
I only have a few years of rove experience but have found the following issues to be important concerning DC supply systems: 1. I chose not to power radios off the vehicle starting system battery. I
I've been lurking on this issue for some time now. I must say that the declining VHF contest environment since the advent of FT8 has become masterfully defined by many. I agree with most of the comme