I'm not sure whether I'll be going out as limited or unlimited for this next contest - it depends on if that transverter arrives in time. If limited, I should be able to manage a September record. I
K1SIG/R will be hitting the road again for a somewhat less ambitious rove. Sean's out due to a new kid, but David WH6DSN will be taking his place and we'll be using my car and gear instead of Sean's.
I will be looking for you and N1BUG from FN43 (Bow NH) and FN42 (Bedford NH). I've got 130W and a 10el beam, and it'll be about 10' above my car. I'll be mainly around 222.1 SSB, but I can do FM and
It was great to work you twice last night. You were weak in FN43. In FN42 I heard you calling on CW and responded a couple times, but I guess you couldn't hear me. Luckily I heard you and AF1T workin
Yeah I bet. Like I said, the wind was blowing my antenna around a good bit too so I might have just spun away from you. I do not have a good way of keeping antennas steady on my car at the moment. T
I think a 5B VUCC award is a fun idea, and I also like making satellites (or at least, sats that actually use VHF/UHF bands - there's a 10m/15m sat in the works) one of the bands. I could go either
Well I wasn't quite sure I'd be able to go roving this time but assuming I can get these power cables crimped together, I think it's gonna happen. I don't like to post times for when I expect to be p
I have been wondering for a while where the FT8 VHF contest ops are coming from and if perhaps some of the community's concern is overblown. I see two possibilities: * Casual ops who have that HF+6
I would love to see a comparison that doesn't also involve a corner of the country getting clobbered by a storm, which unfortunately means we'll have to wait another year. It seems difficult to me t
I think this makes the assumption that the FT8 op's primary motivation is setting a high score, and I don't think we can make that assumption. You might suggest it's silly to compete if you're not t
I have been thinking for a while now about grabbing contest logs for as far back as I can find and importing them all into a database and then doing... something with them. Plotting where they were
Two thoughts... (1) Here in New England, we have noticed that if there is a football game on, activity will be way down. (2) If there's some rovers in your area, they will help generate activity. Yo
Hey Dave, it'd be great to see you in the VHF contests again. I think I worked you from my crappy home station in FN42fv a couple times several years ago. Since then, WA1TE and I have been working o
Hey Paul, I've got 900 in my rover, though it's only 2W but it's into a 3' beam. I might add an amp next year, assuming I get some of these other tasks done. I'm starting to think about a completely
Due to surrounding states still having quarantine rules in place, KG6CIH/R will be sticking to an NH-only rove this time. And because there's really only so many places to go in NH, it's going to be
Hey everyone, I'm looking to buy a used mast mount 70cm preamp that can handle some transmit power. I'm looking for something similar to an SHF Electronic MVV-432 VOX, an SSB Electronic SP70, or equi
ZR mentioned to me that we should try Mt. Washington as our first stop on the Saturday of the contest this fall. Im pretty sure that weve never worked a station who was there. The mountain is well of
Hey everyone, I was waiting to see what the weather was going to do and it looks like it's going to more or less cooperate. I will be roving through New England in this upcoming contest. My schedule
Is anyone else using Penninger masts? I operate portable on top of the Niagara (Lockport) Escarpment in Cambria, NY. I use a Penninger Radio, 24 ft. mast supported by a Penninger two inch trailer hit