No, HamIM has always been legal. The difference is normal APRS uses the Internet - I can go to findu.com during the contest to get your location to try to work you. Until now you couldn't use APRS t
Yes. Well, this is probably the cheapest way to get on 2.4 GHz like getting a FM rig is the cheapest way to get on 222. It's not popular for contesting, and there's a lot of "noise" out there in the
I've got it - Steve I'll send you a copy. Anybody else that wants it just drop me a line: chris@n9yh.com For those that want to know how to do it: In Excel 2007: copy the text and save it to a text (
Your Google Map was really cool, especially if you overlay the directions on top of your rover sites map (for those that don't know, see it here: http://tinyurl.com/5jrwom ), but the hyperlink was a
Here's another place that I've used: http://www.proclipusa.com/Default.asp They usually have mounts that fit your specific vehicle that just clip around the trim without any marring or anything. I us
Greetings all! I recently came upon a good deal on an FT-726R to get me on 2 meters and 432. This radio has the 10-15 meter module, but I don't need the HF module since my Kenwood has me covered ther
Holy cow! Eliminating rover to rover QSOs would be silly and completely against the spirit of the contest. Rovers are supposed to work as many stations as possible, except if they're rovers? Let's ca
The rules don't say anything about only one signal allowed at a time, so you can put 2 voices on the air. In fact, you can have 2 operators at once plus any number of drivers as long as those drivers
Rock solid, though just be aware that there are some within the ARRL that don't think that contacts made with consumer Wi-Fi gear count, at least in contests. Supposedly the VUAC was going to take th
Whoa! We're getting close to fightin' words. I know there's a lot of strong feelings out there, but we don't _really_ want to head down that road, do we? We're better than that. I suspect that whatev
Ha ha! Actually I had no idea! I just threw that in there because it seemed outlandish - I guess not so much :-). I would like to have seen that, though, it had to be a cool setup. 73! Chris N9YH --
What Mike said is kind of what I thought. I have problems with that 30 QSO limit, not the least of which is the "remedy" being you get pushed up into the Unlimited Rover category. So when a guy like
First of all, why on earth do we have a hard and fast 100 or 30 QSO rule when rovers can have different numbers of bands? A 30 QSO rule affects a 10-band rover more than it would a 4-band rover. If a
I also think the end result of these rules would make a 2.3 GHz and up Limited Rover ineffective as well, so it would eliminate the need to restrict Limited Rovers to certain bands. If Limited Rover
No, Ev, that's not it. Take the proposed 30/50 rules - some people like it (like K4GUN), some people don't (like me) and we're seeing comments both ways. I haven't seen any comments in support of act
As soon as somebody starts complaining about "hamfest circling" I'm out of here! :-D 73! Chris N9YH -- Chris Burke chris@n9yh.com _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing
On another list John K9JK (one of the sponsors) said they were definitely on, but he was a little behind... I assume that means dates should be forthcoming shortly. 73! Chris N9YH -- Chris Burke chri
Greetings all! I'm going to try my best Billy Mays impression in an e-mail Ever had to point your microwave antenna directly at someone, but they didn't know their 6-digit Grid Square? Or maybe they
Simple enough: "Visual aids such as night-vision are not considered a stage of electronic detection." That doesn't let you decode Morse code through night-vision goggles, but it also doesn't preclude
Check www.nationsautoelectric.com. They have a dual alternator kit for 99 and later Chevy/GMC trucks and vans. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting