You do need to be careful to transmit no more than one signal per band at any one time. What I have done to insure this is to build a simple interlock. I connect the microphones for the SSB rig and t
Exactly right Joel. Endless discussions beating a dead horse on subjects such as declining participation, logging, arbitrary rules changes and scoring schemes, etc. does more to decrease activity tha
Ev, I am not sure how your configuration prevents two signals on a band at one time. I have done this in hardware by building a transistor/relay control box for sequencing the mic PTT and the CW keye
George, As you can see from the replies, there certainly are a lot of choices. Don't forget to look at Tom's RoverLog. http://www.2ub.org/roverlog/ Many of the programs do not score correctly for rov
JT: I am not using the Rohn ones, but I did buy some telescoping fiberglass masts that seem to work great for roving. I got them from Max-Gain Systems in Georgia (Alan Bond) He has various size tubes
Bill, I think by the ARRL VHF rules, any repeater frequencies should not be used: 1.7.Retransmitting either or both stations, or use of repeater frequencies, is not permitted. Jack WA2IID -- Original
To some extent, I agree with many of the comments made so far. As Buck says, you can always form your own grid circiling group if you want to be in that category. I have even thought about doing so.
Can't help throwing in another 2 cents worth. First,It might only be a few of the rovers doing it, and that is our of many dozens (last I checked there were between 50 and 100 rovers per contest). So
Buck, I agree with you that there is too much chatter on grid circling and captive rovers and not nearly enough on such subjects as how to do a better overall job. (Unfortunately, I have to admit to
Frank, couple points: Be careful of your wording on Morse Code (CW). The FCC ISN'T "removing it from being required" They are dropping the testing requirement. The requirement for code/data only band
It is truly a great loss to the community of amateur radio to have Bill succumbed to cancer. He was a true inspiration to us all. Any time I had a question or problem, all I had to do was send Bill a
Tom and I plan to rove once again this June. Our tentative plan is to start at Hogback Mt. (FN32ou) for the first couple hours, then go up to Mt. Equinox (FN33kd) until about sundown or so (We get in
Jim, I am not sure there is one good answer to your question. I work the VHF/UHF contest from EL99 (St. Augustine Beach Florida). I think all my contacts were on 144.200 (all 13 contacts and 7 grids
Jim, Tom and I use a pure sine wave inverter made by PowerBright. It is 300 Watts continuous 500 peak and seems to have very little noise (certainly less than either the truck engine or the AccuVolt
I am in the process of upgrading my Rover vehicle. Anyone interested in purchasing my current rover vehicle can see it on my web site: http://www.frontiernet.net/~ihi/ it is a 1997 Ford Expedition wi
Is there any microwave activity days efforts going on in New England? I assume it is still the first Saturday of the month. I am just finishing up putting my rover back together in a new package and
Steve, I suggest you contact Chuck Hoover K0VXM on Merritt Island. He is pretty much the resident expert in UHF and microwave in the central Florida area. He runs an open net on 432.100 on Thursday e
I guess I am a little confused. When I looked on the ARRL web site, the results of the September 2007 VHF contest are not yet posted! When I looked at other contests, the column marked QSOs seems to
Steve, I think you are on the right track. In general the antennas are very important and speed of setup and take down is also very important since it detracts from operating time. The only exception