Anthony, John's advice is good. I expect it might be different a bit from different areas of the country or even county to county. However, my experience is similar to John's. I have stopped many pla
Steve, Dont rule out a generator TOO quickly. Roving plans and configurations tend to snowball. Tom and I started out small, then grew to a lot of bands Then added amplifiers, and had to go to a gene
Joe, I have been using the K1FO Yagis on the "lower" bands and Dave Olean's loop yagis on 903 2304 and 3457 for several years. The loop yagis have no problem with 65 MPH on the interstate. (Trees are
Sick, Yes I am afraid I am sick. I am sick enough that I am not sure I will be able to participate in any more VHF/UHF contests. I have been a rover for quite a few years and a licensed amateur for o
Alex, I agree that mounting it a couple feet above the roof would be a disaster. Tom and I started that way, and we worked very few contacts. Even when the band was wide open, people said we were ver
John, I love the pictures, thanks. I am going to have to take some of mine when I finish. I see hardly any cables, how did you accomplish that? I seem to be knee deep in cables all the time. Jack WA2
WA2IID Sept 2009 roving plans Saturday Mohawk Mt CT FN31it Kingston Golden Hill FN21xv Point Lookout FN22wi travel dinner thruway exit 21 B FN32cj Sunday overnight at best western FN32cj Hermance Roa
Gene and Les, I partially agree and partially disagree (so what else is new!) I absolutely agree rovers must obey the law, including getting totally off the road.. Most of the time Emergency vehilces
Hi John, Lots of great questions there. It is not just an "either/or" batteries and generators. Let me describe what I am doing and hope it helps you a little bit. First, I am running LOTS lower powe
Mike, The logging software I use is Tom Mayo's Roverlog: http://www.2ub.org/roverlog/ It has all the functions that a rover needs (Not counting dupe when made from a new grid, correct rover scoring f
Well, I sure don't have any real scientific evidence but it appears to me that at least in the contests there are a lot more contacts on 222 than 1296. I seem to get about double on 222. Just browsin
The following is the tentative plan for June roving for Tom and me. As usual, all times are tentative (rovers learn quickly to expect the unexpected!) Most times we expect to be up around 144.230 giv