I always keep a copy of my license with my registration (which has a call plate) .. comes in handy at 2:30AM when you're trying to explain to the officer just what you're doing at the top of the ceme
The Jitney battery bank is getting a bit long in the tooth, and the batteries are bulging just a bit. They're a set of 4 Trojan T-105s (old-style), and they're about 6-7 years old. I'm interested to
Steve, what Xtof and I usually do is make noise on one 2M frequency and pretty much stay there. Once everybody knows you're there every contest, they tune by once in a while and you get enough busine
Wow Jim, I can't disagree more! I give out schedules with tongue firmly planted in cheek to those that insist, but my experience in the last few years is that we hardly ever complete on them. (caveat
http://www.n2mh.net/rovesite.htm Side of road, rest stops, parks .. all usually ok in daylight. Places that close at night might require permission. Best thing to do is go exploring a month or two be
I just looked at your FRN record .. I suspect you might have made a boo-boo when you made your last renewal application. It appears that they granted your "request" to change your operator class from
Anyone ever tried this? I've got 100W+ class amplifiers for 902-3G, which I inherited mounted on huge (12" x 12") heatsinks with standoffs and a protective aluminum plate above the amp (normally inst
I'm contemplating using some Dallas 1-wire stuff for Jitney systems monitoring. Picked up a couple of Crystalfontz CFA-633 displays, which include a 1-wire bridge configured to look at 32 temp sensor
The newly-rebuilt Intergalactic Roving Battle Jitney (J2K) will be roving starting in FM26, then traveling through FM16,FM17,FM27,FM18,FM28,FM19,FM29, and then some combination of grids north of ther
anyone know of one? trying to clean off some N bulkheads for re-use .. de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://list
yup, wire in back de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
wow, I like those controllers! I've got a yeasu 800 (all 12V, all DC) and a 450 (24VAC rotator) .. I may have to pick one of those boxes up and start looking for another 800 ;) de w1rt/john _________
OK .. enough stuff is working that I feel confident in announcing ... The East Coast Grid Grinders will once again deploy (a new, improved, MK3 version of) the Intergalactic Roving Battle Jitney for
Previously I've used a long bench for seating in the Jitney .. I'd like to find something more chair-like, but it can't be much more than 12-13" high at the seat. Anyone got any ideas/suggestions? de
I haven't tried it, but probably won't for the same reason. The APRS-VHF proponents might discuss the possibility of finding a frequency up near the top of the band, maybe 147.57 .. I have a 144-146
Anyone on the east coast happen to have a couple of these PIN diodes laying around? de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.co
I agree with Jon .. publish a sked and then don't worry about it :) Worrying about schedules makes for a not-fun rove .. We'll be on 144.247, btw .. _______________________________________________ VH
Hey Bill .. I'll take the 10136's off your hands .. de w1rt/john _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Here's the more complete schedule ... 1400-1500 FM26 south of Va Beach 1500-1600 travel 1600-2000 FM16/17/27 CBBT 2000-2200 travel 2200-2300 FM28 Deal Island 2300-0030 travel 0030-0130 FM18 Cambridge
Still need to scrub, but preliminary results look like 427 Q, 889 Q-points and 134 mults for a total 119126 .. activating a record (for us) 14 grids. Conditions Saturday were looking good at the star