I'm in the process of changing my address from comcast to gmail. I'll still be using the comcast address for a while, but please change my address in your book to k4gun.r@gmail.com thanks. Steve Clif
Believe it or not, the Elk dual band log periodic works pretty well and diassembles down to almost nothing. I used one in Jan of last year and was pretty happy with the results. Its not a long boom y
The contest is going to be a much smaller operation for K4RUN/R. My first problem is that I can't take off from work like I have done in the past. The next problem is that funds are running very low
Here is an idea I've been kicking around for these contests. Rovers are not often crossing paths. It would seem to me that in the heat of a contest with a lot of QSYing and moving that rovers could a
But does anybody actually use .240 in the contests? I'm really a newbie as well and have only operated in 3 so far, but I haven't heard a peep from rovers on any specific frequency. The only frequenc
Yup... being a low power station (160ish watts on 144) means its not easy to grab attention. The big gun stations you mention, plus W3SO, W4IY (in June and Sept), YTL and a number of others are easy
The "Common Rover Frequency" topic needs a change of title. There's a lot of things being written that just don't make any sense. I've looked at the scores from Chicago and MN and several other areas
Well, the rover is up and running. There have been a number of gremlins that have tried to sabotage the plan, but I think I have things mostly under control. As I stated before, I'll be on the air fo
A common rover frequency can't work. This weekend's contest taught me that. I tried using 144.245 for a while with absolutely no response. I called and called. I then tuned to the calling frequency a
Amazing. That's the one word recap. Things started off slow on Saturday. I worked for the first hour with only 12 QSOs and those were with only 4 stations. I had to go back to work and didn't get to
I've thought about it, but figured its more trouble than its worth. In order to do that, you would take away operating time from the VHF frequencies. You would also need to have an antenna port avail
I know... I know... I sound like a broken record. I'm looking at the soapbox entry for N6NB. http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/?con_id=171 He's got a description of how they have evolved their con
Did you read the soapbox? What did it sound like? It sounded exactly like what K8GP, W4IY and W3SO describe when getting ready for a VHF contest. What's the problem with that? They are Multi-multi st
I agree completely, but would also add a few comments (surprise, right? LOL). This practice is no different than what the multi-op contest groups do. In a large contest club, its usually a few key gu
I've got a brilliant idea. It finally stuck me how to ensure that me and all my closest friends can get into QST every time there is a VHF contest. I don't know why nobody has thought of this before.
Let's be serious here. The stations put together by N6NB are obviously fantastic. They allow a stone cold novice to plug it in and win a category as long as they follow the group. One user of this ki
That's not a negative light. Its simply an observation. Did she build the station? Did she test the antennas? Did she put in the switches? Did she search and pounce or call CQ or did she just follow
I was really afraid this would happen and it has. My comments were misunderstood. I completely agree with your comment about setting a newbie down at a big contest station. Its exactly what is being
Thanks James. I hope I can make clear what my purpose is in making these comments. I'm still struggling to figure out how to change things. I have written my VUAC representatives but have received no
Yes there is. AF6O is a participant in the circling group in question. Although I'm not sure I want to characterize this discussion as a "complaint" about them. I think its more of a discussion about