Hello All....this entire thread is EXACTLY WHY a lot of ops will NEVER use LOTW. The "security" is maniacal, it is way too hard to use, it is based on a defective standard, it only supports a small n
Hello to everyone active on 222. This year, the ARRL January VHF Contest will be held the weekend of January 21st and 22nd. We want to work as many stations on 222 as possible to increase our grid co
Hello All....I have been using PH for WSJT contacts in my log files sent to the ARRL for as long as I have been sending them. What WSJT does is to inject tones into the microphone connector(essential
Hi Roger....I do not use LOTW and will never use LOTW. I consider it a direct assault on the QSL card tradition that has served Amateur Radio extremely well for decades. That I should alter my loggin
You cannot fix STUPID..... When we had a lot of rovers out running around, we often used verticals for 6M. The mag mount 5/8th wave 2M antennas work perfectly well on 6M, so we had a 3el beam up at 1
Hello everyone interested in this topic.....Recently, I posted that I log all "digital" contacts as PH in the VHF contests. I got a few "flames" for that, but my point is that essentially, all the "d
Hello to all VHFers....recently, I saw an email from someone in TX that had a pair of 2MXP20s for sale....with fiberglass cross boom, phasing cables, and all the rest....a complete setup. For some re
Hello all....this is truly bad / sad news. I have met Charlotte on several occasions and each time was a joy. She will be missed for sure. My condolences to Dave and the rest of his family.... 73 Mar
Hello to all VHFers.....I need to make up a long Bird Wattmeter cable for use on a DXpedition. I want to put the pick-up body with the slug here and about 10-12ft away, but the meter movement. For th
Thanks to everyone that responded to my call for some of the old microphone connectors. Several different guys have responded and I have a couple in hand now, with the promise of a few more coming in
Hello all....Don was truly a great man. He knew a lot and helped beginners like me when he did not have to. He will be sorely missed. One very small thing.....the original paper on NBS yagi design wa
Hello to all 222 ops....I would sure like to work a new state or two on 222 in or out of the Sprint. Here are the states that I need that are in meteor scatter range: DE -- about 1200 miles, so tough
Hello to all 2M ops that need Zone2 for a real 40 Zone WAZ. VE3WY-Bob and K5QE-Marshall are planning a DXpedition to Zone2 this summer. The plan is for a 2M EME operation and a 6M terrestrial operati
Hello to all EME and / or VHF operators....I just posted my announcement of our DXpedition to Zone2. Please check that out if you can. We do have one problem that we have not been able to solve at th
Hello to the group.....NEVER MIND DN56!....Just put MT on the air on 222 and 432. There are LOTS of folks that need that state on those bands. MT on 6M and 2M is easy.....but on any higher bands, it
Hello everyone....we have heavy thunderstorms here, with vicious lightning, and a tornado warning. Nothing serious.... So, I will not get on the sprint tonight....Sorry... Marshall K5QE _____________
Hello to all K3s gurus.....Bill-N5YA wants to use his new K3s for the primary 6M radio on our DXpedition to Zone2. I think that the generally held knowledge on the K3 was that it was deaf on 6M, henc
Thanks to all that have responded. Everyone agrees that the K3s has a built in preamp, so you don't need an external one. That will save us some extra steps..... Thanks again for the advice and infor
Hello VHFers....I have two of the big Motorola 902/3 amplifiers that I can bring to Dayton. We are driving this time, so I can find room for them if anyone is interested. We are leaving at the butt c
Hi Everyone...It ought to be as close to the Quadrantids as possible. The Quads normally peak somewhere in Jan 3-5. That shower is a very short one, so if it could fall in the contest that would be g