Steve, K4GUN, made an interesting comment. Well, more than one, but this one is a really good suggestion I think for rovers in areas with very limited activity: population centers. I want to be I rem
Lemme answer my own post. WM5R used to make these: http://www.wm5r.org/maps/ Boy, do I live in the wrong place. 73, --Alex KR1ST (EM92wx) http://www.kr1st.com ________________________________________
I think the relevancy of an operating class as seen by a contest sponsor is shown by the awards it offers. For the VHF QSO party my wife and I participated in as a first time rover, this is all that
Wow, that is really cool, Steve! Our rover was a Toyota, does that help? ;-) 73, --Alex KR1ST http://www.kr1st.com _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontes
If you do decide you want a IC-7000, it can be had for just under 1100 I think on Friday and Saturday. I have a FT-897 with the internal power supply that can switch between 110/230V and it makes a g
Usually the first indication is a high SWR indication, on the display, on a well matched antenna system (not on a dummy load!). This indicates that the rig is oscillating on a frequency outside the
And believe it or not, the HW-101 had grounding issues that could be remedied by tightening the mounting screws for the PCBs. :) So always keep that screw driver handy. :) 73, --Alex KR1ST http://www
Something similar happened to me too, but with the MEM/VFO Ch know. You can fix this yourself. It's not really hard if you're somewhat confident in fixing electronics, it just takes some time getting
So what did you find is the reason the amplifiers stages broke into oscillation? Please share with us how you fixed it so we can all learn from you. I'm especially curious since you are able to class
Hi Jeff, Just a word of caution, don't be tempted by 2m and 70cm models that share a single boom and a single feed line for weak signal work. The 70cm antenna will not work properly for horizontal p
I called many many times on 6m and 2m and listened for hours on end. All this netted me 1 contact with a local ham. V/UHF weak signal is an utter waste of time in the Lowcountry of SC. 73, --Alex KR1
I found a very nice surprise this afternoon on my front porch. Fedex brought a package from the ARRL. It was a plaque for our (my wife and I) effort in the Limited Rover category in the 2008 June VHF
Hello ya'll, My wife and I are thinking of being a rover again for the June contest. I'm trying to come up with some simple antennas for the new rover. No mast with beams this time as it just takes t
Hi there, My wife and I will be a Parking Garage Roof Rover again this year in the flatlands of Charleston, SC. We will start to operate from EM93 at 23:00 UTC (7pm EST) on Saturday evening and from
I've used the 16ft telescopic flag pole ($37) for roving from Harborfreight: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92901 They also have a 20ft ($60) one: http://www.harbor