Hi, I'm planning a visit to CO81oa at approx 4,200 feet above sea level next weekend. (North of Goldbridge BC.) The final schedule is still to be determined but I expect to be setup on Sunday Sept 11
I expect to be on for at least some of the Sprint tomorrow from my home in CN89. Will be on 144.200 for the most part but will likely try some FSK441 meteor scatter towards the end of the Sprint. I'l
Hi. I'm planning on operating on 222 from one of the local mountain sides North of Vancouver in CN89 this evening. I don't expect to be on site for the entire sprint but should be on the air at the s
Hi does anyone know of a web site that explains why loop yagis are horizontally or vertically linearly polarized ? I recently gave a presentation to a local club on VHF and up weak signal operating a
Thanks all for the on and off list responses. The reminder re the current and voltage min and max points in the circular elements was helpful. 73 Mark S VE7AFZ Sent from my iPhone ___________________
Hi this is interesting. From a practical perspective I'd be curious in knowing if there is much difference in what needed to be successful using long haul tropo scatter versus iono scatter on 50 MHz
After reading thru some of the posted materials and links I'm wondering if the the "JT" and related weak signal digital modes might provide enough of an advantage to make iono scatter viable on 50 MH
Hi. I tend to follow these threads with interest as I'm still looking for better ways of setting up my portable / roving station. Currently I'm using military surplus 4 foot long and slightly under 2
Mike I like it. Your solution for the receiver hitch is more or less what I did with a surplus 4 foot aluminum mast section and a pintle adapter for the receiver hitch purchased at a local auto parts
Thanks Erich for the hint re the GRA-4 poles. The aluminum ones I have are ribbed and have round re enforcing sections at the bottom. The are much stronger than the fiberglass camouflage netting pole
Hi Steve. I plan to focus my 6M meteor scatter efforts on MSK144 during the January contest. I plan to have FSK441 available but don't expect to run it except by prior arrangement. If there are other
As a related question what is the current wisdom / custom re selecting which sequence to run ? I'm typically to the North and or West of most other stations and when running FSK441 would usually run
Hi: Is there much interest in running non meteor scatter digital modes in the next contest ? During one of the fall sprints I was prompted by another station to try QRA64 to complete a contact that h
Hi: I confirmed basic MSK144 functionality before the contest at my home station. That being said I encountered issues sending my full VE7AFZ/R call with WSJT-X during the contest. Taking another loo
Hi Sean. I power my 300 watt 6 meter portable station and 300 watt 2M station from a very similar setup. (Two separate 12 volt 100 AH AGM VLRA batteries, charged as needed with a 15 amp battery charg
Hi. Re roving rules one can (usually at least depending on the contest) enter as an un limited rover and be exempted from rule 3.5.3 73 Mark S VE7AFZ Sent from my iPhone _____________________________
Hi Paul. Speaking for myself MSK144 is my default digital mode on 50 and 144 MHz. I believe there are other modes that are be better under certain conditions and uses but so far I'm quite happy with
Hi I've done a modest amount of listening to signals via 144 MHz tropo on Horizontal and Vertical antennas at the same time on different radios. About all I can say with any certainty is that I could
Hi All. I've started down this road (my radios with dedicated transverter connections don't put out out enough power from the transverter ports to run the transverters I want to use, plus I have a ra
Hi I have found FM on 223.5 and 446.0 to be reasonably productive during the sprints. I seem to recall picking up another grid by using FM in one of the recent Sprints. I should also put a bit more e