Why is it unfair? Because you weren't the subject of the QSO? That makes it unethical? No, this isn't unfair, unethical or anything. It's the nature of competition. If I choose to work only ONE stati
Some things to consider: 1) QSOs on 10GHz are harder to complete than on 50MHz. I don't know many folks with a 3-degree B/W on 6 meters. I don't think my Commander II will make 1000w on 10GHz, though
Those were the internal PBX station to station intercoms. I'll betcha there's a telephone in EVERY bloody shack in America, too. Next thing, It'll be questioning the HF radio as the IF. They CAN be u
Those videos are the brainchild of W2EV, who's been documenting all sorts of neat-o VHF+ activity in the Rochester area for the past number of years. The N2WK M/M video was old stuff, shot in 1995 -
I believe the ARRL website with the Jan 24/25th. N1ND watches this reflector- he can comment if that's incorrect. I'm going to guess it's more a change to avoid the NFL Conference Championships (Jan
For once, I agree with Kenneth! See, I like the idea of the contest, where the person who makes the most QSOs and multipliers wins (independent of category). I live in the Atlantic Division, Western
I believe that was his entire point. That it's EASIER to build a competitive station with fewer bands HAS taken away from the potential pool of uWave activity. If I can WIN M/L, and be a speck in the
So, what you are saying is... Since i'm a microwave-head, I live in the fabled northeastern USA, and because of that, I'm killing VHF contesting experiences for everyone else. Kewl. Mark, K2AXX Yeah
Decided that the lower-4 bands were killing my entire VHF contesting experience. Whole thing is up for sale. 50MHz: Kenwood TS-930S #1 + SSB Electronics LT6S + 600w amp + 7el Yagi (will toss in the s
The same argument can be made about becoming a competitive HF contest station. It's expensive, it takes a lot of time and effort to build a station, and a lot of time and effort to learn how to use
George, Thanks for levelling me out! You are 100% correct - MANY times these categories have been won from regions other than the Northeast. And VERY capable stations outside of the "golden corridor"
RIGHT ON! Ken, this is EXACTLY the problem with getting more action on the microwaves! It's expensive (or can be, at least), time consuming and sometimes frustrating like no tomorrow! The BEST suppor
Hang on. As one of the "Non Rover" commenters on the eHam.net posting - I think it necessary to point a couple things out: 1) I agree with you, things aren't as broken as some are making it out to be
To the MSC VHF-UHF Contest and Awards Subcommittee: On behalf of the members of the Rochester VHF Group, we would like to reply to the Contest Proposals that have been presented in this email. As Cha
To the MSC VHF-UHF Contest and Awards Subcommittee: I really don't think our input will change anything - but I should speak before it all becomes official. I say this, as the June 2004 Contest Rules
Folks, Half-hearted effort. Was running the Rochester VHF Group weekly 2m Net (9pm-10pm) on 144.260, so was limited by that. However, had a good time poking around the bands for the remainder of the
Hope not. I don't know what the final recommendations are going to be, based on the hundreds of emails, letters that the committee received. I know they were working very hard to come to a good under
Mike, The Rochester, NY area has always had a large FM-only participation level. There is one station (well-equipped for 6m - 1296MHz FM only) who routinely scores 10K, and makes a few hundred QSOs d
It IS an interesting correlation. 1994-1997 are the peak of VHF+ Logs, same time is the trough of HF logs. Do the HF totals reflect international log submissions? If so, those should be extricated fr