Gang, K2QO/R here. My partner W2TAU and I will be on the road with a brand new route for what will hopefully be a superb June contest! Since roving in eastern PA is totally new to us, we will not tak
Hi Gang, My log submission for CQWWVHF was bounced back. I used N3FJPs VHF 2.8 for the contest. The main issue was that EVERY QSO came back as unrecognized due to a date format problem. Funny thing i
Hi Gang, K2QO will be QRV this weekend for the QSO party. This time out I will be trying something completely new; no partner and only the lower 4 bands. So, it is Limited Rover for me this time out.
Gang, I used Elecraft 222 transverter in my rover with an FT817 as the IF. I had problems right from the start. When transmitting on 6M the transverter would lights would start flashing. My rover par
Gang, I forgot to mention one thing I really don't like about the Elecraft XV222 combined with my K2. This combo has fixed semi-QSK that is just fast enough to be really annoying. I like it hard keye
Hi Gang, K2QO here looking for some basic info. Next week I will be running WSJT on 6 and 2M for the Sweeps. As of today, all I have running is PSK31 using DigiPan. In fact, I just made my first ever
Hi Gang, I have good news and bad news, and it is the SAME news. The K2QO rover ops will be participating in the contest, but not roving this time out. This will be the maiden voyage for my home stat
Gang, K2QO/R here. My rover partner, W2TAU, and I will be on the road for what will hopefully be a superb June contest! Last year we roved in eastern PA and found some spots chained off, roads that w
Hi Gang, I am guessing that the dearth of soapbox entries at ARRL for the June VHF is due to the changes in the Web site which have made entering a report, editing a report, and reading the past resu
Hi Gang, I'm considering a new rig for the shack. I am darn tired of ripping my shack apart for every rover run and FD. Right now I use a K2 for HF and an FT-100D for 6 and 2M. The K2 is slated for F
Hi Gang, K2QO is putting together a somewhat hasty effort for the August UHF. I'll be out on a solo mission with the lower 6 bands (222, 432, 903, 1296, 2304, 3456). The station has great power on th
Hi Gang, The K2QO rover team will be testing new spots this contest. We are starting the September VHF QSO party on Dennis Hill in FN31 in CT. We'd like to follow that up with a nice spot in FN32. Th
Hi Gang, K2QO/R here. My substitute rover partner, K2ZR, and I will be on the road with a new route! This year we are starting in FN31, western CT. Our setup is 50MHz - 3456MHz CW/SSB, plus laser. We
Hi Gang, K2QO/r here. Has anyone tried the newer Sears Platinum Die Hard Marine batteries for their rover? I run an all DC setup and need couple of new batteries. I've been using the yellow and black
Dave, Charging could not be simpler. I have #8 conductors connected to the battery terminals in the engine compartment of my Saturn Vue, fused at 40A near the battery and terminated near the West Mtn
Drew, Yes, the batteries travel in the back of the SUV but they are in battery boxes which are tied down. I'd still feel better using the non-wet batteries though. I also might consider one bigger Op
Hi Austin, The custom designed charge circuit we were using was essentially the same as the PWRGate unit. Turns out that given cable losses, max alternator output, etc, we were getting about 9-10 amp
Hi Gang, Don't know my exact route yet, but I will be QRV Tuesday night as a rover in the Fall 222 Sprint. I'll do at least FN03 and FN02. If I get an early start I'll also tackle 12 and 13. Unless a
*If you worked K2QO/R last night, please read this!!* OK, this may be untoward or outside of the rules of the Sprint, but here goes. Last night while in my 2nd grid, I looked at my iPod Touch and the
Hi Gang, If you found the 222 sprint last week to be fun, tomorrow's Sprint will be 2X the fun! AB2YI/r and K2QO/r are tackling FOUR grids. Here is the plan: 7:00PM One of us will be in FN13 and the