I've seen a lot of good suggestions on increasing activity. I had not done any contesting (save Field Day) before this year and I had no equipment on SSB above 50MHz until last year. I have always wa
Steve, Most folks are trying to work as many people in as many places (far away) as possible. Since FM requires much more RF in order to go the same distance and be understandable, most folks start w
Well, having made a comment about not using FM much, I was reminded of when all I had on 1296 was an FM talkie. I hooked it up to a good antenna for a contest and called CQ on 1296.1 FM. The bands we
Howdy, Mike, N5MP, and I will head North from Dallas tomorrow morning and be in place in EM24 to start . we'll the proceed south through the D/FW Metroplex and on south towards Austin. We'll be activ
This is a resend without the photos as they didn't pass muster with the list bot. _____ I apologize for the late notice on this - I really wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull all of this off t
I apologize for the late notice on this - I really wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull all of this off this late in the game with everything I have going on. I am headed to West Texas, New Mex
The ARRL doesn't want anyone to use APRS during a contest. Is it a problem during CQ contests (specifically this coming weekend)? Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AFA4SH EM1
Well, I checked the January scores and found out that although I had the top score in Texas for a Rover, three guys from California grid-circled their way to Texas and were scored in my region with 2
I will be in Austin at noon on Saturday and will begin rovering from there. Here's the approximate plan. As always, everything is subject to change. I will be accompanied by KE5FDS who will be operat
Whoops, I almost forgot these two: 902 10W 10el beam 1296 3W 10el beam Steve _____ From: Stephen Hicks, N5AC [mailto:n5ac@n5ac.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:20 PM To: 'VHFcontesting@contesting
When I got started in VHF contesting I had a 2m and 432 SSB rig and a 1.2GHz handy talkie (FM Only). On my first rovering attempt, I asked about using FM and how would I get the attention of folks to
Amen... great post, Buck. 73/Steve Hello Kenneth, -snip Doesn't general contest rule 8 specifically allow club competition? Isn't the point that one wants one's own club to win the contest? I can und
John, I do not seal most of the coax on my rover (perhaps I should), but when I do, I have found that the best stuff I have ever used is a combination of Scotch 23 splicing tape and Scotch electrical
I run several GPSs in the truck when roving, specifically a Garmin GPS 182C, a 276C and on occasion a Motorola Encore. The 182C does make some noise and I have had to turn it off on rare occasions a
I never met Bill, W3IY, personally. I became interested in roving about a year ago and I attended Microwave Update 2004 to learn what I could. MUD was great, but I found myself wanting for more on ro
I stacked lowest on top for my mobile roving installation using this rationale... 2m on top, 220 below, 432 below, etc. It doesn't have the pretty Christmas tree look, but the idea was to get the 2m
Mast? I use a PVC pipe square that is about 2' tall, 4' wide and 6' deep on top of the truck. It's like a cube and it seems to do fine at 80+ MPH. You have to turn to rotate the antennas. Works fine
I've had very good luck with N3FJP's contest logger also. I've used it in about 4 VHF contests so far. It is also bullet-proof. If your computer dies, you don't lose a thing. It's not too fancy and
I've used an 857D as a transverter and I use the jack on the back of the rig that has PTT and ALC on it. I got one of those stereo-mini to dual RCA (red/white) type cables and plug into the back of t
I've just loaded WSJT and started playing with it some - I've got an interface I'm trying to get working also. Not having had any experience with this, can someone give me a pointer to some text I ca