Just as an interesting side-note for us network technology buffs... sorry if it's a bit OT for the VHF list, but I'm sure folks here are into this stuff, at least some of us... SANS is reporting this
Yeah, I think Alan is mixing up the "usual" contest rules and the Sprint rules. Sprints allow phone, Internet, whatever... Nate WY0X _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mail
Put down the radio and step away from the vehicle, sir! LOL! Are we going to have to print up "Roving is not a Crime" bumper stickers, like the skateboarder kids have? :-) In all seriousness, it woul
I don't think he meant "hostile" in the traditional sense. I read his "hostile" description as "crowded band conditions", since in context he was talking about the radio's adjacent channel rejection
File comments with the FCC, folks. There's been virtually no comments on this yet: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-4606A1.pdf VHF'ers... 902 MHz users especially... Deadline:
Darn, I noticed it was QSO points and not QSO's quite early on, and was enjoying figuring out how much higher band multipliers help some of the stations (myself included) over raw QSO's. My QSO point
I forget which specific mailing list had the first note about hams making sure to make comments on the official request to the FCC by a manufacturer who wanted a waiver to operate a 25W ERP unlicense
Nah Bruce, it doesn't take any fun away. If you get lucky and beat the pants off of 'em, your smile when the magazine arrives is even bigger. It's all about perspective. "Work 'em all and let God sor
Sorry to add another "Me too", but thanks to those who are at least giving some changes a shot to see if it helps. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X nate@natetech.com ______________________________________________
This leads into an interesting discussion of STRATEGY, Gregg... which is far more interesting than discussion about the rules! While it may be more "fun" to many of us to make that 30 minute 2304 con
It's fun, isn't it? Depending on a lot of factors, your operating "style" will be different than a lot of other Rovers. It's a very interesting category. I'll just make some comments scattered below.
[snipped Duff's good description of low-population-density rover ops out here away from the coasts...] I only would add one more technique to his: Keep (either on paper or usually mentally) track of
Yeah, that brings up another thought from me... I've started hunting for a good quality portable recording device for the rover. Preferably solid-state, but I've looked at the microcassette recorders
Just from news on this list, they recently made a move to Florida, and your thought that they're probably enjoying a Christmas break is probably accurate too. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X nate@natetech.com __
Postal rate increases everywhere sure make eQSL.cc and LotW and any other types of "free" electronic logging look a lot more reasonable every day, don't they? Nate WY0X ______________________________
Other than membership in the only organization that supports hams nationwide and sponsors most of the VHF contests... ???? Do they charge for LotW these days? Maybe I missed something. I was just rep
Yeah, pretty much the only way to make this all easier is to keep the rules to a minimum, and in ONE place. Taxes is a similar problem. They pay lots of people in real jobs to hunt down all of THOSE
That would be the driver's seat, for us rovers... LOL! And actually, your butt hurts after almost two days of driving... Standing NEXT to the vehicle is an option if the WX is good and the wind's not
The good rovers don't answer the phone anyway, we're too busy making contacts. Welcome to Mr. Voice Mail. Leave a message, call you back next weekend! LOL! I only answer the cell phone for a SELECT f
Anyone driving transverters with one? How is the connectivity? Different pins for keying different bands (for pre-amps, etc.)? -- Nate Duehr, WY0X nate@natetech.com p.s. I'm not on all those other li