Thanks to those who helped provide signal reports last night - including a couple "nothing heard" reports. The longest distance confirmation was from K8TQK (EM89je), about 225 miles south, who even l
I've had a similar experience. I wonder if maybe ARRL or some VHF group might start putting out small brochures listing the common VHF/UHF events for the year, calling frequencies, common spotting/p
The beacon is generating some massive broad-spectrum noise (at least for me) during keying on some HF bands. Until I can track this down, I'm going to err on the safe side and take it off the air. It
Hey all, Subject pretty much says it all, I'm hoping to fix my "not so great" station grounding this summer and would like to find a couple of preferably bulkhead-mount lightning arrestors able to co
Like all things in contesting, I think it depends on one's goals and circumstances. Sure, an LPDA will not perform as well as long (maybe even mid-length) yagis. But... it also will cost less, take u
Hey all, Many of you are aware of the common "activity nights" listed in the ARRL Operating Manual: 50MHz Sunday 6PM 144MHz Monday 7PM 222MHz Tuesday 8PM 432MHz Weds 9PM 1296MHz Thurs 10PM 902MHz Fri
Hey all, Subject more or less says it all... I guess better sensitivity, lower noise, better selectivity, and better linearity are the essentials in vague and relative terms, but what attributes do y
Thanks for all the good info. I realize my question is a bit theoretical vs. tied to a particular operating scenario. That is deliberate; there is no one "best" answer, so I was looking for raw info.
Sorry to those on the VHF list, re: my "Re: digest..." subject, oops! A few ideas on this list too, while I'm here.... I won the 2015 September VHF Contest in Michigan Section single-op 3-band with a
Hi all, I'm trying to find good rove spots (not so much today but in general), and curious if anyone prefers splat, radiomobile, or something else, for doing topo mapping and path analysis. Related t
Hi all, Hopefully this is on-topic for rover/RVer types out there: I came across several late-2000s Mini-ITX/Micro-ATX car PCs which have GPS module and a GSM/GPRS cellular modem built into the chass
To be fair, the stock 9100 covers 12 bands over two decades of RF. I have to admit I share some disappointment that 222 (and 33cm while we're dreaming) can't be included in a $1500-$2000 dedicated V/
I know I'm a just a blip on the radar for VHF contests but since you asked.... I had the best 2m sprint I've ever had, here in EN82 - sorry to say but it was mostly due to FT8. Reached the usual hand
Cushcraft A430-11S is a center-mounted 4.6' boom I have a Diamond A430S10 (center-mounted 43") which works decently. Patrick KB8DGC _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mail
My _recollection_ is that, in the present era, rover stations are treated as a fully separate station. Also this seems to be corroborated by previous discussion here on the list, from May 20, 2015, w
All very good points [below] I can identify with firsthand. How about leaving the "real contests" as they are, but taking the existing ARRL activity night schedule and designating the first full week
The problem is that nobody is taking the few seconds to reach for a mic/key once in a while during a 33-hour contest, right? I do not see how a legacy category will solve this - it will make it easie