I'll be out roving this weekend in the ARRL September VHF QSO Party as follows (some booked-up sked periods and drive times are not shown, though I will have a limited capability in motion). Times i
Just 6 QSOs but I worked everyone I heard with a new small amplifier in line, so I am reasonably pleased. Best dx was K3TUF at 494 km. Heard some very interesting propagation in the signals from K3TU
I'll be out roving this weekend in the ARRL June VHF QSO Party as follows (some booked-up sked periods and drive times are not shown, though I will have a limited capability in motion). Times in UTC.
I'll be out roving this weekend in the ARRL Sept. VHF QSO Party as follows (some drive times are not shown, though I will have a limited capability in motion). Times in UTC. Saturday 1930-2130 FN14ba
Carl: I have built quagis in the past and they worked fine, though usually a good modern wood-boom Yagi design can do a bit better performance-wise at no more cost. I suspect you will find getting a
Murray, VE3NPB, and I plan to be active in the CQ WW VHF Contest this weekend from relatively rare grid FN05, under my call. We'll have 100 W and 3 elements on 6 m and 300 W and 7 elements on 2 m. If
Les I am hoping to make one optical QSO with a rover this weekend, either with laser-pointer/laser level based gear or my newer red LED equipment (see the optical links at http://www.qsl.net/ve3sma/d
It seems there may be a fair amount of activity from VE3's in the Microwave Sprint. So far we have interest from VA3TO - 10 GHz VE3EG (formerly VE3HHT) - 10 GHz VE3CRU/R - hopefully 903/1296/2304/345
John: Here's a start on some of your questions.....I too started out as an HF contester but have been spending more time on VHF than HF for many years. (1) A dipole on 6m will get you some QSOs. It's
After a hiatus last year, I am going to attempt a rove again this weekend. I'll have SSB/CW gear for all bands from 50 MHz to 10GHz plus 24 GHz FM and light. Here's my schedule: Saturday 1800-2000 UT
I had a single report this past weekend that I had chirp on 222 MHz CW. Did anyone else hear this from me (or FMing on my 222 MHz SSB signal) ? Or either of those effects on 50 or 432 MHz, which shar
Thanks, Ian and all the others who emailed me off-list. Seems I have some improvements to make ! 73, Steve VE3SMA _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontest
I second the opinion about log periodics. They really come into their own when you are trying to cover 3 or more bands, but it takes a lot of LP aluminum to equal a 3 element Yagi for gain. You could
Tom, VE3RSA, and I plan to operate from FN05ce (usually a pretty rare grid) this weekend in the CQ WW VHF Contest. We'll have about 100 W on both 6 & 2m, with a 7 element Yagi on 2m and a 3 element
It seems a number of people have had a go at optimizing the original quagi design... http://www.qsl.net/ik1hge/homebrew/homebrew.html http://www.iw5edi.com/ham-radio/?the-w5un-2-meter-quagi-97,85 h
I'll be out roving this weekend in the ARRL Sept. VHF QSO Party as follows (some drive times are not shown, though I will have a limited capability in motion). Times in UTC. Saturday 1800-1915 Mobil
I am planning to rove again this weekend. I'll have SSB/CW gear for all bands from 50 MHz to 10GHz (just horns on 3 GHz & up) plus 24 GHz FM and light. Here's my schedule: Saturday 1800-1930 UTC Mo
Murray, VE3NPB, and I plan to be active once again in next weekend's CQ Worldwide VHF Contest from relatively rare grid FN05, using my callsign. We plan to run about 100 W to a 3 element beam on 50 M
Dan: I've used the HTX-100 in the past on 50/222/432, with a mod to get low power out. It works, but does have its limitations as Zack says. Mine is also a bit sensitive to low battery voltage (resul
We're planning to be on again as a multi-op from fairly rare grid FN05 (about 200 km north of Toronto in FN05ce) for the CQ Worldwide VHF Contest this coming weekend, using my call, VE3SMA. With any