Folks, I hate to say it but I think the majority of the problem is laziness. We had a decent TEP opening on 6m the other night and I worked a lot of LU, CX, and CE stations, unfortunately on FT8 but
I completed my WAS on 2m back in the 80's - #116, using believe it or not, six Cushcraft Jr. boomers. No mods, still the trigonal reflectors. I had a 98% success rate. Is this fantasy?? No, I had des
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All laptops are spoken for. Thanks and when more become available I'll let everyone know. Terry Price - W8ZN Directive Systems and Engineering 703-754-3876 ___________________________________________
Why can't we just keep the 3 contests at the same dates but make them 48 hrs like HF contests and make the first 24hrs analog and the 2nd 24hrs digital with the ability to work folks on both modes. S
FT8 has its' place, I can work distant stations that are far less equipped that I could on cw and some operators don't operate cw so it's not in anyones' best interest to penalize digital modes. It's
Yes, the new "improved" version is better but due to the limitations of the number of characters that can be sent, if you worked a station some time previously and you want to pass him to a different
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All laptops are spoken for. Thanks and I'll send out another email when more are available. Terry Price - W8ZN Directive Systems and Engineering 703-754-3876 _________________________________________
My 222 transverter is working and I will be on tonight from FM09te. Terry Price - W8ZN _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://l
Worked 20 folks tonight which for conditions was pretty good. K1WHS was weaker than normal and caught him on FT8. Worked a newbie, KK4MA in EM93 at over 400 miles and he was +5 at times and easily co
Well I planned on being on tonight but the SWR is out of sight due to ice, hope the band is in good shape for everyone !! Terry Price - W8ZN Directive Systems and Engineering 703-754-3876 ___________
I will be on from FM09te and monitor ON4KST for skeds. Terry Price - W8ZN Directive Systems and Engineering 703-754-3876 _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHF
I will be on tonight, at least one eye is still working!! Also look for W4FVQ in EM79RB. Denny runs a pair of FO16's and 100w. I believe he can do all modes. Terry ___________________________________
Good activity, Worked 18 folks, a couple of new ones. K8TQK on FT8, KE8AKW EN80 FT8 +11 !!!, N8XQM EN80 FT8 +13 !!! , K8BB EN82 CW 559. I heard WA1MBA very good (539) on cw but he never heard me. Hea
Fired up the 222 gear and was greeted with high SWR, it's been VERY windy here today so something got knocked loose. See you all next week !! Terry Price - W8ZN ______________________________________
After replacing my antenna and feedline, my SWR issues are resolved, looking forward to working everyone tomorrow evening in the 222 sprint. REMEMBER, you can work folks both of analog and digital. T
Thanks to help from K1RZ and K4MEP (wife!!) I have my IC905 and add on box with 902 and 3400 up and running. Been copying beacons all over so I think it's working pretty well. I'll be on at 8 AM EDT
To anyone interested, I've given a presentation on the IC-905 to a couple of conferences in the past, it's available on the Directive Systems website under the tech notes section. I included my 33cm
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