A very nice hour-and-a-half opening here in HC yesterday afternoon. Worked FG (2), FM (1), HI (3), KP4 (12), XE (8) plus 21 US stations (17 FL, 3 TX and 1 LA). Some stations were worked twice, once o
The ARRL CAC does not make the rules for ARRL Contests. Rules or changes are proposed by those on the Membership Services Committee to the ARRL Board of Directors, who approve/disapprove of the propo
See designs on the G0KSC website, here - http://www.g0ksc.co.uk/ I've built a number of LFA antennas, covering 70cms thu 6M, and have been happy with their performance and simplicity of construction.
Why? What is the attraction of a loop over a yagi? Simple common sense should tell one that a larger antenna will perform better. . On two occasions I tried to give one of these guys a real 6M antenn
On 9/17/2013 9:10 PM, K8TB wrote: The main disadvantage of a 4 bay omni is lthat you will pick up any QRN located anywhere. But a 4 bay absolutely has gain on the horizon. A 4 bay would have the prov
It wouldn't allow you to null out noise coming from a specific direction, which can be useful also. 73 John AF5CC The gain of a yagis the result of "compression" of the vertical and horizontal planes
I suggest taking a look at comments submitted on the 3830 scores web page. Depressing things like: It was interesting moving from my 160 mtr dipole to a M2 3L yagi in the middle of the contest. Thank
Seems to me that the noise problem is there regardless of loop vs. yagi. The noise on 6 at our contest site is just plain horrible at times with the yagi so I doubt it could be much worse. That is a
On 9/18/2013 1:01 PM, BEAMAR@aol.com wrote: Here in Florida we have not seen a lot of growth on 6M. Most people seem to think the 6M button, on the radio doesn't really work. I wonder what is differe
Glad you put the smiley on there. But, hey, VHF begins at 10 meters! Well... 30 MHz. ARRL could bend perception (like it does by including 222 MHz in the UHF contest - UHF begins at 300 MHz) and make
On 9/19/2013 8:31 AM, beamar wrote: When Six is open, you don't need much. But, the gain of a yagi will get you through a pile up. When I went from a three element yagi to a five element, I did bette
When I purchased the antennas, Norm, KB6KQ, told me to keep the 432 loops away from metal. For mobile, he recommended a wooden (which I used) or fiberglas mast, and he strongly advised against mounti
On 9/19/2013 11:54 AM, Mike (KA5CVH) Urich wrote: On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Jack W6NF <vhfplus@gmail.com> wrote: On 9/19/2013 10:48 AM, Bruce Herrick wrote: The 6 and 2-meter loops worked fin
VHF is not harder than HF. Actually, George, for a "little pistol" in rural Nevada, VHF *is* harder. Being a NV mult was generally worth 10db and, with 100 watts, we could, on occasion, hold a run fr
Dave N2RHL Charter member of the Niagara Frontier RadioSport contest club. No, the September VHF Contest is the "deadest" based on logs entered. In 2011 the CQ contest had 744 logs entered, the Septe
73, Zack W9SZ VHF is not harder than HF. Actually, George, for a "little pistol" in rural Nevada, VHF *is* harder. Being a NV mult was generally worth 10db and, with 100 watts, we could, on occasion,