I should have said the following, too... The chimney is cinder block and of modern construction. I may decide to do one of two things... ... Directly mount a 4' mesh dish and a couple uhf yagis -or..
I just received one of the nicest QSL envelopes in the mail...from Nate (WY0X/r). It included two QSL's from the June VHF QSO Party and a Thank You note for my being active and working his Rover...ma
PLEASE REPLY DIRECT Would anyone be interested in a warmup to the January VHF SS, with a twist? I've been asked to find out if there would be enough interest in running a 4-hour sprint-style VHF cont
QSO's made to less than 100km = 1 point QSO's made out to 200km = 2 points QSO's made out to 300km = 3 points QSO's made out to 400km = 4 points ... QSO's made out to 10000km = 200 points You get the
-- Original Message -- PLEASE REPLY DIRECT Would anyone be interested in a warmup to the January VHF SS, with a twist? What is "enough" interest? 50 positive replies (without commitment to actually d
All times are "local". I have no idea how this plays in areas where time zones meet, I'm afraid ... but it is an excellent strategy to "mop up" with stations that said "432 later", etc. 50-MHz @ 6:00
A question for you experts out there. In the Spring, I plan to put some small antennas up on the roof, including a 1296 loop beam. The coax run is straight to my rig with 125 feet of low loss coax (B
-- Original Message -- I think many try out the loop, don't hear anything because of its poor performance, and then give up on 2 meter SSB because there "is no activity." -- It has been my experience
The morph of the thread into APRS is an interesting one if we concentrate on the underlying issue: the human desire to socialize. HF Contesting allows humans to socialize easily, so it is quite popul
The strategy of using APRS in support of VHF contesting is both real and solidly supported by the ARRL. When APRS is configured to run in this way, it is called "HamIM" (so as to differentiate it fro
-- Original Message -- APRS being run by rovers does you little good when they are out of "FM with an omni" antenna range. -- The same can be said for any strategy. For instance, "CW does little good
Guys, there is no "rover flaw". You are limiting your creativity by assuming rules that don't exist. APRS (as it is, without the HamIM strategy overlayed) is PERFECTLY legal to be used during VHF con
There are two issues at play: use of APRS to assist in making valid QSO's (where such assistance is allowed) vs. using APRS QSO's as valid contest QSO's. HamIM (APRS on simplex w/o Internet links) co
On the downside I really did miss using the web based real-time logging for this event. I had become accustomed to it being my normal way to participate in a Sprint. I really do hope that it returns
Tonight is the North American 432 MHz Spring Sprint. RFSport.com has released a public beta of the logging system. Why Beta? Because the Sprints now allow for the exchange of Grid-6 as an option (tho
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Here's the link to the RFSport.com near-realtime logger and scoreboard for the 9 brave souls that provided public beta testing of the system. http://tinyurl.com/3clwh7 Note: PI=Performance Index = Op
Here is a quote from some fella by the name of Riley Hollingsworth, as attributed to a Dayton speech he made: <snip> But what concerns me most is this: You still need to "lighten up." I said that las
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-- Original Message -- I have a WSJT FSK441 contact in the June test. What is the appropriate mode abbreviation to enter in the log? Choices seem to be phone cw or rtty. -- It would be VERY cool if y