That would be the "Awards Committee", according to the ARRL's "General Rule 2.3", which states: " 2.3.Entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the ARRL Awards Committee." It seems that we have
My favorite VHF contests of the calendar year are the spring and fall sprints. Thank you, Gene ... for mentioning and recapping the sprints in your QST column this month. Regards, Ev, W2EV __________
CW skills are still essential to the VHF contester. Hone yours in an event that mimics VHF contesting's Grid-based exchange...on 160 meters! http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html Regards, Ev, W2EV ____
meters! CW at "HF speeds" can be quite intimidating to VHFers who are used to slower sppeds due to fading, marginal signals. That being said, let's try to establish a QRS (slow-speed CW) segment for
So how bad do you think the APRS signal is going to be for the 2m SSB station? -- The frequency difference between 144.39 and 144.2 is only 190-kHz. This is much too narrow for a filter of any sort.
Expense and complexity is the barrier. 30 meter SSB transceiver alone costs more than the entire VHF solution does. At 300 baud, tuning is critical as well. AX.25 on 2-m FM is "plug, play and forget"
The "plan" if you could call it that, is to try to ... <snip> If the weather is absolutely terrible then the route might... <snip> However, if the snow isn't piling up on the highways, there may be o
Sorry to hit the whole list, but can someone refresh my memory and tell me the time, day of week, and freq of the 2mtr and 432MHz weekly activity nights here in California? -- Tim, The non-state-spec
Hi Guys, When setting up APRS in your rovers, use the LP or /P symbol. I lobbied long and hard for it 15 years ago in anticipation of this day. :)) If all rovers use it, then it is easy to track them
Here's a strategy... When inputting your call sign, give it an SSID of -15. Therefore...stations with /P (Puppy) and -15 will be contest rovers, easily identified at a glance, on the chart found here
As everyone knows by now, the ARRL has authorized Rovers to TX-only their position and allowed Multi-Operator Class stations to receive it via RF or via Internet. With the contest coming up this week
Thanks to a conversation with Mark (N2MH), a few other items came to light that will help to maximize your contest-APRS effectiveness. These apply only to APRS on 144.39 MHz because it deals with DIG
Ugh. The URL to view contest rovers on findU got broken in the original message. Here it is again. Please accept my apology for yet another message so soon. http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?ic
-- Original Message -- Seems like everyone wants to talk about the rules, but what good are they if they are not enforced? The people that are not within the rules should be called on the carpet by t
-- Original Message -- -- There is no definition of this term ("spotting") to know if it happens or not. Yes, it is illegal for many contests/categories, but it has no common definition. Ev, W2EV ___
Sadly, just as differences in appearance and speech tend to create racial divides in society, differences in: A. propagation B. population C. purpose between HF and VHF tend to surface differences be
A QRO VHF contesters' "sphere of communication" is less than that of even a QRP HF contester. There are simply fewer possible VHF targets to log. As a result... 1. Vintage VHF contesters love CW (it
If using a mast adds too much complexity, remember that there are other ways to get an additional 3-6dB (or more) of power at the horizon. Use a power amplifier (with a pre-amp). :) It has been my ex
I'm sprinted out. :) Now, time for the family. With 100 watts and 4x Halo's up a 40 foot tower, here's what I worked. The RED dot is my actual location in FN03. http://tinyurl.com/4pk94a The actual c
HamIM has it's roots in one of the most nostalgic times in Amateur Radio: 1980's simplex AX.25 operations. In fact, HamIM is the epitome of simplex, non-assisted, all-Amateur communication. HamIM is