It's not so easy. Calculate how far the above figures will actually get you distance-wise. Each band is going to be different. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing li
I consider both positions to enter in and to be relevant. We are in danger of losing a lot of frequencies because vested interests are throwing money around in hopes of making even more money on "the
You might be better off building the Paul Wade 222 MHz transverter from scratch. Although it was originally designed to work with the FT-817, there's no reason you couldn't use it with any rig if you
There are a lot of grid distance programs around. But I think what he had in mind was calculating distances for several hundred QSO's at once. One by one, that would become very time-consuming and te
Yes, there is a less expensive way but it involves some work. I just recently built the 3456 MHz transverter that is in the ARRL UHF/Microwave Projects Manual Vol. 2 (W1VT design) from scratch. The P
[snip] Hopefully this discussion doesn't discourage too many people from trying Roving. But in case some people get the desire to try it, here's a neat tool that has been very valuable to me in findi
That's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow of the Grayline Pearl to you, matey. I've come to get my Rover back! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting
It seems that would be a fairly easy thing to identify with modern computer logs. The ARRL could compile a list of all stations logged in the logs they DO get, and then see what percentage of those s
ARRL VHF QSO PARTY -- 2004 Call: W9SZ Category: Single Operator Power: QRP Band: All Band Mode: CW State: IL Grid: EN50xf, hilltop NE of Urbana, IL BAND QSO QSO PTS GRIDS 144 18 18 12 222 7 14 7 432
We've never had much of a VHF setup for FD before at my club. I think one year we had 50 and 144 MHz. If there are a few stations in my area (we'll be in EN50vc) that will be active on 2m CW/SSB, I m
I myself don't have any problem and eat both of them up! (But I'm probably different.) :-) I am curious if ARRL has looked at statistics for ALL of their contests since they stopped printing line sco
I do both HF and VHF contesting. They are really two different animals. Yes, HF contesting provides a certain adrenalin rush when you're working 3, 4, 5 stations a minute. That's a lot of fun. But VH
Another virus <sigh>. Fortunately, the reflector removed the attachment. I have been receiving these to my own mailbox all day. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontes
People who don't know CW are missing QSO's in VHF contests. If that's all right with them, it's all right with me. Gives me more QSO's they don't make! CW is the mode of choice when the band conditio
Yes, that's true from my experience. I had an awful time in one contest last year. I think it was the ARRL September VHF QSO Party. My IF rig for the lower bands (50 through 432 MHz) stopped working
That would be fun. Right now I'm having problems with sufficient LO stability on microwave bands to be able to use the digital modes on those bands. I'm trying out several PLL schemes to give me bett
Yes indeed. Many times I'll hear someone calling CQ in a contest on SSB and I'll answer on SSB. If he doesn't hear me, I'll call on CW. Sometimes the other station will answer on CW and sometimes on
I usually run QRP portable in contests. I assume that the other station I'm hearing is not QRP (unless I know otherwise - I know most of the people in this area who are apt to run QRP). So if I hear
No and no. You can set up wherever you'd like, as long as it's legal to do so. And you can work whomever you'd like on whatever mode you have, if it's 50 MHz or above. I say go for it!! 73, Zack W9SZ