Here's what Arliss W7XU posted on another group. I was all wrapped up in the 6m Es opening at the time and never thought to check 2m for Es. (Arliss, if you see this, I hope you don't mind my copying
Hi Russ, If you're looking to build something from a kit or buy something already assembled, Down East Microwave is probably your best choice. I've built all of mine from scratch from various designs
Russ, if you like to build things, the W1GHZ transverters for 902 and 1296 perform quite well. His prices for the boards are very reasonable. Also, his transverters for 2304 and 3456 MHz probably wor
That looks like a very nice homebrew transverter. The thing about DB6NT equipment is it is so expensive. DEMI is more of a middle ground for prices. It's generally far less expensive to build it your
I'll be portable on a hilltop in EN50rl with all bands 222 through 10368 MHz. But only on Sunday from about ~1100-1200Z to the contest end. 73, Zack W9SZ _____________________________________________
I had an emergency come up and had to miss this one. I'm just glad that all concerned are OK now. It has been a bad year for me for VHF contesting. I hope next year is better. 73, Zack W9SZ _________
Hi Jim, Depending on the relay used, there's no reason you can't use it as the switching relay if it isn't passing more than a watt or so on transmit. All my transverters through 432 MHz use the circ
I think there is potential for the FM-only category to bring a lot of new contesters into the fold. There does seem to be some confusion as to what frequencies are permissible to use in the contest.
It seems I always have other things going on just about every weekend anymore, so it doesn't much matter to me. I work around them. It could even be ON Superbowl Sunday for all I care. I have been an
As a portable, which has some similarity to a Rover, it has worked out well for me to wake up on Saturday morning, pack the car with all the equipment for 9 or 10 bands, drive to my site at 9 am or s
There is a HUGE problem with Yahoo accounts right now. They are being hacked left and right. I am sure Frank does (or did) not know this was happening. My understanding is that, although there could
Depending on how you set up the group, it can be relatively spam-free. Although it can be a bit of work for the moderators at first, requiring approval of a moderator to join (perhaps with a brief no
I was planning on going to a hilltop to operate but a line of thunderstorms went through here all night. Rained out. I forgot about the 144 MHz Sprint till it was over. The VHF contesting season is n
Hi Dave, Hopefully you can pull the hard drive from the laptop and access the data from it. I bought one of these USB hard drive interface devices for something like $30 a few years ago. I believe th
Sometimes I have adventures. Sometimes they are fun and sometimes not so fun. I missed the 144 and 222 MHz Sprints. I made it on for the 432 Spring Sprint. I went to a hill in EN50ue not too far from
I operated from a hill referred to in the Chicago area as "Tower Hill" in EN52sa for a few hours. I worked W9SNR/R on all bands 1296 MHz through 24 GHz; W9ZIH on 1296, 3456 and 10 GHz; KO9A, K9JK/R a
Very sad. I've worked Mark numerous times on the microwave bands. R.I.P. OM! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http