I'll be Single-Op QRP Portable from my favorite hilltop in EN50rl once again. I'll have all bands 50 through 10368 MHz. Maybe 24 GHz if the one person I could likely work on that band makes it out in
I had a chirp in my signal on one band (I might still have it, I don't know). But several people told me to leave it like it was because it gave my signal a distinctive sound! :-) 73, Zack W9SZ _____
I have spent a lot of time playing with Yagi Optimizer trying to get the best looking designs for Yagis on various bands. I built antennas that I could remove the elements from to carry in the car an
Good points. VHF contesting is nothing like HF contesting (except maybe for the occasional huge 6m opening). Also, VHF+ contests are primarily VHF weak-signal contests. Although there has been some a
We've been fortunate in the Central Division. Former VUAC member W9XA is an active VHF weak-signal op and VHF contester. I work him fairly often and I've visited his impressive station. When he got p
I also do HF contesting. I've been doing that for 40 years. Lately I've been part of a multi-op team at K9CT for some of the major HF contests. On HF, people use dipoles that cover half the world all
And it's really a shame. The majority of our available spectrum is up at VHF and above. There isn't near enough activity on these bands, especially above 23 cm. I have a feeling this topic will be di
I gave a brief tutorial on a regional contesting reflector a couple weeks ago about noise, bandwidth and why SSB and CW were considered "weak signal" modes. The FM crowd has no idea what they're miss
At least K1ZZ is a VHF/UHF/microwaver. He is the keynote speaker at the Central States banquet on Saturday. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VH
The Central States VHF Society conference was this past weekend in Chicago. In attendance were Dave Sumner K1ZZ, Central Division Director Dick Iseley W9GIG, Central Division Vice-Director Kermit Car
I have not operated a great deal as a Rover in VHF contests but I was a Rover in last weekend's UHF contest. I submitted my Cabrillo log to ARRL but have a question about the format. I want to make s
Thanks Darryl. I've been told by a few others that my log should have W9SZ/R. I'll correct it and resubmit. 73, Zack W9SZ On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Darryl J. Holman <djholman@u.washington.edu
I guess it's in name only. It's part of the series of contests that make up the Fall Sprints, anyway. The idea was that there was a better chance of an Es opening in August than in October. As it tur
I was a Single-Op (QRP) Portable once again, as I have done for many years. I only got to be active for 5 hours on Sunday. Working up the bands to the microwave bands with a couple fairly local peopl
I try to balance the tinkering with the operating. I'm building the stuff to actually use it, so why not get out and use it? Some of it takes a long time to build (I've been working on 47 GHz for a y
Nothing. But the original poster was referring to spotting nets, chat rooms, Ping Jockey, etc. These are all DURING a contest. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontest
I have been doing this. It has worked well for me. As a QRP Portable, it seems my chances of being heard are a lot better on CW than on SSB when I'm calling CQ; it's also a lot less QRM to people on