I think your subject line should've been "... ALWAYS begins WITH August" Great to see things are underway. Now if we can just get a reprieve from the severe weather ... 73, Zack W9SZ ________________
Gamma matches produce a slight skewing of the pattern of a beam. I've always used T-matches or some other balanced (symmetric) type of feed for the VHF-UHF antennas I've built. I've used Krylon and s
As far as I know, yes. The station at the other end doesn't care what class you're entering in. Just make sure to send it in as a checklog or whatever it is called, so there's no question you did wor
Depends opn why you're contesting in the first place. If your ONLY goal is to win something, hang it up. If you're also out there to have fun, as I am, do whatever you feel will produce some fun. Pro
I suspect the ARRL uses some discretion in disallowing QSO's. I know of a couple people who never send in logs but are willing to work people in the contest. I always get credit for the QSO's. 73, Za
I suspect the ARRL uses some discretion in disallowing QSO's. I know of a couple people who never send in logs but are willing to work people in the contest. I always get credit for the QSO's. 73, Za
Unfortunately SDR doesn't get them to point their beams at you. I almost managed a random QSO with W9ZIH on 10 GHz once; I could hear him but he couldn't hear me. Later on, we crossed paths on 144 MH
Thanks Sean! I'll take as many QSO's as I can get on all bands thru 10 GHz. I plan on being QRP Portable from EN50rl again in June. Point your beams my way once in a while. 73, Zack W9SZ ____________
I really never know what to say about all this. I've only been a Rover a few times, once in the CQ-VHF contest, once for fun in ARRL June VHF and in the 10 GHz contest. I think I was a Rover a few ye
Yep. I missed practically every opportunity for rainscatter QSO's last summer because of a weird schedule. Hope I can make some this year! 73, Zack W9SZ ______________________________________________
Hey, I'll take Ontario, New York, Alabama and Florida on ANY band ANY time! (From EN50 it's all DX.) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontes
Hi Dick, There are a lot of stations you should be able to work (maybe even me if there's some tropo!) If K8TQK is on, you should be able to work him or something is really wrong! :-) Point your ante
I first started getting interested in radio back around 1964. I was a teenager then. The world was a very different place then - we didn't have computers, cell phones, Internet, GPS, etc. Radio was m
Don't confuse ethics and morals. Moral = Is it against the rules or not? Ethical = Is it evil or not, whether or not the rules permit or prohibit it? Anyone who would intentionally carry out the scen
No, I don't get it. Dishonest people will always try to come up with excuses or explanations for being dishonest. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing l
I just think the ARRL is trying to make everyone happy all the time and it ain't gonna work. People complain that they feel excluded because they have no chances of winning one category, so ARRL crea
I have been working on putting together microwave equipment for my station for 7 or 8 years now. Each of my working transverters has cost me maybe $150 per band. It's not so much the cost as the time
Hi Erich, Most of the circuits I'm using are other people's designs. Maybe the way I put them together is unique. Once I did talk with Kermit W9XA about doing a presentation at Central States this ye
Now I'm getting curious myself. Will you make your logs of past efforts available to anyone? You haven't answered that yet. Anyone who would like them is welcome to have my past logs. If anyone would
I'd LOVE to have 119G as one of my four bands! I wonder how that would work out ... 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.c