I was too tired out from the 10 GHz contest the day before. I was in a Rover pack on a whirlwind trip up and down Lake Michigan on the Wisconsin side, working people mostly across the lake in Michiga
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I think the question was if a station can be re-contacted from a different 6-character grid, or if it has to move to a different 4-character grid. For example, if I move from EN50xf to EN50xh, can I
Oh, cool. So I could make several QSO's from several 6-character grids within the same 4-character grid, and only count the one with the longest distance. I like that! 73, Zack W9SZ _________________
I built and have been using an 8 element long-spaced Yagi on 222 for several years. Boom is about 12 feet long. Great performer. I can't recall where I got the design but I used Yagi Optimizer to twe
It's basically the same idea as with a quad antenna. A loop (either circular or square) fed at the bottom or top has current peaks at the feedpoint and opposite side of the quad or loop, and voltage
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There is about a 20 dB difference between horizontal and vertical polarizations with one station using the opposite of the other. I generally don't run FM in the VHF contests because I usually operat
I tried sending some photos to the group but evidently they are not allowed.. I have been using a new portable/Rover setup since the August UHF contest. I have been using portable masts held up with
I don't have a problem with a sub-grid that's 3 X 3 meters in size. I have an app on my phone that gives me Maidenhead grids to 10 characters. The thing about this 3-word thing is that there's no sen
I've been curious about these, but not enough to buy one. Schematics are available on-line. Looking them over, I see they contain "older" technology. If I were to design one of them these days, I'd u
No, these are mainly weak-signal mode contests (FM is OK but I have never worked anyone on FM in any of the Sprints). Usually a fair amount of SSB-CW activity in them in this area. I'm hoping to have
I got an FT-817 not too long ago. I haven't done much with it yet and still have to do some experimenting. My main interest with it is as an IF rig for microwave transverters with a 144 or 432 MHz IF
I think I had my record LOW score in this one. Getting on earlier would have been much more desirable but, alas, I had another commitment earlier. So I operated for the last 1.5 hours and made three
I have a couple things I have been using. I got a couple Softrock Ensemble II VHF SDR receivers. As the designs go, they are available as single-band units that you configure (by choosing parts from
Exactly. In the upcoming Microwave Sprint, I think my 902 and 1296 beams have beamwidths of around 30 degrees. My microwave dishes have beamwidths of maybe 10 degrees on 2304 going down to a couple d
Same problem here. Heavy rains all night. I would've been portable, and wasn't going to set up in the rain. Saturday looks promising for the Microwave Sprint. Hopefully I'll get to operate in the Chi
This Sprint is always an adventure. I never know what will happen or who will show up. This year was no exception. I started out on the top level of a parking garage in Elmhurst, IL at the suggestion