I just got my log submitted in time but realized I never wrote up a summary. Weekend 1 - QSO's - 9 (all on 10 GHz) Unique Calls - 6 Distance Points - 1721 Weekend 2 - QSO's - 105 on 10 GHz; New Uniqu
I am not familiar with the 9700 but I wonder if the W1GHZ 222 transvertet for the FT817 can be made to work on it? 222 is a great band and even with 10 watts as a Single Op Portable in contests I wor
Sorry I had to miss it. I had other obligations the whole weekend. Probably just as well. Temperature had ranged from mid-40's to upper 50's with rain here. My usual hilltop would've been a muddy mes
Especially if you don't have a computer with you. :-) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com
I generally enter VHF+ contests as a Single-Op QRP Portable, if they have that category. I often run QRP anyway, even if there isn't a category like that. Mixed-mode contacts are commonplace for me.
My understanding is that for a QSO to be valid, each station must send and acknowledge receipt of two pieces of information. One is the callsign. The other can be anything. We are used to "59(9)" in
I probably won't be using FT8 in the near future. I don't even take a computer with me. If the VHF contests turn into mainly FT8 contests, I'll have to bow out. I mainly enter as a Single Op (QRP) Po
I have been using mine in a similar manner, but I thought someone might offer a better way to do it. I don't use the FT290RII as an IF rig too often. But as I have it wired, when working CW I have to
Hard to do when you're operating portable and sitting in the driver's seat of your car! 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_cont
I've usually been using a modified Realistic HTX-100 as an IF rig for the microwave bands.I removed the rear power module and replaced it with a piece of 1/8" thick aluminum where I placed the power
Same here in central Illinois. My transverter is crystalled so 902.1 = 144.1 and 903.1 = 145.1. 902 is quieter. 73, Zack W9SZ <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam
I got a design from VE3BFM for a four-element 6m beam on a 13 foot boom. It's a great performer. Since I operate portable 95% of the time, I built a version I could quickly assemble and disassemble a
I don't have any experience with them but they look interesting. I'm a bit curious about the 10.368 GHz to 618 MHz converter. Why did they pick such an odd frequency as 618 MHz for an IF? 73, Zack W9
It appears to me that Classic Rover allows only two operators at most and can operate on any and all VHF+ bands. Limited Rover permits only two operators using only the four lowest bands. Unlimited R
Local oscillator accuracy, stability (drift) and, more so as you get into the higher bands, phase noise are big considerations. I find that for my homebrew transverters on 50 through 432 MHz, a regul
Darn it, I wish I didn't have to miss this one. I usually operate in the Sprints from a hill in EN50ue. I have had to miss all of then so far due to other commitments. I hope to be in the Microwave S
I've used quite a few different transverters over the years. I changed to different ones along the way on several bands. I was using the WA8NLC design on 3456 until Zack Lau KH6CP/W1VT came out with
A lot of people will beacon on a microwave band while liaising on 144 or 432 (or even 1296). I figured there was nothing wrong with that. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________
Well, the obvious solution for FT8 would be to write the program in such a way that it required the op to enter his grid square on setup and that it sent the grid for EVERY QSO, whether it be HF, VHF
Yes, very true. And in this area at least (and I'm sure others too) the activity in contests goes down to at least 144.175. If you go very much below that you start to encroach on the EME'ers. I myse