Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:10:56 -0400
Larry, I will be SOLP here 222 thru 1296 from FN30kv and will look for you. Keep it simple and have some good radio contacts! Hoping for good tropo/ducting, etc. & NO Tstorms for anyone. 73's, George
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:43:06 -0400
I'll 2nd what Steve suggests. Enough already! Take the rover discussion to it's own reflector. This has been going on too long here. Please don't start another flaming thread about how it's contestin
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:25:12 -0400
Tom - "Rover Threads" is an excellent idea and will not exclude anyone who really wants to follow/read it. Now, only if "they" will do it. How about just including "Rover threads" in the subject of a
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:37:55 -0400
Conditions here on the east coast (FN30) were very flat - no enhancement at any time coupled with a few waves of Tstroms rolling thru to help light up the shack. I can't compare to last year as I hav
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:26:29 -0400
I was wondering where the 6th mystery band you had was - now I see it's hidden in the keyboard. George WA2VNV Joe, just so you don't go crazy trying to find the 6th band we worked on, it was 5 bands.
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:26:29 -0400
John - nice job of the locations and descriptions. As a suggestion, is there any way to overlay the grid lines on the map? George, WA2VNV I've been working on a google map with rover sites in the nor
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:37:03 -0400
RG58 on 2 Meters if almost usless. It depends on you losses vs $$ cost tolerance. How long is your run of coax? Try LMR400 or LDF4-50 if only 50-100 ft. + cost of "N" connectors George WA2VNV What wo
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:37:51 -0400
Ooooh Noooo - it looks like the old endless discussion of "Rover Rules" has been reborn again ! Please change the subject line into "Rover Rules" if this is going to continue..... Hello to all.....Th
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:49:31 -0400
RRR The East coast will be looking West after 8PM local time. Too bad the super coastal Tropo opening over the weekend has (surprise) gone away for the sprint. 73's George, WA2VNV FN30kv Hello VHF Co
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:15:17 -0400
I am looking for the original owners installation sheet for a Cushcraft 2 meter squalo antenna. I believe that the antenna is 300 ohms input impedance and that I need to construct a 6:1 balun, HOWEVE
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:49:48 -0400
AURORA WATCH: Sky watchers from Alaska to Scandinavia should be alert for auroras tonight. A solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field and causing high-latitude geomagnetic storms. Visit
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:11:01 -0400
I just got back from sunny Florida being a snowbird in time for the 432 sprint. I didn't know I was missing out on all the "FUN" Dave (and others) where having up here in the Northeast listening to h
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 14:38:01 -0400
Maybe something for the upcoming 6M Sprint this weekend. -- Space Weather News for May 6, 2009 http://spaceweather.com NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft is monitoring an active region hidden behind the sun'
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 19:04:19 -0400
Speaking for some personal experiments several years ago, you should see at least a 10 dB increase in signal levels, depending on the frequency, your roof materials and the height increase over the o
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 11:46:13 -0400
Les - to use a single feedline, you can use a multiband Pentaplexer x2 (5 bands) at each end of the coax. see http://www.rfwiz.com/AustinAntenna/AustinAntennaTriplexers.htm I use the pentaplexer to f
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 11:53:51 -0400
I forgot to add the 5 band unit is 28-50/144/220/440/1.2 GHz, Model 204350 http://www.rfwiz.com/AustinAntenna/AustinAntenna_InfoDat.htm -- Original Message -- From: "George Sintchak/WA2VNV" <wa2vnv@o
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:44:11 -0400
Just a info note that some of you may not be aware of about Krylon clear spray for final waterproof coating. The usual Krylon clear Acrylic spray (#1303) you get in your local store is NOT UV rated.
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:37:26 -0400
I guess I was the only FN30 multiband station for this contest. Conditions never really improved much after all the rain stopped. There was a little enhancement South to FM16 late Sat ~11PM till ~ 12
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:09:37 -0400
The W3KM VHF Logger program already does this, and more, if you use the vhf4k.adi data file. It will also (in most cases) give you the freq bands , beam heading, reciprocal heading, distance, and ope