Hi everyone, This weekend I was part of a new multi-op team running as K1SIG out of New Hampshire. We had two ops at the station, myself (WA1TE) and Chris KG6CIH. We were at the QTH of KG6CIH, and he
Woah! A lot of really good responses really fast, thanks everyone. I am smacking myself for not bringing my paddles along. During one really slow period I was trying to figure out how to get the 857
It was probably W5YI, I think they do license renewals. You don't need to pay anyone to do it for you, you can do it directly through the FCC. _______________________________________________ VHFconte
Hey everyone, I'm hoping to make some contacts via meteor scatter and/or EME at the Sept VHF+ contest. I have an IC746 and am looking into buying some filters for it. The 500Hz and 250Hz CW filters s
I think W1GHZ had/has a small board 222 transverter, unsure what the IF frequency on that is though Sean WA1TE _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting
I've been looking at what it would take to put together a Rover up here in Massachusetts. I've noticed there aren't many out there in this area. Is there a reason beyond lack of interest? The mountai
Hi Pete, Thanks for the good suggestions of rove locations. Fighting an "I don't care" attitude of others is much easier than fighting limitations of terrain, so that's a good sign. I've read a bunch
Hi Brian, I also recently joined NEWS. Their list is another good source of info. One of my drives to go roving is that the higher bands are useless at my house without a serious tower. I'm looking a
Thanks James. I've got an IC-746 (already 100W on 2), and my club mate who is likely to be roving with me has an IC-7000 so we've got a decent start to radios. We can also get up on 222 FM if need be
Hi Dean, I agree that I'll definitely be building up slowly. I'm curious about your battery setup. What kind of charger do you have? That seems like a decent setup. Does it usually fully charge when
Hey everyone, I'm working on getting my rover together (first time out, should be a hoot) for September and am running into some questions. We're looking at picking up transverters for 222 and 1296.
Andy, Thanks for the detailed rundown on your rig and the awesome report on your trip. I'm assembling my first rover and it's very helpful to see what others are doing in detail. Sean WA1TE _________
Jarred, We weren't aware of the selectable power on the IC-7000. That's very convenient, particularly since we can use the 10m band as IF on 222. The IC-746 can't do that as far as I can tell, it's g
Thanks Doug. These look like the "transverter store" parts, just shipped directly from the Ukraine rather than the US. Interesting, I'll definitely have to look deeper. Also - I gotta watch it, 70MHz
Hey Rick, Thanks for the tip. I was looking at it more as a clear shot over the water to NY with a reasonable path to New England as well. I guess it makes sense that no one is aiming that way. Is it
Hey Paul, Glad you got your equipment. With any luck we'll hear you in September, give a listen out for K1SIG/R! Sean WA1TE _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list
I just registered today. Did the email response get eaten by your spam filter? Sean _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://list
KG6CIH and I (WA1TE) will be roving as K1SIG/R. We will be operational on 6-70 + 23 sideband, with possible forays onto FM or maybe CW as needed (my CW is terrible). This is our first time out, so ou
Minor change of plans. Because of permitting and new information we've learned about Wachusett, we're instead starting Sunday in Mount Kearsarge, NH FN43bj. See you all on the bands this weekend. ___
We've got some bad weather up here, thunderstorms passing through the area. Our FN43 site is expecting lightning until 4pm, and the road closes at 5. We've returned to hogback VT fn32ou for a while,