I keep thinking about getting into VHF/UHF contesting as a Rover. Dan Evans K9ZF exposed me to rovering 10 years ago when I found some operating locations for him in Eastern Kentucky and shot some ph
Excellent Question!! I am anxious to see the kinds of responses that you get. I recently got back into Rovering and was (and still am) faced with many of the same questions that you asking. So by no
Hi Bob! All of the rigs you mentioned will work, of course. I used a 746, way back then, with a couple of transverters for 222 & 432. Worked great, but takes up a lot of room:-) Currently, I'm using
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I will continue to monitor this reflector and chew on these ideas over the winter (doing my first rove in Indiana in January doesn't sound like fun right now
I'm quite happy with the IC7000 and a Demi 222 high powre transverter. I've done pretty well with that combo. I missed this last contest due to a motorcycle accident and fractured vertebrae but I am
Bob-- I spent the last year putting a simple rover together starting in Sept 09 with an FT-857D and WA5VJB'S cheap yagi antennas plus a couple moxons. Duplexer splits 2m and 70cm, feeding a couple br
I actually have thought about if having four HTX-100's and then transverters for 50/144/222/432 with amplifiers for each band. If you were ever running a mulit-multi it doesn't matter which station y
I've missed most of the thread, but I have to bring up: For the right person/station, a Yeasu FT-897 should be considered. You get 100w on 6 and 2, I forget how much on 432. And if you follow the two
The FT897D only does 50 watts on 2m. Still a good setup, though, especially with the 222 xvtr in it. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFconte