- 1. [VHFcontesting] Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <mike@ka5cvh.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:20:43 -0600
- So I'm considering trying to mount a limited rove in. January. For a rig I'll use my FT991. However antennas is less than firm. I have a KB6KQ loop and a Diamond DPGH62, both I can easily get up @ ~2
- /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2017-12/msg00010.html (9,056 bytes)
- 2. Re: [VHFcontesting] Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:12:27 +0000
- Mike (KA5CVH) Urich via contesting.com 4:20 PM (6 hours ago) So I'm considering trying to mount a limited rove in. January. For a rig I'll use my FT991. However antennas is less than firm. I have a K
- /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2017-12/msg00014.html (14,963 bytes)
- 3. Re: [VHFcontesting] Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: Sean Waite <waisean@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 04:18:00 +0000
- K1SIG has operating as Limited Rover in the previous 2 September contests. Time is a major factor, something we're fighting a lot. We do stop and shoot, and the set up/take down time is a bit long. W
- /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2017-12/msg00015.html (19,440 bytes)
- 4. Re: [VHFcontesting] Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <mike@ka5cvh.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:38:02 -0600
- Mike restates I wasn't really looking for a lot of stories as I'm no novice to portable ops and even roving albeit its been a while since I played around last. What I was looking for ...and I state i
- /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2017-12/msg00016.html (10,226 bytes)
- 5. Re: [VHFcontesting] Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:33:21 -0500
- Mike If you have no choice but to have antennas you need to stop and set up there is nothing like practice. Set it up and tear it down a half dozen times before the contest. Do it at night a couple t
- /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2017-12/msg00017.html (14,783 bytes)
- 6. Re: [VHFcontesting] Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Kavanagh via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:28:21 +0000 (UTC)
- Just saw your post, Mike. I'd think you could expect a bit less gain from the "squashed quad" than from a square-element quad, but a bit more than a 2-element Yagi. After all when you squash quad ele
- /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2017-12/msg00021.html (8,673 bytes)
- 7. Re: [VHFcontesting] Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:25:24 -0800
- Hi. I'd be curious in hearing how things work out. I typically run a 3 element yagi on 50 MHz for my Portable / Roving efforts. Setup time including a dedicated 20 to 28 foot mast and base is approx
- /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2017-12/msg00023.html (9,872 bytes)
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