Dan -- I am confused. Pat and I have been operating as a family rover station openly for several years. We have been mentioned in QST contest articles as such. For us as cliff dwellers in antenna res
Back in the day...when I was NC9F I used the same type of mast. I had a 14' length that had a 20' boom 2m beam, stacked CC424Bs, and a pair of 1296 loopers side by side. The mast came out of the towe
Among all of the other comments...I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people on last night who were not part of the contest comunity and did not know about the sprint -- or even what a sprint
We use the calling frequency to announce where we are listening -- just like working split on 40 meter SSB in DX contests. We like to run -30kHz from the calling frequencies and will call until there
We're off into Chicagoland rush-hour traffic for the EN50/60/51/61 corner. Good antenna and power, so please look for us at 432.070 and .100 to announce where we are. 73, Tim K0PG & Pat K9ILT _______
Following up on K2DRH's comments. As a six band rover in normal propagation distance from K2DRH, WB9Z, N2BJ and other world class midwestern VHF+ contesters I have never been passed over by any of th
Here's my two cents worth. Pat, K9ILT and I resurrected family roving in the upper midwest in 1999. We worked many contests as family rovers until, late on the Thursday night before the 2005 Septembe
I have been half-following the several topics recently. As a rover who has been competitive on a regional level for many years all that I can say is that all of this looks like we're throwing out th
We will be roving during the CQWWVHF using K9ILT/R. Here's an prroximate schedule: 1800Z--1900Z EN51 Greene Valley Forest Preserve Landfill 1900Z--2000Z Operating in motion in EN61 and EN62 2000
Thanks, Dave. I only had one of those phone conversations, and one late night solo chat in the hotel lobby at a CSVHF conference but Gene made me feel like we were old friends. I liked his picture ab
I was pleased to see the "Get on 902" headline on the current QST, but was disappointed that the article, helpful as it was concerned itself solely with FM operation. 73, Tim K0PG -- Original Message
Me too. Agreed. I just thought that it would have bee n nice to mention that hardy band of explorers working on opening new vistas -- the weak signal crowd. ;-) -- Original Message -- I was pleas
Good points, Buddy. I was drawn to the challenge of weak signal VHF work and set out to give it a try. I bought a used IC-211, and a 4 element beam. I had some old RG8U. I got the antenna up abou
I like this idea. I guess that I can be included in that veteran operator category. When we're not roving I'm in an extremely limited antenna and power situation, so I call use use CW quite a bit.
We started roving seriously 20+ years ago using Xvrtrs for 222, 900, 1.2 and 2304. We used 706MKii and an IC820 which doubled as an IF for 1.2 and the primary for 432. We have TE Systems higher power
Thats a tough question. It really depends on where you are. It won't be like Sweepstakes at the open, but there should be activity through the early hours. Saturday evening and Sunday morning are usu
Interesting and enjoyable thread. I have a 3 element CC that was used a few times at the dawn of our roving activity when we would stop and set up. The last use was probably in EN67 in 1997. It has t
Roger. A 20 year old PC may not be a good choice but there are lots of older store bought equipment that still do well. Heck, I finally sold my last two IC X75s last year. To me they were my 57 Chevi