K1VUT, did you grow up in Abington? I think I grew up about 1/4 mile from you. I was K1WYS at the time. In the Sept. contest I operated only 223.5 FM. I made about 20 contacts. I deployed to Massachu
I must cancel this weekend's rove. My XYL has arrived in Virginia with some of the equipment, but I'm stuck working in the Grand Isle, LA area. My employer has cancelled my leave due to the destructi
I think active needs to be defined. I'd hate to see the amateur who gets on for an hour or two and makes only 20 contacts qualify just because he submitted an entry. Not all weak signal ops are activ
I would like to see more than one Hill Topping class, something like the multi rover classes. Specifically I would add a higher than 10 watts of power, full length of contest category and a QRP, full
The original is the Hi-Par Saturn 6 which was made in western Massachusetts in the 50's and 60's. If I remember correctly the ham made them in his detached garage. The impedance is about 12.5 ohms. O
I also recommend Tom Haddon's super wheels. On 144 I use two of them on the mobile with a two port divider. Set up on my rear deck I've used them in a contact with K1WHS in Maine from my QTH in weste
Don will be missed. I use to work him often in the 70's when he was W0EYE and lived west of Boulder. I still have the NBS publications in a box out in the shed. Also, WD0HAM (his original issued call
Many ops very confused when I skipped the signal report and rogered their grid report. In the end I gave up. It happens every contest. 73, Harry, W0BL Yes you can. Sent from my iPhone squares) ______
Present company excluded, on VHF/UHF phone you have to explain what a grid square is to 40% of the stations. 73, Harry, W0BL _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing lis
For the last 3 contests I've turned off JTDX and turned on WSJTX. Yesterday mostly a problem with non A, K, and W calls who were sending AGN AGN or SIG RPT. I also started ignoring those stations who
How about an online poll to determine which reflector is the most popular? 73, Harry, W0BL, DN60 Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcont
Hoping there were some good pings on 220 tonight. Looks like a large meteor fireball was seen in Northern Kentucky about 2210 Eastern. Apparently also detected by satellite. W0BL ____________________