I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday! The 2003 ARRL January VHF Sweep Stakes is rapidly approaching. I hope everyone is getting their plans together for the contest. As a service to all VHF
I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year! All of the Contest plans I have received so far are posted! If you haven't seen this before, as a service to all VHF contesters I gather the plans of s
Hi Folks, As a winter project, I'm considering building a medium power 2 meter amp. I would be interested in comments on popular amp designs. Right now I am giving serious consideration to the amp fe
Hi Folks, I would like to thank everyone for all of the suggestions and tips. Most suggested that if I want to go with a "medium" power amp, I should look for an AM6154 and modify it for 2 meters. Th
Are the bands that dead?????? 73 Dan Dan Evans N9RLA Scottsburg, IN 47170 {EM78} IN-Ham list administrator QRP-l #1269 1/2 of the N9RLA /R no budget Rover Team Check out the Rover Resource Page at:
Hi Ev, I have to disagree with you on this one. I received your post through vhfcontesting, so I assume you must have found it:-) But I REALLY ENJOY eham.net. I visit eham.net once or twice a day. Mo
After reading my previous post I realized I forgot something important: It may have been a little slow, but I would still like to say thanks to the East Tennessee DX Association for sponsoring the sp
Lies, Damn lies, and statistics... Dan Evans K9ZF Scottsburg, IN 47170 {EM78} K9ZF /R no budget Rover ex-N9RLA Check out the Rover Resource Page at: http://www.qsl.net/n9rla QRP-l #1269 IN-Ham list a
I agree with Curt, K9AKS, on most points. I too see the contests as not being broken, so I hate to see much change in format. 1. Rover rules. I understand the change in Rover rules chased off a lot o
VHFTest and KM Rover logger are a couple I have used. I am pretty sure they both have a mode for logging "after the fact". In this mode you enter the date and time manually for each QSO. I don't have
I hope it works better than the scope on the '746! One of the faults of the '746 is the band scope is pretty useless. 73 Dan Dan Evans K9ZF Scottsburg, IN 47170 {EM78} K9ZF /R no budget Rover ex-N9R
Hi Folks, Plans are coming in a little slow, but everything I have received up so far is posted on the web site. If you plan to be on for the contest let me know, even if just a "casual" effort or to
Hi Folks, I just completed the "next to the last" update of the Rover Resource Page. So this is the last call for plans! Send me what you can ASAP. I'll likely do the final update tomorrow so everyon
N9RLA After Action Report The 2003 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes This contest has been a bit slow. So slow in fact, I'm writing this at 3:30pm Sunday afternoon. The rig is still on, but contacts have
The Rover Ranger has finally been repaired. With a new transmission, I should be ready for another Rover trip:-) So it's time to start my contest prep. Here is my check list so far. 1. 6 meter antenn
I'm starting to get the Rover prep in gear now. I'm adding an extra section to my home brew push up mast so it should extend to about 38' when raised. The extra section is mainly for a second 6 meter