One minor modification to Paul's statement. The rules only prohibit contest QSOs on ONE national calling frequency (and adjacent frequencies): 146.52 MHz. Contacts on other national calling frequenci
Great. I like the 2 meter list. One comment about 23 cm. In the Pacific NW, most of the FM activity during contests is on 1296.2 MHz instead of 1294.2 MHz. This allows folks with transverters that do
Results of last fall's VHF+ sprints, sponsored by the Southeastern VHF Society, are now posted: http://www.svhfs.org/sprints.html Best, Darryl ww7d _______________________________________________ VHF
Author: "Darryl J. Holman" <djholman@u.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:12:24 -0700
I've finally gotten my paper logs entered and a write-up completed. The final QSO count was 497 (non-duplicate) QSOs for a total of 637 QSO points, and 35 grids worked. I activated 9 grids, giving a
Author: "Darryl J. Holman" <djholman@u.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:49:24 -0700
Hi Zack, I do paper logging as a rover, so I end up using the WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo web page to create and submit the Cabrillo to the ARRL. It would generate W9SZ/R for all the QSO's. Best, Darryl ww7d
Author: "Darryl J. Holman" <djholman@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:37:46 -0700
Done! I've also written up my UHF contest adventure here: http://tinyurl.com/WW7DUHF13 Best, Darryl ww7d It might be of everone who reads this to enter your final score in the proper contest and sub-
Author: "Darryl J. Holman" <djholman@u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:17:13 -0700
Hi Cal, I use a 5 element 2m quagi for one of my rovers. It works quite well for its intended purpose. Mine is built to be quick to assemble and disassemble, and the boom is hinged in the middle to s
On the Android platform, the GPS Test+ application does this very well as a stand alone application (i.e. no data connection necessary). I run it on a decommissioned Droid 2 during contests. Best, Da
Dave, Garmin makes a series of Android-based hand-held GPSs. A friend of mind has the Garmin Monterra that he uses for hiking (as well as driving, as there are car and bicycle mounts available). What
Hmmm...it seems like there are (at least) four distinct groups of users, and perhaps different tools would be needed for some or all of these constituencies: 1. Local or regional stations using almos
Hi Mike, Both those solutions could work, except that they both require internet access. For the grid intersection I will be activating this evening (CN87/CN86/CN97/CN96), I will have no cell phone o
I think the concern here is that rovers get an extra 1 multiplier bonus for every grid they activate. But one could make one of three simple changes to "fix" it: 1. Rovers must activate at least 2 gr
There are lots of scenarios where a person might want to be a one-grid rover: 1. Anyone who must drive somewhere during the contest. For example, someone who has to quit contesting from home and must
If a person is truly stationary in one grid they can enter in almost any category except rover. If a vehicle travels more than 500 meters they are no longer valid for any category except rover (Gener
Mark, Not really. General rule 3.7 specifies a 500' circle for all stations (which is modified in the VHF rules for rovers). See: http://www.arrl.org/general-rules-for-all-arrl-contests Best, Darryl
Not true. Section 9 of the June VHF Contest rules (http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf) state: -- 9. Other: 9.1. See "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" and "General Rules for ARRL Contests on bands abov
Nope. The Single Op category most definitely DOES NOT permit mobile operation, with one minor exception. That minor exception is that a person can be mobile, keeping the station within a 500m circle
Hi Michael, Well, Darryl, I'm making this my last post on this matter, as I seem to be the only one that wants to allow single grid mobiles to enter the VHF contests under the current rules (at least
Wait...the proposed new date for a UHF contest is " [t]he weekend that includes the first Sunday of May"?!? That is also the weekend of the New England QSO Party (starts 4pm EDT), the 7th call area Q
Yep...same here. I have used the GPSTest app on a decommissioned Android phone for many years. Recently I was given an old Garmin eTrex that works even better because I can program it to put the maid