All, For the September contest W4NH will be on 1296 with 150 watts from Mile High Campground, Maggie Valley, NC. We have not been on 1296 for a while. Would there be any interest in either JT65c or J
Paul, Paul, I do my contesting from or EM84 or EM85 and the situation you describe is very similar to ours. And I agree that somebody needs to do Search and Pounce. Think about it, if everyone was in
All, It is not too early to begin thinking about the ARRL January VHF Contest. We will again be on from our usual January QTH - EM84ao. We will be active on 50, 144, 222, 432 and 1296 MHz. In additio
John, The other culprit could be water in the connectors. Don't know if you are using N connectors or PL259's but a little water in those puppies can go a long way with SWR. John K4SQC ______________
All, W4NH will be on all bands 6m to 70cm and 1296 from EM84ao for the January contest. On 1296 we will be running 100 - 150 watts into a pair of 45 element loop Yagi's at 30 feet. We view the Januar
Folks, Very interesting stuff. I have used the ARRL Book *RF Exposure and You *as my guide. Just in case a neighbor ever asks I have actually complete a document for each band that I use and up date
Jay, Well one answer would be that thje digital modes are more sensitive than CW *and* not be be forgotten CW has not been required for what , 25-30 years now? There is a very large base of licensed
Jay, And given that there is no mode differential in VHF contesting as long as the Q's are getting made, it probably does not matter. Unless there are an infinite or very large number of stations to
Folks, Someone please enlighten me. I would like to see your *best *rate (q/hr) by band and your region of the country. I would also like to see your *average * (q/hr) by band and your region of the
Marshall, Very helpful and I think I better understand the issue. Yes, good ops can really go as long as there are two conditions that are being met: 1. Band conditions support the high q-rate 2. The
Pete, For those of us who do not live in LA I am guessing the "marine layer" is fog? John _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http:
Stu, Never ending debate. It is kind of a Willie Sutton. You know the one where he robbed banks because "that is where the money is." My rule of thumb is to watch the panadapter. If I start to see ac
Buddy, You can make CW contacts faster *if* you know CW *and *there are stations on CW. The move to no code licensing started 28 years ago, February 14, 1991 to be exact. That trend ended with the co
Mike, All interesting view points. I do wonder if we are asking the wrong question, however. In our VHF contesting group we have been discussing the "6m problem" for some time now beginning long befo
Jim, I can confirm that here in EM84 in both January and June 2m and up activity was down. I am the band captain for 6m for the FourLanders VHF Contest Group. We run significant power to stacked beam
Zack, Fair question. And please remember there are a number of modes in the WSJT-X suite. They are there for a reason. Right now we are focused in this thread on FT8 but as we go up the bands, other
Guys, Okay I think this enough of this. There are any number of why's to enjoy ham radio and yet some seem to feel that anyone who does not enjoy ham radio "their way" isn't a ham. At Contest Univers
Paul, You willing to give JT65 a try as well as FT8? John K4SQC EM84ao _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
All, Well we may have set a record for the lowest score ever for us! Here in EM84 there was basically no propagation. Saturday night there were very few rocks so limited meteor scatter activity. And
All But should we not be looking at why FT8 is dominant and not trying to figure out ways to put the genie back in the bottle?. Maybe it has to do with the apparently declining number of "good CW op