I have had two e-mails asking about the Rover list. If you're a rover and want to hear more about rover specific stuff I highly recommend this list: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/rover ,,,,
KE3HT/r trip June 2004 Interesting trip, Well thats the best word for it. I had one failure, my new 222mhz preamp apparently did not work. You might say I really don't know about the rest of the equi
Please do not clutter the VHFcontesting news list with complaints about me. Please feel free to send your replies to: vhf@ke3ht.org . I will only report on replies sent to vhf@ke3ht.org. I will follo
Recently, after not hearing anything from the K1KI committee since March I became worried and had begun the process of preparing to make a visual statement at the ARRL this weekend. I was also lookin
I am a single op rover. I am single op because I choose to take a three day trip for a two day contest of which I spend a night sleeping in my vehicle and rarely stop for food water or bathrooms cont
What is a captive rover? I gather this from discussion on this list: I schedule ahead of the contest with only two or three stations. My June logs (available on my web site) will show that I mainly w
I want to thank Todd for his support of rovers. I have had several good replies from people both vocal and not on this subject on the list. Nice to hear from some of the silent majority! The chief qu
Frank has defined captive as 10% of my score, another said 10% of qso's with one station(see below). Most of the comments I have received about my previous post seemed to feel that I was not captive.
Yep, I have the same thing but using a Garmin Etrex. Reverse as well. When my 222 is on the GPS has poor signal receive. BTW I use a 28mhz if into a demi 222 transverter. ,,,Tim KE3HT/r ? -- -- Date:
If you like some of the rover video?s from Psycho rover you might like KB1EAA?s version! I think it?s very neat. http://kb1eaa.com/kb1eaa.wmv He has a long version also on his web site: http://kb1eaa
How will the gas prices affect rovers this contest? My last contest had a steep cost just for Gas. Gas in western Mass is now at $3.09 at the discount station. $3.29 at Gulf. CNN predictions today sa
Score: 41,820! A new record for me. 236 QSO's! also a new record for me. 75 Microwave QSO's, another new record for me! Band conditions: Normal. No I did not hear any Aurora or ducting. This was the
I gave up. Yea its only 10pm (est). I did poorly but in the interest of generating interest here is all I found. I was in FN11 Near HillsCreek state park with 20 watts and a 4 element M2 beam.Yea, th
I have been using Roverlog for a few years now. It supports GPS's, Multi ops, Rotor Control, Messaging between multi ops, automatically calculates bearing to the other station, voice and cw keying an
I had some absolutely nice warn sunny weather BUT, always a but, the winds both days averaged about 15mph with gusts to 25 or more mph. My rover has a 6 foot dish and does not have a lot of support f
KE3HT/r did a 919 mile drive last weekend and racked up about 41,876 rover points. Interesting trip with some unusual conditions. This news list has size limits (smart) and my pictures do not fit soo
Phil; Here is the site I used: http://www.vhfsouth.org/tutorials/902.htm I will probably be running mine this year. I got the 150watt version. "Can you hear me now?" Is my motto for this year. 80w on
[X] Log received 0 days, 3 hours and 14 minutes after deadline. How can this be when the deadline is June 11th (tonight)? Traditionally the ARRL gives one month from the end of the contest to report