Kenny, For wide radius bends, you can hand form it. I'm not sure what the minimum bend radius for your particular coax is; depends on the diameter and the manufacturer. You really want to use some ki
Bruce, I have put my rover effort (a small one) onto LoTW. It was some work to put it in because LoTW requires a location for each operation to give proper credit for the contact. It doesn't have muc
That is a pretty good QSL rate on VHF+ contacts in my experience. That will probably get better when the ARRL gets VUCC working for LoTW (hint HINT!). Entering all the operating locations is a bit of
LoTW is not really a log book. It is a QSL matching service. It doesn't really have the capabilities of a true log book. It is useful for what it does. It would be even more useful for the VHFer when
If you are worried about the cost of the fixed yagis, this would seem an ideal situation for a rope yagi. There was an article a few years back about someone who made a 100 element 2M yagi using weld
Downeast Microwave (DEM) has excellent transverters for both bands. I have used the 222-28 and 902-144 transverters for many years. They have survived several overloads when I forgot to set the power
Alan, 1) Transverters are usually linear devices, so you can reduce output power by reducing input power. You can do this by either reducing the power from the radio or putting an attenuator in line.
My experience shows that the microwave contacts are actually harder. It may not be the case at grid corners, but over any appreciable difference, it is more difficult. It is much easier to pump out t
Thanks Bruce, Your description of a VHF contest setup resembles what I go through as well. Up here in DM15, if the rovers aren't out I usually don't work my own grid on 222, 902 and 1296. I have to m
I will be putting DM-15 on the air on all bands 50-1296 MHz, SO Portable during the contest. Erich N6FD _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contes
Zack, Have you thought about publishing your designs and design philosophy? I for one would be very interested in seeing how you did it. I have been trying to design something similar, but have not y
You can see the transport for my Single-Op Portable here: http://n6fd.home.mchsi.com/index.html I have the antennas mounted to a 4x4 sheet of 3/4 inch plywood with a pipe mount. I transport all the a
Yep I did. It was the only way for me to work my own grid on the upper bands. TNX to W6YLZ and W6TE. Erich, N6FD Single Op Portable in DM15dl _______________________________________________ VHFcontes
I once had the California Highway Patrol visit my QRP Portable site. The interesting thing is that I was located more than a mile off the highway out in the desert. I asked the patrolman how he had k