For those of you in Ontario or within VHF range, you may be interested in the Ontario QSO Party which takes place next weekend, April 15 at 1800 UTC to April 16 at 1800 UTC. This contest includes all
I am going to try to get on from a portable location (probably EN93sg) for the middle part of the Sprint, with my usual QRP and 6 element Yagi. Hope there is someone on close enough to work ! I may h
Have any of you FT-817, IC-502, etc. owners found a source for power amplifiers for six metres (or designs for homebrew) that will operate at the 2-5 watt input level ? I am looking to upgrade my hom
I'm glad to see this. I do believe that if a computerized process is used to remove QSOs from logs, the results really should be justified and the rules by which the corrected score is determined sho
This may be of interest. I didn't ask about backward compatibility. -- Hi Steve, Cabrillo Version 3 is now in use. We began using it for the 160 Meter Contest. 73, Tom Hogerty, KC1J ARRL Contests Cou
I tried to submit a Cabrillo 3.0 log and the robot had a fit. Contest Branch at ARRL has now confirmed that the robot is still running version 2 software. 73, Steve VE3SMA ___________________________
I am considering picking up a pre-owned DEMI 2m transverter for use with my K2, potentially for rover contesting. There are a few questions in my mind as to the suitability of this transverter.... (1
Bill: I think the use of lasers results from the FCC regulations in the US which specifically say that all frequencies above 275 GHz are allocated to amateurs (as I understand it). So the ARRL more-o
I am considering those two transverter options too, so I'd appreciate, if anyone has comparative data, that it be posted to the reflector too. However, I would be using a K2 as IF. 73, Steve VE3SMA A
I acquired a cheap and old (and working !) Microwave Modules 2m transverter which I am thinking about modifying for use as an intermediate transverter betwen my K2 and microwave transverters. It appe