Three operators will be active this weekend on Beaver Island, MI (EN75fn). N8UR, WD8DPA, and W8RKO will be active on 6 and 2 meters in addition to 432, 1296 and 10 GHz. Antennas and power will be mod
I admit to not taking time to look it up, but isn't there also a rule about minimum distance for a contact to be valid? Too bad there aren't any HT's with SSB capability to really show what it's like
While all this discussion of coherence and what is 'truly' radio, etc, is a fun intellectual exercise, it seems to me that it is going to be tough to write a rule proposal that we can agree to recomm
HI guys... Been following this discussion for a while, and I appreciate all of the viewpoints presented. There are some aspects of the situation that don't bother me too much, and others that, sadly,
For those of you who are going to be in Dayton, Ohio, next weekend for Hamvention, please read this. Thanks for allowing me to post this. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx A new feature
The N8ZM contest bunch will be operating from the station of N8UR on Beaver Island, which is in upper Lake Michigan. The QTH is on the east side of the island, specifically in EN75gp. Antennas will b
I'll bet that we could 'pass the hat' and get enough to own it as a group;-). Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79 _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontest
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HI John... The Friis equation extends out with a term for every stage of gain or loss in the system. So adding the pad at the end of the chain adds its noise factor, minus 1, and then divides it by a
Les... Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79 Behalf that an by during Contests "contest" as repeater, more contest. afternoon miss out FM--and this become signals" try to a the as point to participatio
Sean... Thanks for doing your homework and bringing some reason to this nonsensical discussion. And you make a good point that many contesters are just as active in the 160 test as the VHF tests. The
My modeling four stacked of 6m loops suggests comparable gain to a 5 element yogi in all directions with roughly the same takeoff angle with 10' spacing. What's wrong with that? Seems to me that the
So today's 24, 47, and 76 GHz bands are yesterday's 220 and 440? There are a few guys up there working on stuff for those bands and mostly doing EME but also some terrestrial work. Do they spend thei
All are welcome to congregate at the Midwest VHF/UHF Society booth, SA332. It's why we are there. Looking forward to seeing all of you and also at the VHF - microwave forum on Saturday at 3:15. _____
At the arena: 144.015 432.015 800' AGL in SW Dayton: 1296.073 Please give a listen and a signal report would be appreciated. These beacons are Sponsored by the Midwest VHF/UHF Society. Have a great t
OOPS! Someday Ill learn to type. Thanks, Mike. Tom Holmes, N8ZM From: Mike Suhar [mailto:msuhar@woh.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:06 AM To: Tom Holmes; microwave@lists.eclectechs.com; vhfcon
Thanks to all of you who put the time, energy, and resources into rovering this weekend. I hope we get to work all of you! Best wishes to each of you for many contacts and grids and for safe operatin
Ian... That's great! Thanks! Tom Holmes, N8ZM Hello everyone, Because of the lack of a reliably heard 2M beacon in Southeast Michigan I've been wanting to put a 2M beacon on the air for a while now.
So how about taking a clean sheet of paper approach to this? Design a new set of rules and contest structure to better achieve the goals of increasing activity and providing a reasonably level playin
John... That would certainly be one of the steps in the two-year process, and one the reasons I felt it would take two years. As for the ARRL sponsorship of the sprints, I like that too but the impor