Until some VHF and UHF Contest rules are changed, I will not be out in the
rover. With high gas prices and deaf ears in Newington, it's just not worth the
effort to go out as a single op rover. There is a lot of work involved in
setting things up for roving in a non-dedicated vehicle. The UHF contest
participation from Central Virginia has been pretty sparse the last few years.
If I had a QTH where I could put up multiple towers and get the antenna arrays
above the tree tops, I'd still be enthusiastic about VHF contesting. I had that
once from southern NH as WB1CJT. Maybe again, one of these days when I'm
retired. For now, it's time to get the low noise receiving antennas ready for
the low bands.
I still have two nice FT-736Rs for sale - one with 6,2,220 and 440, the other
with 2, 222 and 440. Both have tone board and CW filter. The four band radio
has the keyer and voice synthesizer options as well.
GL to all who stick with roving es 73 to all,
Dave N8AG/R ex W4TXS/R
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