I finally got all the antennas installed on the mountainmobile and set up on a
local ridgetop Sunday morning. Looks like 50 thru 2304 are working fine. I
worked FM06, EM75, 86, 89 and 95 on 144 thru 1296 with no problems. I thought
I had fried the 2304 rig again, but the darn SSB Electronics SP-13B is so good,
it brings signals up 4 to 6 db without and increase in background noise (huh -
isn't that what it is supposed to do?) See pictures of the setup at
http://www.chuckmartin.com/VHFContest2003_3.htm
Looks like my major problem is finding rover sites that are not destroyed by
man made noise. At least 2 if my usual sites are plagued by noise. I plan to
rove in at least 3 grids in the uWave Sprint next weekend. Look for me on
Sunday mornings from sunrise till 10 am EDST and during the test on Saturday.
Hope all of you Easterners enjoyed the SEVHF Conference in Orlando this weekend!
I have a very nice 1 kw out 6 and 2 meter solidstate amp with 28V @ 100 A
supply that I had planned to use in the van, but it is too big and requires
220V. If anyone is interested and can pick it up in Oak Ridge, reply off line.
John B. N8UM Oak Ridge, Tennseess
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