2m VUCC with any antenna is pretty impressive, as it is pretty difficult,
but with an indoor antenna is amazing! What antenna(s) were you using?
I did get 6m VUCC and a 125 sticker using an indoor dipole while in grad
school from 1992-1996. Just had it hanging up in the bedroom of my
apartment which was on the second floor. Used a Kenwood TS600 to a 100 watt
tube amp.
73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message -----
From: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHFcontesting Digest, Vol 66, Issue 57
>
> Les:
>
> Good luck with your indoor VUCC!
>
> I worked VUCC on 2M with indoor antennas (attic). Es, tropo and
> being in the central USA helped.
>
> - Jon N0JK
> > > Message: 5> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:18:38 -0500> From: "Les Rayburn"
<les@highnoonfilm.com>> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Big Iron: Chasing VUCC With
Indoor Antennas> Blog> To: "VHF Contesting Reflector"
<vhfcontesting@contesting.com>,> <vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu>> Message-ID:
<14CE9B94F18C4177B5CD86E60531C58F@LesN1LFPC>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"> > With tongue firmly in cheek, I've started a blog to
help journal my persona quest towards earning VUCC on the low bands using
indoor antennas. You can view the first few posts, along with some photos of
my shack and attic antenna installation at: > > http://n1lf.blogspot.com/> >
It's called "Big Iron" with a nod towards the old Marty Robbins gunfighter
ballad. Working at a place called "High Noon" exposes one to quite a bit of
Western culture, and while installing my antennas, I found myself humming
that one. It's actually a very small installation, but it does convert every
usable inch of space in my attic int
> o gain...and in that sense, it's "Big Iron" for me. > > While getting
started in VHF/UHF, I never seemed to find a site that was completely geared
towards beginners in weak signal work. A lot of sites lead me to good
information, but a lot of it assumed a level of knowledge that I didn't
have, or it gave a brief introduction with the bare bones, and no way to
follow up for additional information. Hopefully my blog will be able to
point out my mistakes, pass along places where I find knowledge and help
other newcomers get up to speed much quicker than I have. > > Comments
welcome! > > 73,> > Les Rayburn, N1LF> EM63nf
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