When you have a weak signal, you have to resort to some techniques to
help you work new stations during a contest or band opening.
One technique that has worked for me is to "piggy back" the contacts of
bigger stations. This past weekend, I made several contacts by listening
to Neil Taylor N4ION works stations. I'd hear Neil give their call sign,
quickly enter it into QRZ.com or check it against my cheat-sheet of
frequent VHF operators, and then spin the beam in their direction.
If I'm quick enough, I can usually call them at the end of Neil's
contact, and snag a new one. But this is dependent on being able to get
the beam around fast enough. I'm using a Channel Master TV rotor to spin
the beams in my attic. It's reasonably accurate in it's pointing but
slow....
A few months ago, I swapped it out for for a used Ham VI rotor, but
didn't find it to be much faster, and disliked the analog controller.
So, I'm hoping someone can point me in the direction of a faster rotor.
Do they publish specs on the rotational speed of these things? Any help
at all appreciated.
--
73,
*Les Rayburn, N1LF*
EM63nf
121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114
6M VUCC #1712
Grid Pirates #222
Life Member Central States VHF
WPC4LF Popular Communications Monitor ID
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