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+<head>
+ <title>Colorado Digital Eclectics </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> Colorado Digital Eclectics </h1></center>
+
+<hr>
+
+This page under rework. Pardon the mess. Feel free to send us
+<a href="mailto:bdale@gag.com"> email </a> with questions or comments.
+
+<hr>
+
+<h2> Overview </h2>
+
+Colorado Digital Eclectics (CODE) is the organizational name for the activities
+that Bdale Garbee , KB0G, and John Conner , NJ0C, undertake within the scope
+of the amateur radio hobby. CODE began as a financial umbrella for the packet
+radio infrastructure components that we deployed in the late 1980's and early
+1990's... but we do more than just packet!
+
+<h2> Activities </h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="packet/"> Packet Radio Infrastructure </a>
+<li> <a href="rover/"> VHF Contest Roving </a>
+</ul>
+
+<h2> Participants </h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/"> Bdale Garbee, KB0G </a>
+ (formerly N3EUA)
+<li> <a href="http://www.empiredi.com/"> John Conner, NJ0C </a>
+ (formerly WD0FHG)
+<li> <a href="mailto:stephen@cos.agilent.com"> Stephen Moraco, KC0FTQ </a>
+</ul>
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.2 1999/01/31 05:46:38 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
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+<head>
+ <title>CODE Packet Radio Activities </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> CODE Packet Radio Activities </h1></center>
+
+We've worked on various things over the years. Here's a short list of some
+of the most interesting... We'll write more when we get time and motivation.
+<ul>
+<li> 447.250 9600 baud digital repeater
+<li> 145.205 1200 baud digital repeater
+<li> DGPS reference station
+<li> WA4DSY 56kb modems
+<li> AMSAT Phase-3D pieces, including RUDAK
+</ul>
+For a few other tidbits, check out Bdale's
+<a href="http://www.tapr.org/~n3eua/">TAPR page</a>.
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>, $Id: index.html,v 1.1 1999/01/31 05:46:40 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
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+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 1998-09 </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> September 1998 ARRL VHF QSO Party </h1></center>
+
+<a href="wewon.jpg"> <img src="thumb-wewon.jpg"> </a>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+John and I started talking a week or so before the contest about mounting a
+rover expedition. While cleaning out the basement to prepare for concrete
+sawing to connect the basements under the new additions, I managed to get all
+the relevant pieces in a couple of boxes near the door of the shed. For 6m,
+my TS-430S would link up with the Ten-Tec 6m transverter kit I won at CSVHFS
+'95, and first fired up in the back yard in the June contest this year. The
+quad wasn't going to move easily, though, so we didn't have an antenna. For
+2m, my TS-790A would get a 4-element Cushcraft 2m yagi from the garage. For
+70cm, I had an un-deployed 11-element K1FO from Rutland Arrays that I bought
+a while back for a 56kb digital link we never put up, and the TS-790A. For
+23cm, I had the band module in the TS-790A, but no antenna. John offered to
+try putting one of the Kent Britain "cheap yagis" together using dimensions from
+the proceedings of CSVHFS '94.
+<p>
+So, the only preparation work we did was John's fabrication of the antenna,
+my getting all the maybe-useful pieces together in one place in my shed, and
+a few good ideas from the Rover Forum at CSVHFS '98.
+<p>
+Saturday morning, I took my daughter to her violin lessons. John arrived
+about 12:30, and we sat down over lunch to figure out what we were going to
+do. We put the roof rails on my Trooper, and played with my new $50 Harbor
+Freight drill press and an 8' 1x4, ending up with the 1x4 wire-tied to the
+cross rails, sticking out over the back of the Trooper a couple of feet on
+the right side, and with a notch in the end that we could stand some Radio
+Shack antenna mast up through, pinning it into place so that it would stay
+up and could be rotated by hand. I had 2 5' sections of mast, and John brought
+one from his garage, so we had 15' of mast.
+<p>
+We stared at the 6m quad for a while, then gave in to reality and decided
+what we really needed was a dipole. I found a 10' section of PVC, a couple
+of short pieces, some end caps, and a couple of tees... plus some 10-gauge
+insulated copper wire, and a 15' piece of RG-58 with a BNC on one end. We
+ended up with a dipole that we could shove into the top of the RS mast, and
+with a bit of tape, keep it from twisting in the wind. So, of the 4 antennas
+we used, two were commercial kits, one was a pre-contest hack, and one was
+a during-contest hack.
+<p>
+We stacked up the antennas in the driveway, got the mast vertical, and found
+suitable lengths of RG-58 with BNC's from my pile of scrap thin-lan cabling.
+Everything else
+was either bad RG-8, long 9913 runs, or a long heliax run. We maxed out the
+adapter combinations getting everything wired up, and then tried to test
+things out. Another round of cable fabrication ensued to get power to the
+rigs from the binding posts up front under the passenger seat, and we were
+ready to test.
+<p>
+After a very long time spent scratching our heads, we found a
+BNC-N adapter that the center pin had pulled apart on, and were up and running
+on all four bands. By this time, it was mid afternoon, 6m was open and we
+could hear what we think was a Cuban working a Mexican, and everyone got
+excited including the carpenters working on my house! Just then, a serious
+downpour rolled in, scrubbing the construction crew's efforts, and causing
+us to decide to punt until Sunday, still with no contacts.
+<p>
+Sunday morning I spent moving boxes out of the basement to the shed trying to
+finish getting ready for the impending concrete sawing, and John took care of
+some errands. He arrived at my place at 11am or so. We tore the antennas
+down, rigged for travel, and headed out. After a stop for gas, fluids, and
+munchies, we drove northeast into the southwest corner of DM89. My house is
+near the south edge of DM79, and we had to drive into DM78, then back across
+the very southeast corner of DM79 to get to DM89. While we were driving
+through DM78, we worked N0SWV on both 2m and 70cm FM simplex, and set up a
+sked for our arrival in DM89.
+<p>
+We found a fairly nice little hill with some road construction at the apex
+that gave us a nice wide area next to the road to park on with no weeds and
+therefore no bugs to bother us. It took 15-20 minutes to get everything set
+up and get on the air. We worked N0SWV as scheduled on 2m and then 6m, and
+then picked up several other stations in the Denver area that heard us. They
+were busy working N0LL in EM09 on 144.200, so we spun the beams around and
+managed to work him on both 2m and 70cm SSB! Exciting stuff! W6OAL had the
+honor of being our first-ever 1296 contact, and his reaction on hearing that
+we were running 5w into 15' of RG-58 to 11 elements was worth the drive...
+[grin]. By the time we left, we'd worked 7 stations in 4 grids on 4 bands,
+and felt like things had been a success already!
+<p>
+The dirt road we were on ran due north-south. So, we headed south for a half
+hour or so, crossing into DM88. We scouted a better site in DM89 along the
+way, which we marked for next time! I gather DM88 isn't lit unless a rover
+goes there, as there was quite a bit of interest in us when we got set up, this
+time in about 10-15 minutes. We worked 12 stations on 2m, and 7 of them on
+70cm. The 6m setup was giving us fits, with RF getting into the HF rig's
+processor and driving it crazy every time we keyed. We played with the
+antenna, moved ferrites around, and never really got it working well again.
+We got 7 grids, including DM67, EM09, DN70, and DM98. Again, loads of fun.
+The 23cm to Denver was dead, the problem with EM88 is that there just aren't
+any good hills that we could see in the corner we were in...
+<p>
+From there, we jogged north a touch and then west into the northeast corner
+of DM78. We found a nice turn-out into a sunflower field on a ridge and set
+up in well under 10 minutes. Practice, and all that! By this time it was
+about 5:30pm local, thunderstorms were north and east of us, and some stations
+had apparently shut down until the storms passed. Even with all that, we
+worked 9 stations in 4 grids on 2m, and 4 of them on 70cm as well, including
+N0KM again in DM67... that was cool given the terrain in between us!
+<p>
+It was getting late, and the rain was headed our way, so we tore down and
+headed back for my place. On the way home, we found N0SWV again on 70cm FM
+simplex, and told him we were headed for home in DM79. We indicated that we
+could set up briefly on the high point of the road around my neighborhood in
+Black Forest if anyone was still around, and he encouraged us to do so. So,
+we set up a mile or so from the house up on top of the hill, and worked 4
+stations in DM78 and DM79, all on 2m and 70cm, and two of them on 1296, all
+in about 5 minutes after setting up! By this time it was nearly 8pm local,
+it was dark, it was cold (I had shorts and a short-sleeve shirt, and no
+jacket!), and we'd had enough. So, we packed it up and headed to the house.
+<p>
+I haven't filled out the forms or added up the score yet, and I don't really
+care! We had a blast, and are already talking about adding 220 and 902
+before January... plus maybe working on the 6m setup to cure the HF rig
+funnies. This was a first-time rover experience for both of us, and I think
+we're hooked!
+<p>
+A few thoughts for next time. Wear long pants, the bug bites on my legs are
+annoying. Take a couple of chairs. Take more munchies and fluids. Drive
+less, operate more around the 4-grid corner. Fix the 6m RF problem! Get
+up on 222 and 902... both would have gotten us more contacts. Put preamps
+at the antennas! Scrounge something better than RG-58... but keep the BNC's
+if we can, they were just too easy to take on and off. Another five feet
+of mast? Definitely need it if we add two more bands. Announce to the locals
+when we're leaving the house via 70cm FM, they'll be ready when we get to the
+first grid.
+
+<h2> John's Photos </h2>
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="Code_002.jpg">Bdale's Basement - Nearly Empty!</a>, 116k jpeg
+<li> <a href="Code_006.jpg">Bdale, Working West from DM89</a>, 117k jpeg
+<li> <a href="Code_007.jpg">The Antennas</a>, 31k jpeg
+<li> <a href="Code_009.jpg">We forgot chairs... the paint bucket beat nothing!
+ </a>, 119k jpeg
+<li> <a href="Code_011.jpg">Thunderstorm east of us in DM88!</a>, 19k jpeg
+</ul>
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+<pre>
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Grid(s) Activated: DM78 DM89 DM88 DM79
+Entry Type: Rover
+
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult
+50 MHz 2 1 2 1
+144 MHz 31 1 31 8
+432 MHz 23 2 46 6
+1296 MHz 4 3 12 2
+
+Total
+All Bands 60 91 17
+
+GRIDS ACTIVATED 4 Rover Scoring Used
+
+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE: 1911
+</pre>
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.3 1999/04/13 20:00:36 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
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+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 1999-01 </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> January 1999 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes </h1></center>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+
+We've decided that if the Cedar Rapids crowd contests using the "Just in Time"
+approach, that what we do could perhaps best be called a "Not Quite on Time"
+approach to roving.
+
+<p>
+
+We were frustrated in September to have our 6m setup work so poorly, and
+decided to focus first on getting that fixed. January is typically not a big
+time for 6m openings, but we wanted to get that nailed and "out of the way"
+before the June contest. To that end, we acutally did some planning and spent
+some money! New antennas, an amplifier, a 27DC deep-cycle 12V battery, and
+big boxes of 1/4-20 carriage bolts, fender washers, and wing nuts.
+
+<p>
+
+John tried to buy some M2 "SQLoop" omni antennas, one on 6m and
+a stacked pair on 2m. As I type this a week after the contest, they still
+aren't here. Apparently, M2 has changed the design and John got caught in the
+switchover. WD0E pointed out that W6OAL's Olde Antenna Lab makes a nice 6m
+omni, so I pointed John that way, and we drove up to Parker a few days before
+the contest to visit Dave and pick up one each 6m and 2m omni antennas. Jim
+WD0E showed up while we were there, and helped twist our arms to buy one of
+the "PortaPole" telescoping masts. We got to talking about where we were in
+the process of getting ready for the contest, and Dave ended up throwing in
+a couple of used 50' feedlines with N connectors, and Jim found us a bag of
+the whizzy, nice N connectors that work well on 9913. It's nice having friends
+in the hobby... thanks guys!
+
+<p>
+
+I researched commercially-available 6m amplifiers after deciding I just
+didn't have time to build something, and ended up buying a Teletec amp through
+Down East Microwave. It's a nice amp, and worked well for us, but it sure
+needs a power-on LED indicator! There's only one LED, and it indicates
+shutdown due to high VSWR or thermal overload... when operating in a rover,
+the warm glow of a power-on LED is reassuring. We'll pass a suggestion back
+to DEM and Teletec.
+
+<p>
+
+Mounting the omnis involved further creative application of my $50 Harbor
+Freight drill press, some 2x6 and 2x4 leftovers, and a new set of "load stops"
+for the Thule rack on the Trooper. The basic notion is that we mounted
+an 8-foot 2x6 vertically as a "keel" down the center of the Trooper's roof. We
+drilled holes through the load stops so that long 1/4-20 carriage bolts could
+be used to hold the 2x6 in place. This gave us a very rigid base structure.
+We then cut a couple of 2x4 pieces as mounts for the two omni antennas. One
+is held vertical at the rear with carriage bolts through the 2x6, and holds
+the 6m halo about three feet above the roof. The other is a touch shorter,
+mounted near the front of the vehicle, and holds the 2m circularly folded
+dipole. I heard a neat idea at the CSVHFS rover forum in Kansas City, which was
+to use some pipe insulation to clamp the cables in the top of a window without
+either mashing the cables or having the wind rush in. We kept forgetting to
+pick up any of the stuff, so John hacked a piece of the squishy packing foam
+from his new laser printer's box to make a cable feed-through thingy for the
+top of the left rear window on the Trooper. It worked out great.
+
+<p>
+
+Unfortunately, our 1x4 hack from September wasn't gutsy enough to make us
+comfortable holding the new Portapole, which is about 25 feet at full extension
+versus the 15 feet we had last time in Radio Shack mast sections. Fortunately,
+there was another 2x6 in the pile, so we fabricated a new bracket much like the
+one we had in September, but larger. We found some U-bolts in the garage, and
+used two at each Thule roof rod to hold it down. The U-bolts were 1/4-20, so
+we used fender washers and wing nuts on each, making it really easy to put
+things together and tear them down. In fact, once we realized the U-bolts
+were 1/4-20, we went through and replaced the hex nuts on the 23cm and 70cm
+yagis, making them *much* easier to put on and take off. Unfortunately, the
+2m yagi uses 5/16 or 3/8 hardware, so we still had to carry a wrench along.
+
+<p>
+
+The antenna mounts worked out fine, but we realized once we put the pole up
+that the 6m antenna was pretty close to the pole, and we kept thinking it
+would have been nicer to have it higher. The idea we've hatched since which
+we will try in June is to use about an 8 foot 2x4, set up to hold the 6m
+antenna above the front end of the Trooper near where the 2m antenna was this
+time. For travel, we pop one of the carriage bolts, and use the other as a
+hinge point to fold it down along the top of the vehicle, with the halo hanging
+down behind the Trooper. When we arrive at a location, we fold it up and stick
+the carriage bolt back in, and we're ready to operate on 6m. This gets the
+6m antenna higher, gets it away from the pole, and we didn't operate while
+mobile this time anyway. Maybe we'll give it a try next time.
+
+<p>
+
+Saturday, I picked John up mid-morning, after taking my daughter Elizabeth to
+her violin lesson. We fabricated cables, and got things mostly put together.
+My mother-in-law (visiting to help take care of Robert Dickinson, born 12 Jan!)
+cooked a pile of grilled ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch. After lunch,
+we finished getting things together, and fired up on 6m to see if the new
+antenna and amplifier worked. Congrats to K0RI for being our first contact
+on the new hardware, followed quickly by N0NKG, N0KIC, and N0VSB. Four QSO's,
+two grids, and we hadn't even started the engine yet!
+
+<p>
+
+We got rolling, and John worked a few folks on 2m and 70cm FM simplex while we
+drove out to the extreme southwest corner of DM89. We tried the "better spot"
+we had picked out in September, and it was a good location for us. There's a
+good picture of the Trooper at that location below. We had the 6m and 2m omni
+antennas, and 11 element yagis on 70cm and 23cm at the top of the pole. The
+yagis were the same as September, but I'd found and dusted off my Mirage 70cm
+amplifier. We definitely were "best" on 70cm on Saturday. Good antenna, amp,
+preamp, 22 feet or so up...
+
+<p>
+
+The highlight in DM89 was probably our contact with KI0AG/R... he was
+only a mile or two from us at the time, and he *pegged* our S meter on 23cm!
+What a hoot!
+
+<p>
+
+It didn't take long for me to <b> really </b> start missing the yagi on 2m. We
+had decided to go omnis since we were expecting blizzard conditions for the
+contest. But, as often happens, the front did something different, and we had
+nice weather... cold, but not bitterly so. Sunday, we found another feedline,
+put the 4-element 2m yagi up on the pole below the 70cm yagi, and I was much
+much happier! I credit the yagi with giving us N0LL in EM09 from DM78, and
+K5RHR in DM65 and KK5YY in DM66 from DM79. Those were some fun contacts!
+
+<p>
+
+Our stop in DM88 late Saturday afternoon was unremarkable. The equipment was
+all working, but we were near some power lines, and the noise was pretty bad
+on 6m and 2m. It started getting cold quickly when the sun went down, so we
+didn't stay long. The highlight in DM88 was probably pulling up behind
+KC0ETU/R. The Witte clan fielded two rovers, the other being KB0CY/R... we
+had fun trying to keep the logs straight working each other as we shuffled
+around the grid corners!
+
+<p>
+
+Sunday morning I picked John up and we headed to Palmer Park, which is in the
+middle of Colorado Springs, just north of where John lives in DM78. There
+are a couple
+of good hills in the park, and we found a decent parking space in the lot on
+the southern hill, with a good shot in all directions. The wind was fierce.
+We tried putting the Portapole only partly up, but got "too cute" trying to
+use the bottom sections and leave the top ones collapsed. We hadn't thought
+about the fact that not extending the top sections meant the wind would be able
+to whip things around since the sections weren't locked together. After a
+couple of iterations of dropping the mast to wrap more "universal solution"
+(duct tape) around the joints, we got 15 feet or so of mast that worked ok up
+in the air.
+
+<p>
+
+While we didn't experience any real band openings, we had a good time in the
+Park. We worked N0LL in EM09 on 2m and 70cm, and heard W7XI in EN13 on 2m but
+couldn't
+raise him. We worked W0KJY in DN70 on 70cm, and picked up a variety of
+contacts on all 4 bands we were carrying (6m/2m/70cm/23cm) from DM78 and DM79.
+K0RZ's signal on 23cm was note-worthy. He claimed to only be operating 23cm
+and 10Ghz narrow-band... so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that he was so
+solid on 1296!
+
+<p>
+
+We packed up, stopped on the north side of town for some monster burritos, and
+headed north on highway 83 into DM79. On the ridge just south of Franktown,
+we found a road leading into a new subdivision that was the highest point
+around, with no powerlines nearby, and wonderful shots north and south. We
+parked behind the community mailboxes. The wind was still fierce, but not
+as bad as in Palmer Park. We put the mast all the way up... and were
+rewarded with a full page on the logging pad! We had a couple of "visitations"
+from the locals. Once they realized we were amateur radio types (confirming
+their worst suspicions, no doubt!), they were content to leave us alone. A
+ham stopped his car and came over to ask how we were doing, I unfortunately
+didn't think to make note of his name and call.
+
+<p>
+
+We worked "all the usual suspects" from this site, and were really excited to
+work K5RHR in DM65 and KK5YY in DM66 on 2m. K0GU gave us DN70. We could
+hear W7SAO in DM59 and K7TNT in DN74, but weren't able to raise either. As
+with Saturday, the moment the sun started to go down, it started to get
+viciously cold... so we packed up and headed home.
+
+<p>
+
+All in all, we had a lot of fun! The working 6m setup including the Olde
+antenna and Teletec amplifier definitely made that band a lot more fun, and
+the Mirage amp on 70cm working with the K1FO 11-element yagi from Rutland
+Arrays made that band a no-brainer. We worked everyone on 70cm that we heard,
+I'm pretty sure.
+
+<p>
+
+Things that went well... The deep-cycle battery was an excellant
+addition, since not
+having to even think about the possibility of running down the Trooper's
+starting battery let us be a lot more relaxed about operating, particularly
+with the amplifiers on. My splurging and buying full boxes of the 1/4-20
+carriage bolts, fender washers, and wing nuts made it a lot easier, and more
+fun, to put things together and take them apart this time. The time we spent
+putting wire-ties on the feedlines so that we had a single bundle going up the
+mast to contend with was a big win, it tangled less than it might have.
+I found a set of colored electrical tape rolls at Home Base, which electricians
+call "phase tape". They use it to keep up with which phase is which in
+multi-phase electrical wiring. We used it to color-code the bands, so that we
+didn't have to think very hard in the cold about which cable went to which
+antenna, or amplifier, or radio. For a couple of bucks, this was an amazingly
+useful thing!
+
+<p>
+
+Things to do differently next time... The power cabling was a bit messy, and
+would probably be improved if we made up a distribution box with cabling to the
+battery on one side and a bunch of our standard connectors for the low-current
+stuff... amplifiers should still cable directly to the battery, of course. The
+back-seat operating position was a bit cramped for Bdale. We keep talking
+about pulling out the right front seat and putting the rig stack there. It's
+not clear that we have the right formula yet, but we'll keep thinking about
+it. We ought to add another band for June. Several folks asked us if we had
+222 gear. Nobody asked about 902 or anything higher, except 10Ghz... which
+would have been problematic from most of the sites we used. It would be really
+nice to have 150+ watts on 2m. With the 4-element yagi, we heard several cool
+grids that couldn't hear us... would be nice to be more balanced. I suppose
+we could think about a longer 2m yagi, too. We also think it would be in
+everyone's best interest to try and figure out how to get more of the FM-only
+folks in Colorado excited about working some simplex contacts. We got one
+grid combination *only* because we had 2m/70cm FM capabilities, and if we can
+do it without violating the "manufactured contact" rules, we think rousing up
+more of the locals to see what we're about might bring more folks into the
+VHF weak signal community.
+
+<p>
+
+For June, if we don't get crazy, we'll probably use the same sites in DM89,
+DM78, and DM79... but I think we've got more poking to do for a good site in
+DM88 without all the powerline noise.
+
+<h2> John's Photos </h2>
+<ul>
+<li> 39k <a href="Jan_001.jpg">In Front of Bdale's House</a> <br>
+ We set up in the driveway to check things out. The house remodel and
+ addition is mostly done, but the garage is still a mess, which made
+ finding all the pieces a bit of a challenge this time!
+<li> 37k <a href="Jan_002.jpg">View from the Front Seat </a> <br>
+ We fired up on 6m and 2m from the driveway to make sure the new omni
+ antennas and the new 6m amp were working, made our first few contacts
+ with locals on 6m before we ever started the engine...
+<li> 52k <a href="Jan_003.jpg">Almost Ready to Go </a> <br>
+ Bdale decided it'd be smart to insulate the battery positive
+ terminal... lots of aluminum nearby! Sure glad we didn't have to dig
+ out the fire extinquisher, buried as it was.
+<li> 27k <a href="Jan_004.jpg">In DM89 </a> <br>
+ A good shot of the antenna setup Saturday.
+<li> 30k <a href="Jan_005.jpg">Sunset Over the Antennas</a> <br>
+ About the time we packed it in Saturday evening, somewhere in DM88.
+<li> 39k <a href="Jan_006.jpg">The Operating Position </a> <br>
+ Note that all the essentials are present...
+ Diet Pepsi, Water, Chex Mix, notepad on clipboard...
+ oh, and radios too! Also shows the cables coming in
+ through the foam.
+<li> 37k <a href="Jan_007.jpg">Sunday atop Palmer Park in DM78 </a> <br>
+ This is in the middle of Colorado Springs. We didn't think to take
+ any pictures until we'd almost finished tearing down to move to
+ the next grid... lots of interaction "with the public" at this site.
+ The morning's highlight was working N0LL in EM09.
+<li> 24k <a href="Jan_008.jpg">Heading Home from DM79 </a> <br>
+ Pikes Peak in the distance. Again, we were having such a good time
+ working the radios that we forgot all about taking pictures...
+</ul>
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+<pre>
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Grid(s) Activated: DM79 DM89 DM88 DM78
+Entry Type: Rover
+
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult
+50 MHz 26 1 26 3
+144 MHz 38 1 38 10
+432 MHz 39 2 78 6
+1296 MHz 8 4 32 3
+
+Total
+All Bands 111 174 22
+
+GRIDS ACTIVATED 4 Rover Scoring Used
+
+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE: 4524
+</pre>
+
+<h2> Equipment </h2>
+
+We ran a Kenwood TS-790A on 2m, 70cm, and 23cm, and a Ten-Tec transverter
+and Kenwood TS-430S on 6m. We had a Teletec amplifier on 6m making maybe as
+much as 150 watts, and a Mirage amplifier on 70cm making at least 100 watts.
+The 6m antenna was a halo from Olde Antenna Labs. The 2m antennas were a
+circularly folded dipole from Olde on Saturday, and a Cushcraft 4-element yagi
+on Sunday. The 70cm antenna was a K1FO design 11-element yagi bought from
+Rutland Arrays a few years back. The 23cm antenna was an 11-element yagi
+fabricated by John in his shop prior to the September contest using Kent
+Britain's fine article on cheap yagis for roving from the CSVHFS meeting in
+Hot Springs a few years back. Feedlines were a mix of RG-214 and Belden 9913
+with N connectors almost everywhere.
+
+<h2> Acknowledgements </h2>
+
+Our continued thanks to the
+<a href="http://www.rf.org/crms">Cedar Rapids Microwave Society</a>
+folks for getting us all riled up to go do this rover thing. They're a neat
+bunch of folks to hang out at Dayton with, too! W6OAL turned around our order
+for 6m and 2m antennas quickly in the week before the contest, and donated two
+very nice used feedlines that saved us a bunch of prep-time. WD0E donated a
+bag of N connectors which also helped out our feedline situation. Bdale's
+mother-in-law's being in town to help his wife with the new baby gave him the
+license to go play radios for the weekend. And finally, thanks to all of the
+fine folks we worked in the contest for helping to make our roving efforts
+fun by giving us someone to talk to!
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.1 1999/01/31 05:46:44 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
--- /dev/null
+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 1999-04.2m </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> April 1999 2m Sprint </h1></center>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+
+John was on a plane headed for Taiwan on business as the contest opened, so I
+managed to convince a non-ham friend from work, Stephen Moraco, to come out and
+help with this contest. I think we just might have him hooked!
+
+<p>
+
+This was my first Sprint. After the way things went in January, I had decided
+that for a single-band contest, I wanted more antenna than the 4-element 2m
+yagi we've been using. So, I splurged and bought a Directive Systems
+DSFO144-12 kit from
+<a href="http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/"> Down East Microwave </a>. As with
+the other K1FO-style antennas I've put together in the past, this went together
+pretty easily. Steve came up to the house on Saturday afternoon before the
+contest to help me get it put together and checked out.
+
+<p>
+
+I also decided that since my satellite antennas are still down from the house
+remodel, there was no reason not to snag the Landwehr preamps from the tower
+section so that we'd have as much receive performance as we could get.
+
+<p>
+
+Since rover rules were not part of the contest announcement, we didn't actually
+rove, but decided to
+drive out to "our spot" in the southwest corner of DM89. We couldn't
+have asked for better weather conditions. We had plenty of sunlight to get
+setup, and it was clear and the stars were beautiful in the lulls between
+bursts of contacts. The wind picked up a bit towards the end of the contest,
+chilling us a bit, but it wasn't bad at all! Since we weren't sure what the
+wind was going to do, we took the top two sections off the portapole, and put
+the antenna up maybe 20 feet, with the preamp on the mast as far down as the
+coax jumper from the antenna would allow.
+
+<p>
+
+For the first time in N3EUA contest history, we were ready to go
+at the start of the contest! We even took time to call CQ for a signal check
+before the contest started... Can't let this get habit-forming...
+
+<p>
+
+The highlights this time were probably the signal reports from our friends in
+New Mexico, and over in central Colorado... they all reported that we were
+much much stronger than in previous contests, which was gratifying since I
+spent money on the antenna to achieve precisely that result. There were only
+a few stations we heard but didn't work, so I have to feel pretty good about
+our setup this time. An amplifier would have been nice when I was shouting
+away the last of my voice trying to raise K7TNT near the end of the sprint...
+
+<p>
+
+Here it is two days later, and I still don't have my voice back... we must have
+had fun!
+
+<p>
+
+I'm glad I took time to make up a cable to power the light in the SWR/Power
+meter. It was very reassuring to know what was going on. I'm sorry we
+mashed the top of the Porapole with over-zealous tightening of the U-bolts
+on the antenna, but we'll fix that. Otherwise, things just worked!
+
+<p>
+
+We had a lot of fun!
+
+<h2> No Photos This Time - Sorry! </h2>
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+
+All the contacts were manually entered into VHF DX after the contest, so some
+times may be only approximate.
+
+<pre>
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL VHF SPRINTS
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest: ARRL VHF Sprints
+
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Call of Operator: N3EUA
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+ Grid(s) Activated: DM89
+ Location Name: Eastern Colorado
+ ARRL Section: Colorado
+
+Entry Type: Single Operator
+===============================================================================
+ Valid Claimed
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult Score
+144 MHz 30 1 30 14 420
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country. My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA 13.04.1999
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO 80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz) column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC) column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC) column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note: Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with - 0 - points.
+
+
+
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL VHF SPRINTS
+
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0102 W6OAL DM89 DM79 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0105 K0GU DM89 DN70 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0115 K0RP DM89 DM88 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0116 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0117 N0NKG DM89 DM78 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0119 N0POH DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0120 W0KVA DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0124 K5RHR DM89 DM65 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0125 N9KUW DM89 DM65 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0130 N0KE DM89 DM69 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0131 N0SWV DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0131 N0VSB DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0142 N0LL DM89 EM09 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0146 KF4GMH DM89 DM78 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0153 KA0ULN/R DM89 DM89 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0155 KK5YY DM89 DM66 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0213 W0LD DM89 DM78 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0214 N9KC/R DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0230 KC5SFV DM89 DM65 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0257 W0ETT DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0301 KA0ULN/R DM89 DN80 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0313 NA0US DM89 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0314 W0AVV DM89 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0322 KC0ADT DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0333 WD0BQM DM89 DN81 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0340 KC0FGK DM89 DM67 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0404 K0CL DM89 DM69 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0416 AB0GD DM89 DN71 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0425 KA0ULN/R DM89 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0456 KC0COU DM89 DN70 1
+</pre>
+
+<h2> Equipment </h2>
+
+We ran my Kenwood TS-790A barefoot (about 40 watts) through a Diamond SWR/Power
+meter and Landwehr
+preamp into a 12-element K1FO-style yagi at about 20' above ground. The
+feedline was about 10 feet of RG-214 from the antenna to the preamp,
+then about a 50 foot run of 9913 to the meter, plus another short 9913 jumper
+to the rig. All this ran off my deep-cycle battery quite happily.
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.4 1999/04/14 18:41:22 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
--- /dev/null
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL VHF SPRINTS
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest: ARRL VHF Sprints
+
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Call of Operator: N3EUA
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+ Grid(s) Activated: DM89
+ Location Name: Eastern Colorado
+ ARRL Section: Colorado
+
+Entry Type: Single Operator
+===============================================================================
+ Valid Claimed
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult Score
+144 MHz 30 1 30 14 420
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country. My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA 13.04.1999
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO 80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz) column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC) column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC) column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note: Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with - 0 - points.
+
+
+
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL VHF SPRINTS
+
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0102 W6OAL DM89 DM79 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0105 K0GU DM89 DN70 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0115 K0RP DM89 DM88 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0116 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0117 N0NKG DM89 DM78 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0119 N0POH DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0120 W0KVA DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0124 K5RHR DM89 DM65 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0125 N9KUW DM89 DM65 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0130 N0KE DM89 DM69 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0131 N0SWV DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0131 N0VSB DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0142 N0LL DM89 EM09 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0146 KF4GMH DM89 DM78 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0153 KA0ULN/R DM89 DM89 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0155 KK5YY DM89 DM66 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0213 W0LD DM89 DM78 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0214 N9KC/R DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0230 KC5SFV DM89 DM65 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0257 W0ETT DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0301 KA0ULN/R DM89 DN80 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0313 NA0US DM89 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0314 W0AVV DM89 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0322 KC0ADT DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0333 WD0BQM DM89 DN81 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0340 KC0FGK DM89 DM67 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0404 K0CL DM89 DM69 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0416 AB0GD DM89 DN71 * 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0425 KA0ULN/R DM89 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/04/99 0456 KC0COU DM89 DN70 1
--- /dev/null
+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 1999-06 </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> June 1999 ARRL VHF </h1></center>
+
+<center><h2>
+ARRL put 1998 rover scores in 1999 contest results!
+<br>
+Correction expected in a future QST...
+</h2></center>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+
+We had big plans for this contest, until John discovered at the last minute
+that he needed to be out of town on business. He had built a DEM 222
+transverter and DSFO 222 antenna, and I had put together a DEM 903 transverter
+for which John crafted another Kent Britain-style yagi for me. Stephen had
+gotten excited and had been working on a pair of 10Ghz WBFM stations using
+some of the gear I had sitting around from the old microwave packet experiment
+days, and we were even talking about running two rovers and catching some more
+grids out east into Kansas...
+
+Once it was clear that John wasn't going to be available, we punted 222 Mhz,
+and Stephen and I consolidated gear into one rover run in my usual vehicle.
+
+Despite everything, we achieved the highest score yet for N3EUA/R, 8580 points
+claimed!
+
+<p>
+
+I can't say enough good things about the folks at
+<a href="http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/"> Down East Microwave </a>,
+and W6OAL. I underestimated just how hostile the TS-790A was going to be
+towards transverters, and ordered a TIB-CK transverter interface box from DEM
+fairly late in the game. They came through just in time for me to get the 902
+pieces integrated and ready for the weekend. Dave put up with some email and
+phone calls as I stumbled through getting the transverter performing at
+something near rated TX output. Good people, all.
+
+<p>
+
+We nearly got started on time, but not quite. Our first contact was made from
+my driveway about an hour into the contest, and it was another 2.5 hours or so
+before we were set up at our first site in DM89. We had taken the time to
+install the 2m omni in addition to the 6m omni fixed on the Trooper. It was
+a good thing, because the weather out east was miserable, and we never got
+the gain antennas up at all on Saturday! We had also punted making a taller
+6m antenna mount due to not having enough time, and that probably worked to
+our advantage as well... with all the rain, it would have been annoying taking
+it down and putting it up.
+
+<p>
+
+We went to our usual rover location in DM89, but a storm cell was threatening
+from the south, and so we decided to drive north farther into DM89. We
+ended up on a
+hilltop just east of the grid line and farther north than we've ever operated
+in DM89 (almost to I-70!), trying to get out from under the weather... it
+looked nice to the northeast, and scary in every other direction. We made a
+few contacts on 6m and 2m, the highlight being our first EL16 contact on 6m,
+just seconds before lightning struck the adjacent ridge maybe as much as
+a half mile east of us! Needless to say, we shut down and got off the hill
+in record time...
+
+<p>
+
+Sitting at the bottom of the hill, I was struck by the fact that with the rain
+going as hard as it was, we might well end up having to choose between a
+possible lightning strike on the hills, or a flash flood in the bottoms. It
+was that kind of day. Stephen was undauntable, though, and thought maybe it
+looked lighter to the south, so we drove down into DM88 seeing if we could get
+south of the cell. We more or less succeeded way south of where we normally
+operate from. We managed about 8 contacts before the rain started pouring
+again, and we decided to give up. It was pretty clear that most of the home
+stations nearby with hot antennas were shut down due to the storms, and there
+just weren't many folks to talk to.
+
+<p>
+
+Somewhere in there, the right windshield wiper on the Trooper broke and quit
+moving. Fortunately, the one on the driver's side kept going, so it could have
+been worse. Of course, I got totally soaked, despite my "Barney suit" (a big
+purple poncho), while trying to see if it was easily fixable. Oh well.
+
+<p>
+
+I wandered out to the driveway on the way to bed and made a few more contacts
+from DM79. So, all told, we operated from three grids on Saturday, but made
+very few contacts and only a couple that were "interesting".
+
+<p>
+
+Sunday morning, Steve showed up fairly early, and we spent some time trying to
+find a good operating position in DM78 near the house. I live in DM79pa,
+which is just north of the grid line. Experience has shown that DM79 is less
+exciting to the DX contacts than DM78, so we figured we might have more fun
+parking for a long sit in DM78 than in DM79, but after Saturday's weather, we
+weren't really interested in going far from home. We ended up in the parking
+lot of the new community college branch on highway 83 north of Colorado
+Springs. It was a pretty good location, though shaded to the north by
+Monument Hill. On the higher bands, we were very successful working north by
+bouncing off Pikes Peak, so we were more than happy there.
+
+<p>
+
+In less time than it took for us to get the antennas up and get on the air,
+a Colorado Springs Police unit rolled up to see who we were and what we were
+doing. After a quick explaination and show-and-tell, the officer told us we
+were welcome to stay there, and that he'd make sure the word got passed so we
+wouldn't be bothered again. He couldn't have been nicer.
+
+<p>
+
+Steve's wife and son showed up around lunch time with sandwiches, so we took
+a much-needed break and played show-and-tell. The break was needed because
+6m was wide-open, and I was "working the pileup", logging about as fast as I
+could write for a short while. It was fun being accused on the air of having
+a kilowatt and a big yagi, when in fact we had maybe 150 watts into an OAL omni
+about 4' above my Trooper's roof. :-)
+
+<p>
+
+The absolute highlight this time was working W3XO on 6m. Bill and I have been
+close associates in AMSAT for several years now, and he and his wife have been
+to my house for BBQ. However, this was our first over-the-air contact on any
+band and any mode ever... and for it to happen during a 6m opening during a
+contest was really exciting for both of us! Close behind that would be the
+4 33cm contacts. It was really exciting having the new gear work so well, and
+getting my first-ever contacts on that band.
+
+<p>
+
+Good things this time included the new power-on indicator I added to the
+Teletec 6m amp, and the 903 stuff "just working". This was my first big 6m
+opening with decent equipment, and that was very exciting. The bad stuff
+definitely starts with the weather on Saturday. We were also disappointed
+that Steve's 10Ghz stuff didn't quite work. We could talk in one direction,
+but the microphone preamp on one unit wasn't working, and so we were not able
+to complete a QSO, despite some last minute hacking in the parking lot, and
+some even more last minute hacking in my basement after we got home. Finally,
+we really shouldn't try to run the long 2m yagi when roving... it's just too
+heavy and twisty. The 4-element yagi gets us what we need a lot more easily.
+
+<p>
+
+We both had fun, and are looking forward to the next one!
+
+<h2> Stephen's Photos </h2>
+
+My apologies, these should probably be gamma-corrected (they're a bit dark),
+but I just don't have time right now. Turn up the brightness on your monitor.
+
+These are from Saturday, before we started out:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0001.JPG"> Putting It Together at Bdale's House </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0002.JPG"> 6m Olde Antenna Labs Antenna Close-Up </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0003.JPG"> Antennas Getting Ready </a> <br>
+ The 23cm homebrew antenna is in the upper left, the homebrew 33cm to
+ its right, the Portapol mast is in the lower left, and the monster 2m
+ 12-element yagi knocked down to three sections is on the lower right.
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0004.JPG"> Working on the Feedline Bundle </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0005.JPG"> Almost Ready to Go </a> <br>
+ Shows the 2m omni mounted towards the front of the roof, the 6m omni
+ near the back, and the 2m yagi sections stacked and duct-taped to the
+ luggage rack.
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0006.JPG"> Another Angle </a> <br>
+ Note the utter lack of mud on the Trooper... sigh.
+</ul>
+No operating pictures from Saturday. It basically rained on us the whole time,
+so we ran just the omni antennas and stayed mostly inside the Trooper. Sunday
+was more photogenic:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0007.JPG"> All Antennas Up, and Ready to Rock! </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0008.JPG"> View Up from the "Armstrong" Position </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0009.JPG"> Bdale, Taking a Break </a> <br>
+ Cheyenne Mountain is directly behind the support for the 6m antenna,
+ Pikes Peak just past the right edge of the frame.
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0010.JPG"> Another Angle </a> <br>
+ This shows where we were located, in the NE corner of the parking lot
+ of the new Community College branch off Highway 83 outside Colorado
+ Springs. It also gives a sense of scale for the 2m yagi... what a
+ monster!
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0011.JPG"> Same Angle, but a Little Closer </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-1/AUT_0012.JPG"> If not the Mic, then a Cell Phone! </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-2/AUT_0001.JPG"> Looking South </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-2/AUT_0002.JPG"> One of the Ill-Fated 10Ghz Stations </a>
+ <br> These were a glorious hack using pieces from the N6GN 10Ghz data
+ link Bdale worked on years ago, and Ramsey broadcast FM receiver kits,
+ and PC-style multimedia headsets for mic and headphones.
+<li> <a href="Roll-2/AUT_0003.JPG"> With the Cover Off </a> <br>
+ The mic preamp in this unit never did work...
+<li> <a href="Roll-2/AUT_0004.JPG"> Stephen Posing </a>
+<li> <a href="Roll-2/AUT_0005.JPG"> Stephen Ready for "Armstrong" Action! </a>
+</ul>
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+
+All the contacts were manually entered into VHF DX after the contest, so some
+times may be only approximate.
+
+<pre>
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL JUNE VHF
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest: ARRL June VHF
+
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Call of Operator: N3EUA
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+ Grid(s) Activated: DM79 DM89 DM88 DM78
+ Location Name: Eastern Colorado
+ ARRL Section: Colorado
+
+Entry Type: Rover
+===============================================================================
+ Valid
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult
+50 MHz 61 1 61 35
+144 MHz 31 1 31 9
+432 MHz 12 2 24 7
+902 MHz 4 3 12 2
+1296 MHz 5 3 15 3
+
+Total
+All Bands 113 143 56
+
+GRIDS ACTIVATED 4 Rover Scoring Used
+
+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE: 8580
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country. My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA 12.07.1999
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO 80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz) column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC) column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC) column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note: Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with - 0 - points.
+
+
+
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL JUNE VHF
+
+144 SSB 12/06/99 2002 KC0AMO DM79 DM79 * 1
+50 SSB 12/06/99 2230 W1XE DM89 DN80 * 1
+144 SSB 12/06/99 2231 W1XE DM89 DN80 * 1
+144 SSB 12/06/99 2232 W0KVA DM89 DM79 1
+50 SSB 12/06/99 2234 W0KVA DM89 DM79 * 1
+50 SSB 12/06/99 2236 K0GU DM89 DN70 * 1
+144 SSB 12/06/99 2238 K0GU DM89 DN70 * 1
+144 SSB 12/06/99 2244 N0SWV DM89 DM79 1
+50 SSB 12/06/99 2302 NA0US DM89 DN71 * 1
+144 SSB 12/06/99 2313 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 1
+50 SSB 12/06/99 2316 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 1
+50 SSB 12/06/99 2319 KC5FP DM89 EL16 * 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 0023 N0VSB DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 0025 W1XE DM88 DN80 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 0043 N0SWV DM88 DM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 0045 W0KVA DM88 DM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 0047 W1XE DM88 DN80 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 0055 W0AH DM88 DM87 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 0058 W0AH DM88 DM87 * 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 0351 W0AH DM79 DM87 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 0357 KF4GMH DM79 DM78 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 0403 W0MOG DM79 DM78 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 0407 W0MOG DM79 DM78 * 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 0409 KF4GMH DM79 DM78 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1617 N0SWV DM78 DM79 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1619 N0SWV DM78 DM79 * 2
+1296 SSB 13/06/99 1623 N0SWV DM78 DM79 * 3
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1627 N0POH DM78 DM79 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1628 N0POH DM78 DM79 2
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1630 W0KVA DM78 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1631 N0KQY DM78 DM98 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1632 N0KQY DM78 DM98 * 2
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1632 W0MOG DM78 DM78 * 2
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1633 W0ETT DM78 DM79 2
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1635 W1XE DM78 DN80 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1637 W1XE DM78 DN80 * 2
+1296 SSB 13/06/99 1640 W1XE DM78 DN80 * 3
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1650 W1XE DM78 DN80 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1655 K0SU DM78 DM78 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1658 W5GAD DM78 EL49 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1701 W0TGY DM78 DM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1702 W5CTV DM78 EL49 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1704 K0CS DM78 DM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1705 KC5QAY DM78 EL59 * 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1716 NA0US DM78 DN71 * 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1717 NA0US DM78 DN71 * 2
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1719 KD0GS DM78 DN70 * 2
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1727 K8MFO DM78 EN90 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1731 W9FZ/R DM78 EN29 * 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1737 W0AH DM78 DM87 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1738 W0AH DM78 DM87 * 2
+1296 SSB 13/06/99 1739 W0AH DM78 DM87 * 3
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1742 W0AH DM78 DM87 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1743 K0GU DM78 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1745 K0GU DM78 DN70 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1745 K0GU DM78 DN70 2
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1810 KK5IH DM78 DM95 * 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1812 W0EC DM78 DN70 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1819 N0VSB DM78 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1820 KB0CY/R DM78 DM78 1
+432 SSB 13/06/99 1821 N0VSB DM78 DM79 2
+902 SSB 13/06/99 1822 N0VSB DM78 DM79 * 3
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1825 N0KM DM78 DM67 * 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 1827 KB0SCM DM78 DM78 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1837 W3XO DM78 EM00 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1850 NA0US DM78 DN71 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1856 W9ZR DM78 EN80 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1857 N8ZM DM78 EN80 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1859 W9ICE DM78 EN60 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1902 KF4ODI DM78 EM56 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1903 W7IY DM78 CN80 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1906 AA4ZZ DM78 EM96 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1913 KF8XU DM78 EN80 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1921 KC8BZV DM78 EM79 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1921 KB8TQA DM78 EM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1922 N3ORX DM78 EM66 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1922 AA9LT DM78 EN60 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1923 W4UDH DM78 EM52 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1923 N8UM DM78 EM85 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1925 AE5H DM78 EM35 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1926 KE8FD DM78 EM89 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1928 WZ8D DM78 EM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1929 K8LEI DM78 EM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1930 W4FVQ DM78 EM79 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1930 W5HUQ DM78 EM35 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1931 WB5YWI DM78 EM25 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1933 KD4HIK DM78 EM75 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1936 AB4CR/R DM78 EM89 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1938 WB5XX DM78 EM33 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1939 W4HP DM78 EM75 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1940 AI4CW DM78 EM64 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1941 K4QF DM78 EM64 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1941 KJ5RC DM78 EM42 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 1944 KB7FUV DM78 EM47 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2035 W5UWB DM78 EL17 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2038 N5WS DM78 EL09 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2039 AA5XE DM78 EM00 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2040 W5OZI DM78 EM00 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2041 KD4NOQ/R DM78 EM45 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2042 KU4IU DM78 EM54 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2048 KG5X DM78 DM91 * 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2050 AJ4W DM78 EM64 1
+50 SSB 13/06/99 2108 W0NRI DM78 DM78 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 2114 K0RZ DM78 DM79 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 2115 KC0COU DM78 DN70 1
+902 SSB 13/06/99 2117 K0RZ DM78 DM79 3
+902 SSB 13/06/99 2119 W1XE DM78 DN80 * 3
+432 SSB 13/06/99 2120 K0RZ DM78 DM79 2
+1296 SSB 13/06/99 2121 K0RZ DM78 DM79 3
+1296 SSB 13/06/99 2122 W0KVA DM78 DM79 3
+144 SSB 13/06/99 2132 N0KV/R DM78 DN71 1
+144 SSB 13/06/99 2134 NN5DX DM78 DM79 1
+902 SSB 13/06/99 2138 NN5DX DM78 DM79 3
+</pre>
+
+<h2> Equipment </h2>
+
+For 6m, we ran my Kenwood TS-430S, the TenTec transverter, 175 watt Teletec
+amp, and OAL horizontal loop antenna.
+
+<p>
+
+On 2m, we ran my Kenwood TS-790 through the inactive TIB to the OAL omni on
+Saturday, and through a Landwehr preamp to the DSFO 12 element yagi on Sunday.
+
+<p>
+
+For 70cm, we ran my Kenwood TS-790 through a Landwehr preamp to my Rutland
+Arrays K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 33cm, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through the active TIB to a DEMI
+transverter making about 6 watts into a homebrew Kent Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 5 watts into a homebrew Kent
+Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+Power was from a 27DC-form-factor deep cycle battery for everything, feedlines
+were a mix of low-loss RG-8'ish sized cables with mostly N connectors. We
+logged on paper using a table structure that I really like for roving, and
+post-processed the logs using the VHF-DX software for Windows.
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.3 1999/12/23 04:08:11 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
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+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 1999-08 </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> August 1999 ARRL UHF </h1></center>
+
+<center><h2>
+A New Divison Rover Record Score!
+</h2></center>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+
+The theme for our operation in this contest might be "Roving ala Red Green".
+Read on for the details...
+
+<p>
+
+John and I hadn't worked a contest together since January, and he recently
+finished a DEM 222 transverter and Directive Systems K1FO-style 222 yagi that
+we wanted to try. So, we planned a modest rover operation for this contest,
+with equipment for the four bands from 222 through 1296.
+
+<p>
+
+I pulled a few late nights applying the knowledge gained at Central States
+this year to tweaking up the amplifier on my 903 transverter. On the bench,
+it was happily making 10 watts, had a CW detection threshold of about -145dBm,
+and was within 200hz of true with the TS-790's 2m section as IF after warm-up.
+
+<p>
+
+We were embarrassed to learn at the Central States antenna range that John had
+cut the reflector too short on our 903 yagi, dropping about 6dB of gain! It
+looks like he mis-read his own notes and cut it the same length as the first
+director. Oh well, it happens. Actually, since we worked everyone we heard or
+heard about on 903 in the June contest, even with the reduced gain the antenna
+wasn't working badly!
+Since it was one of
+Kent Britain's designs, and he was running the range, we got some expert
+assistance adding a metal garbage-bag tie to the reflector to get the gain up
+where it should be... :-) So, I spent some time in the week prior to the
+contest cutting a new reflector, and tweaking the antenna. Got the SWR to
+1.15:1, gain assumed to be ok.
+
+<p>
+
+While I was at it, I tweaked on our 1296 antenna a bit, getting its SWR a bit
+better than it had been. John also fabricated a second one which I fabricated
+a feed for and tuned. Both 1296 antennas got to about 1.7:1 and in the 11dBi
+range, which satisfied me for roving.
+
+<p>
+
+Saturday morning, John showed up about 9:30 and we starting putting things in
+the Trooper. The plan of record was to run the TS-790 on 70cm and 23cm, and
+use the 2m as the IF for the DEM transverter on 903. John provided his Icom
+735 and new DEM 222 transverter, giving us four bands total. I bought a 2304
+DEM transverter kit at Central States this year, but haven't started assembling
+it yet.
+
+<p>
+
+We stacked the antennas on the mast in my driveway, and proceeded to check
+everything out as quickly as possible. Everything seemed ok except 70cm, where
+we eventually realized the Kenwood was only making about 3 watts out, which
+wasn't enough to drive the Mirage brick to a useful level. After swapping
+cables and doing all sorts of other things, we finally admitted it was a
+problem with the Kenwood, and added John's Yaesu 736 to the stack for 70cm,
+leaving the 790 providing 1296 and the IF for 903. This required a detour to
+the shop to fabricate some additional power cabling, which took time.
+
+<p>
+
+Along the way, we worked the antenna-side N connector on my Diamond SWR/Power
+meter loose, and it quit working right. I've since looked at it on the bench
+and it appears easily fixable, but we'll see. In any case, before we even got
+out of the driveway, we'd killed a bunch of time diagnosing the 70cm problem
+and
+getting the Yaesu integrated into the stack, and had killed the SWR/Power
+meter. Not a good start!
+
+<p>
+
+We drove out to our favorite spot in the SW corner of DM89 near Matheson. The
+weather and operating conditions were good. Congrats to N0KE for being our
+first-ever contact on 222! We managed contacts on all of the bands we had.
+
+<p>
+
+After it felt like we had worked everyone we could find, we moved south at
+about 3:30pm local time to DM88, and set up in a so-so location, pretty near
+where we've been before. Since we knew N0KE was itching to get down off the
+mountain he was on and was waiting for us to move, we pulled a Red Green'ish
+hack and just duct-taped the antenna stack on the collapsed mast to the roof
+of the Trooper, with the antennas hanging down behind. This necessitated
+duct-taping the rear door closed over the coax, and caused the 70cm antenna
+to end up looking like it had been performing mud-flap duty, which it had!
+This shaved a good 10-15 minutes off our relocation time, and allowed
+us to catch Phil from DM88 before he shut down for the afternoon. And we
+figure if duct tape is good enough for Red Green, it's good enough for us!
+
+<p>
+
+The highlights in DM88 were working N0LL on 432, and giving a couple of folks
+DM88 for the first time on various bands. Also, we really appreciate K0RZ
+hanging around and working us on all bands we had in both grids! It was fun
+meeting Bill in Cedar Rapids at the Central States conference, and we're
+looking forward to giving him (and everyone else, too!) some new grids on
+the microwave bands as we get more gear together for future contests!
+
+<p>
+
+By the time we moved west into DM78, the weather was getting pretty dicey.
+We had thunderstorms all around us, and only a few stations were still on the
+air. Thanks to W0AH operating as KI0DF, who was up on Pikes Peak and gave us
+contacts on all bands except 903... Doug had managed to fry his 33cm
+transverter before we could catch him from DM78. Oh well, it happens.
+
+<p>
+
+With the thunderstorms looking persistent, we decided to call it a day around
+6:30pm local time, and headed back to my place.
+
+<p>
+
+Sunday, I was itching to operate some from DM79, since we hadn't done it on
+Saturday and I do, after all, live in DM79pa! My 7-year-old daughter
+Elizabeth was also very interested in seeing what this was all about.
+So, we drove up the driveway to the top of
+the hill by our mailbox, and set up. Since I didn't have antenna turning help,
+I didn't put the mast up very high.
+
+<p>
+
+It was really frustrating. The 222 gear was working well, and I logged three
+contacts, with W0AH, K0RZ, and a new grid with N0IO. However, while I could
+hear fine on 432, the TX in the 736 went crazy on transmit. In talking with
+Bill about it on 222, it appears that this is a well-known problem in the
+Yaesu radios when the supply voltage gets low. Since I did not charge the
+battery overnight, we assume that's what the problem was. This took out 432
+entirely, since the other rig was already believed to be toast. We worked
+hard to get K0RZ on 1296 with no luck at all hearing each other. That seemed
+really strange until I was pulling the antennas down and discovered that the
+feed line attachment to the driven element had cracked, and was no longer
+connected! So, no wonder
+it didn't work... And, since 1296 was such a total bust, we didn't try 903...
+It might have worked, it might not have.
+
+<p>
+
+All in all, Sunday morning's operation was pretty frustrating, but the three
+contacts did give us two multipliers... one for operating rover from DM79,
+one for working DM77 which we had not managed on Saturday. So, I won't
+complain.
+
+<p>
+
+All in all, not a bad weekend. It would have been nice if more folks were on,
+and I sure wish our gear had run better. But, we only heard a few
+folks we couldn't work, and so we can't help but be pretty happy with our
+effort! Now, to get things fixed/working for September...
+
+<h2> John's Photos </h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="out01.jpg"> Putting it together </a> at Bdale's house.
+<li> <a href="out02.jpg"> Operating in DM89 </a>, in the sunflower fields.
+<li> <a href="out03.jpg"> Another view </a>, too bad about the strap...
+<li> <a href="out05.jpg"> Can we be on Red Green? </a>
+ Duct taping the door "sort of closed", so we could get from DM89 to
+ DM88 in a hurry...
+<li> John, the <a href="out06.jpg"> well-dressed antenna rotator</a>,
+ in DM88. Love the hat, OM!
+<li> You're never completely alone with
+ <a href="out07.jpg"> ham(burger?) radio</a>, even in DM88!
+<li> <a href="out08.jpg"> John's new 222 transverter</a>, the silver box on the
+ left, on the air for the first time. Note the big deep-cycle battery
+ to the right rear, and the usual fluids. And yes, the power wiring
+ really <b>was</b> that much of a mess after we hacked in the 736!
+<li> <a href="out09.jpg"> The rig stack </a> this time included John's Yaesu
+ 736 on the bottom for 432, Bdale's Kenwood 790 for 1296 and the IF for
+ 903 next up, then John's Icom 735 driving the 222 transverter in the
+ rear, and Bdale's 903 transverter topped by the DEM TIB interface to
+ the 790. John's SWR/Power meter which has a remote sensor is to the
+ right of the Icom, and even though it doesn't cover 222 explicitly, it
+ was reassuring to see the power meter wiggle while we were
+ transmitting! Note the paper logs, not even in Bdale's usual VHF
+ format... with so few folks to talk to, it just didn't matter.
+<li> <a href="out10.jpg"> Operating in DM88 </a>, the weather makes for
+ breath-taking views... of course, it wasn't long before we had to shut
+ down and scoot to avoid playing lightning rod!
+</ul>
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+
+All the contacts were manually entered into VHF DX after the contest, my logs
+were more readable this time than sometimes, but still treat the times as being
+only approximate.
+
+<pre>
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL AUG UHF
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest: ARRL Aug UHF
+
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Call of Operator: N3EUA WD0FHG
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+ Grid(s) Activated: DM89 DM88 DM78 DM79
+ Location Name: Eastern Colorado
+ ARRL Section: Colorado
+
+Entry Type: Rover
+===============================================================================
+ Valid
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult
+222 MHz 11 3 33 5
+432 MHz 19 3 57 6
+902 MHz 2 6 12 1
+1296 MHz 10 6 60 4
+
+Total
+All Bands 42 162 16
+
+GRIDS ACTIVATED 4 Rover Scoring Used
+
+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE: 3240
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country. My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA 08.08.1999
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO 80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz) column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC) column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC) column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note: Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with - 0 - points.
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL AUG UHF
+
+432 SSB 08/07/99 1950 N0KE DM89 DM69 * 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 1952 KI0DF DM89 DM78 * 3
+222 SSB 08/07/99 2000 N0KE DM89 DM69 * 3
+222 SSB 08/07/99 2005 K0RZ DM89 DM79 * 3
+902 SSB 08/07/99 2009 K0RZ DM89 DM79 * 6
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2011 K0ULN DM89 DM79 * 3
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2015 KI0DF DM89 DM78 * 6
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2015 N0KE DM89 DM69 * 6
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2017 N9KC/R DM89 DM79 * 6
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2020 N9KC/R DM89 DM79 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2024 K0RZ DM89 DM79 3
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2026 K0RZ DM89 DM79 6
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2030 N0POH DM89 DM79 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2039 KC0COU DM89 DN70 * 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2101 N9KC/R DM89 DM89 * 3
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2102 N9KC/R DM89 DM89 * 6
+222 SSB 08/07/99 2125 KI0DF DM89 DM78 * 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2147 N0KE DM88 DM69 3
+222 SSB 08/07/99 2148 N0KE DM88 DM69 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2151 N9KC/R DM88 DM89 3
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2152 N9KC/R DM88 DM89 6
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2156 N0KE DM88 DM69 6
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2158 KI0DF DM88 DM78 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2158 K0RZ DM88 DM79 3
+902 SSB 08/07/99 2206 K0RZ DM88 DM79 6
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2210 K0RZ DM88 DM79 6
+222 SSB 08/07/99 2211 K0RZ DM88 DM79 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2218 KC0COU DM88 DN70 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2219 K0GU DM88 DN70 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2220 N0UGY DM88 DM79 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2220 N9KC/R DM88 DM79 3
+1296 SSB 08/07/99 2232 KI0DF DM88 DM78 6
+222 SSB 08/07/99 2234 KI0DF DM88 DM78 3
+432 SSB 08/07/99 2257 N0LL DM88 EM09 * 3
+222 SSB 08/08/99 0012 KI0DF DM78 DM78 3
+432 SSB 08/08/99 0014 KI0DF DM78 DM78 3
+432 SSB 08/08/99 0015 K0GU DM78 DN70 3
+222 SSB 08/08/99 0015 K0GU DM78 DN70 * 3
+1296 SSB 08/08/99 0016 KI0DF DM78 DM78 6
+222 SSB 08/08/99 1541 W0AH DM79 DM79 3
+222 SSB 08/08/99 1547 K0RZ DM79 DM79 3
+222 SSB 08/08/99 1622 N0IO DM79 DM77 * 3
+</pre>
+
+<h2> Equipment </h2>
+
+For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+For 70cm, we ran John's Yaesu FT-736, a Mirage amp making about 100 watts,
+and a Landwehr preamp mounted near my Rutland Arrays K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 33cm, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through a DEM TIB to a DEMI
+transverter making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent
+Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+Power was from a 27DC-form-factor deep cycle battery for everything,
+feedlines were a mix of low-loss RG-8'ish sized cables with mostly N
+connectors. We logged on paper, and post-processed the logs using the
+VHF-DX software for Windows.
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.3 1999/12/23 04:08:14 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
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+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 1999-09 </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> September 1999 ARRL VHF QSO Party </h1></center>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+
+Several things we had hoped to get done before the contest didn't get done.
+John ended up busy preparing to leave town on business, and Steve and I both
+had a couple of relatively intense weeks full of work and family chaos leading
+up to the contest. As a result, this became more or less a last-minute effort.
+
+<p>
+
+The roof rack and related antenna mounting stuff was still more or less in
+place on the Trooper from the UHF contest, which helped. Also, in the last
+month, I diagnosed the problem with my TS-790's 70cm section. It turned out
+to need a replacement Mitsubishi power brick (the driver for the final amp).
+
+<p>
+
+Derek WA0ZTI published an article recently on a PIC-based battery voltage
+monitor for 12 VDC batteries. Steve took it upon himself to build one up for
+the deep-cycle battery we use in the rover, and it worked out very nicely. I
+suspect we'll tweak on the software a bit to make it better suited for use in
+the rover, but even as-published it was a nice addition to the equipment in
+the Trooper. And Steve built it in the metal box from a package of Penguin
+Mints, which added to the coolness factor.
+
+<p>
+
+Saturday morning, Steve arrived at my place. He started out by borrowing
+some test gear to finish making the battery monitor work while I sorted out
+the antennas and cabling. My big addition this time around included a piece
+of plywood to stack the rigs on that let us go 2-wide on the rigs instead of
+ending up with a really tall stack in the back seat. It worked out nicely. I
+also relocated the 6m loop forward in an attempt to improve the SWR, but it
+didn't really work. I clearly need to do something different. I had planned
+to work on this, but work intruded. Oh well.
+
+<p>
+
+After the success of our strategy of leaving everything together on the mast
+for the quick move from DM89 to DM88 in the August UHF contest, we decided to
+try operating that way for the whole contest this time. So, instead of using
+the Portapol, we switched back to the 15 feet of Radio Shack steel mast. We
+mounted the antennas on the top 5 foot section, which gave us 10 feet across
+the top of the trooper, with all the antennas hanging down behind when we were
+in motion. This worked out marvelously, since we could pop the duct tape
+holding the assembly on the Trooper in about a minute, and turn the whole mess
+vertical and lock it into the bracket in about another minute. Tear-down was
+almost as fast, turning the mast horizontal and duct-taping it in three places
+to the roof rail assembly.
+
+<p>
+
+There's only one thing we got wrong. And it turned out to be a real mess. The
+coax bundle from the antennas was routed in through the back door of the
+Trooper, keeping it from closing. So, we closed it as well as we could and
+duct-taped it to keep it that way. That works fine on paved roads... but by
+the end of the rove, we had sucked an immense quantity of dust into the
+vehicle, covering everything! By the time we got home, Steve and I were both
+desperate for showers... Next time, if we do this sort of thing again, we
+need to either route the coax out through one of the windows so that we can
+close the rear door, or come up with some sort of quick-disconnect arrangement
+for the cables. Further study is in order!
+
+<p>
+
+We had a bunch of problems getting all the pieces together Saturday morning,
+most centering around a couple of U-bolts that somehow had nuts frozen to them
+requiring application of a hacksaw to resolve... and the fact that even though
+I knew we needed another feedline, I somehow got the connector combination we
+were going to need wrong in my head. The result is that we were a couple of
+hours later getting rolling than we had planned. In fact, we both got
+frustrated enough that if we hadn't been egging each other on... we might have
+just punted.
+
+<p>
+
+Once we got rolling, it got fun pretty quickly. We fired up the dual bander
+on the drive out to DM89, and Steve worked a dozen or so contacts while we
+were in DM78 and DM79, all on FM simplex. Once we got set up in DM89, we
+managed to make good contacts on every band we were running pretty quickly,
+which lifted our spirits substantially. It was frustrating not having my
+2304 gear ready for the contest, but with working gear on every band from 6m
+to 1296, it was hard not to have fun!
+
+<p>
+
+Once things started to slow down in DM89, we packed up and headed east. We
+made a quick stop at Arby's in Limon for sandwiches, but otherwise just put
+the hammer down and drove out to Kansas. Since we were running late, we
+missed working KB0CY from DM99, which was too bad. In fact, when we first
+set up a few miles south of Interstate 70 about 10 miles in to Kansas, we
+weren't sure we would find <b>anyone</b> to work. Eventually, we found N0LL,
+and then N0KQY found us, and between them we managed to scare up enough folks
+back in Colorado to make it a worthwhile stop. I gather the weather in the
+Denver area combined with it being dinner time conspired to reduce the number
+of folks available to work us.
+
+<p>
+
+The only real hassle in DM99 was that the
+location we picked was lousy with mosquitos! The number of them that ended
+up clustered around the dome light would have given Indiana Jones a shiver...
+Fortunately, we didn't get eaten *too* badly. While we were in DM99, we had
+a couple locals stop to see what we were up to, all of whom apparently decided
+we were harmless enough!
+
+<p>
+
+Just about the time it started to get really dark, we relocated south into
+DM98. It was seriously dark with just a tiny sliver of moon by the time we
+got set up, and there were some thunderstorms south of us lighting up the
+distant sky. We worked a reasonable number of contacts, but realized we were
+going to lose more folks to sleep if we didn't hustle on over to DM88.
+
+<p>
+
+We dropped south to US 40 and headed west just over the grid line into DM88,
+and parked on a dirt road just across the railroad tracks from the highway.
+We managed about the same number of contacts we'd had in DM98, plus picked up
+a couple of DN70 contacts which was a fun way to finish up.
+
+<p>
+
+It was a long drive back to Black Forest. We got to my house at about 1:48am
+local time. It took a few minutes for Steve to snag his stuff and head off,
+then I took a long shower and was in bed by about 2:30.
+
+<p>
+
+It was different. That was fun. We worked 6 grids instead of the 4 we've
+worked previously. We had a good time chatting with N0LL and N0KQY "out their
+way". On the other hand, this clearly was not the way to run up a big score.
+Since we weren't after a big score, that isn't a big deal... but a modest
+score is a reflection of a modest number of contacts, and we'd have been happy
+if there had been more folks to work, particularly on the higher bands!
+
+<h2> Steve's Photos </h2>
+
+Coming soon...
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+
+All the contacts were manually entered into VHF DX after the contest, my logs
+were more readable this time than sometimes, but still treat the times as being
+only approximate.
+
+<pre>
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL SEP VHF
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest: ARRL Sep VHF
+
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Call of Operator: N3EUA KC0FTQ
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+ Grid(s) Activated: DM78 DM79 DM89 DM99 DM98 DM88
+ Location Name: Eastern Colorado
+ ARRL Section: Colorado
+
+Entry Type: Rover
+===============================================================================
+ Valid
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult
+50 MHz 10 1 10 4
+144 MHz 33 1 33 5
+222 MHz 15 2 30 3
+432 MHz 33 2 66 6
+902 MHz 1 3 3 1
+1296 MHz 9 3 27 4
+
+Total
+All Bands 101 169 23
+
+GRIDS ACTIVATED 6 Rover Scoring Used
+
+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE: 4901
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country. My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA KC0FTQ 13.09.1999
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO 80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz) column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC) column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC) column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note: Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with - 0 - points.
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL SEP VHF
+
+432 FM 11/09/99 1947 KB0CY/R DM78 DM78 * 2
+432 FM 11/09/99 1948 N9KC DM78 DM79 * 2
+144 FM 11/09/99 1949 N9KC DM78 DM79 * 1
+144 FM 11/09/99 1950 KB0CY/R DM78 DM78 * 1
+144 FM 11/09/99 1952 N0UVR DM78 DM78 1
+432 FM 11/09/99 1953 N0UVR DM79 DM78 2
+432 FM 11/09/99 1953 KB0CY/R DM79 DM78 2
+144 FM 11/09/99 1954 KB0CY/R DM79 DM78 1
+144 FM 11/09/99 1957 KA6IRT DM79 DM78 1
+432 FM 11/09/99 2000 KA6IRT DM79 DM78 2
+432 FM 11/09/99 2010 AB0IH DM79 DM78 2
+144 FM 11/09/99 2011 AB0IH DM79 DM78 1
+222 FM 11/09/99 2034 KB0CY/R DM89 DM78 * 2
+144 FM 11/09/99 2035 KB0CY/R DM89 DM78 1
+432 SSB 11/09/99 2044 N9KC DM89 DM79 2
+1296 SSB 11/09/99 2045 N9KC DM89 DM79 * 3
+222 SSB 11/09/99 2047 N9KC DM89 DM79 * 2
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2048 N9KC DM89 DM79 1
+50 SSB 11/09/99 2049 N9KC DM89 DM79 * 1
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2053 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 1
+50 SSB 11/09/99 2056 KB0CY/R DM89 DM78 * 1
+50 SSB 11/09/99 2056 W6OAL DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2058 N0LL DM89 EM09 * 1
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2058 W0AH DM89 DM78 1
+222 SSB 11/09/99 2101 N0LL DM89 EM09 * 2
+222 SSB 11/09/99 2101 W0AH DM89 DM78 2
+432 SSB 11/09/99 2102 N0LL DM89 EM09 * 2
+432 SSB 11/09/99 2103 W0AH DM89 DM78 2
+1296 SSB 11/09/99 2105 W0AH DM89 DM78 * 3
+50 SSB 11/09/99 2107 W0AH DM89 DM78 1
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2113 K0RZ DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2114 N0VSB DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2115 N0POH DM89 DM79 1
+222 FM 11/09/99 2116 KB0CY/R DM89 DM78 2
+222 FM 11/09/99 2118 N0VSB DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 11/09/99 2121 N0VSB DM89 DM79 2
+222 SSB 11/09/99 2123 K0RZ DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 11/09/99 2123 K0RZ DM89 DM79 2
+902 SSB 11/09/99 2125 K0RZ DM89 DM79 * 3
+1296 SSB 11/09/99 2129 K0RZ DM89 DM79 3
+50 SSB 11/09/99 2131 N0VSB DM89 DM79 1
+1296 SSB 11/09/99 2132 N0VSB DM89 DM79 3
+432 SSB 11/09/99 2140 KA0ULN DM89 DN80 * 2
+144 SSB 11/09/99 2150 N0UGY DM89 DM79 1
+432 SSB 11/09/99 2153 N0UGY DM89 DM79 2
+144 FM 11/09/99 2209 WD0HHQ DM89 DM79 1
+144 FM 11/09/99 2210 KA0DEH/R DM89 DM79 1
+144 FM 11/09/99 2212 KC0AMO/R DM89 DM79 1
+432 FM 11/09/99 2213 KA0DEH/R DM89 DM79 2
+432 FM 11/09/99 2213 KC0AMO/R DM89 DM79 2
+144 FM 11/09/99 2214 AB0IH DM89 DM78 1
+432 FM 11/09/99 2214 AB0IH DM89 DM78 2
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0040 N0LL DM99 EM09 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0047 N0LL DM99 EM09 2
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0049 N0LL DM99 EM09 2
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0113 N0KQY DM99 DM98 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0115 N0KQY DM99 DM98 * 2
+1296 SSB 12/09/99 0124 N0KQY DM99 DM98 * 3
+50 SSB 12/09/99 0127 N0KQY DM99 DM98 * 1
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0130 N0VSB DM99 DM79 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0131 N0VSB DM99 DM79 2
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0133 N0VSB DM99 DM79 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0135 KC0COU DM99 DN70 * 2
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0139 KC0COU DM99 DN70 * 1
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0140 W0AH DM99 DM78 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0141 W0AH DM99 DM78 2
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0141 K0RZ DM99 DM79 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0141 K0RZ DM99 DM79 2
+50 SSB 12/09/99 0149 N0VSB DM99 DM79 1
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0241 N0KQY DM98 DM98 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0242 N0KQY DM98 DM98 2
+50 SSB 12/09/99 0243 N0KQY DM98 DM98 1
+1296 SSB 12/09/99 0243 N0KQY DM98 DM98 3
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0248 N0VSB DM98 DM79 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0250 N0VSB DM98 DM79 2
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0251 N0VSB DM98 DM79 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0258 K0RZ DM98 DM79 2
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0306 N0LL DM98 EM09 1
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0307 N0LL DM98 EM09 2
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0308 N0LL DM98 EM09 2
+1296 SSB 12/09/99 0314 N0LL DM98 EM09 * 3
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0412 N0KQY DM88 DM98 1
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0413 N0LL DM88 EM09 1
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0413 N0LL DM88 EM09 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0414 N0LL DM88 EM09 2
+1296 SSB 12/09/99 0416 N0LL DM88 EM09 3
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0417 N0KQY DM88 DM98 2
+1296 SSB 12/09/99 0418 N0KQY DM88 DM98 3
+50 SSB 12/09/99 0419 N0KQY DM88 DM98 1
+50 SSB 12/09/99 0421 N0LL DM88 EM09 * 1
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0423 W6OAL DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0423 W0AH DM88 DM78 1
+144 SSB 12/09/99 0424 N0VSB DM88 DM79 1
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0425 W6OAL DM88 DM79 2
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0426 N0VSB DM88 DM79 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0429 KC0COU DM88 DN70 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0429 W0KJY DM88 DN70 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0431 W6OAL DM88 DM79 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0431 N0VSB DM88 DM79 2
+222 SSB 12/09/99 0438 W0AH DM88 DM78 2
+432 SSB 12/09/99 0439 W0AH DM88 DM78 2
+</pre>
+
+<h2> Equipment </h2>
+
+For 6m, we ran my TS-430 and TenTec transverter driving the Teletec amplifier
+and Olde Antenna Labs loop antenna. The antenna mount needs work, we could
+only get about 2.3:1 SWR.
+
+<p>
+
+On 2m, we ran my TS-790 through the inactive DEM TIB to a Cushcraft 4-element
+yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+For 70cm, we ran my TS-790, a Mirage amp making about 100 watts, and a
+Landwehr preamp mounted near my Rutland Arrays K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 33cm, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through a DEM TIB to a DEMI
+transverter making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent
+Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+Power was from a 27DC-form-factor deep cycle battery for everything,
+feedlines were a mix of low-loss RG-8'ish sized cables with mostly N
+connectors. We logged on paper, and post-processed the logs using the
+VHF-DX software for Windows.
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.1 1999/09/13 05:23:10 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
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+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 2000-01 </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> January 2000 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes </h1></center>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+
+For this contest, we ran a fairly limited operation. John had been out of
+town, Steve was out of town, and I needed to fly to California on business
+Sunday morning. That left us with just a few hours on Saturday to operate.
+
+<p>
+
+Our most significant hardware addition this time was a brand-new Directive
+Systems 1296 loop yagi, courtesy of my father-in-law, Mike W1BFN. He wanted
+a 1269 version for satellite operation, but ended up with one cut for the
+weak signal band. It ended up in my hands partly as a birthday present, and
+partly in exchange for some parts and time on my test equipment for a project
+Mike is working on that should show up in an AMSAT Journal article soonish.
+We've been very happy with the homebrew yagis John made using Kent Britain's
+design for what they are, but the looper has substantially more gain.
+
+<p>
+
+Saturday morning, John showed up pretty early, and we starting putting things
+in the Trooper. We decided to punt the 6m gear, since a band opening was
+unlikely and we've not had time to build a new mount for the antenna yet. It
+is also cut the setup time way down since it takes several boxes and a bunch
+of cables to get us on 6m currently. We also decided to punt the 2304 gear,
+since the system integration isn't quite done yet. That left us running all
+bands from 2m through 23cm.
+
+<p>
+
+We also decided not to test anything before
+leaving the house. We knew we had no chance of being competitive on score,
+and spending a bunch of time debugging problems that we could be spending on
+the air wasn't going to make us any happier! It turns out this was a good
+decision, as everything just worked...
+
+<p>
+
+We've had enough success carrying the loaded antenna mast on the Trooper while
+in motion that we set up that way again. It was cold enough that we pushed
+the Trooper back just far enough to stick the back end out the door, so that
+we got to spend most of our setup time out of the wind, in the garage. We
+put the mast together, and duct-taped it into postion on the Trooper, then
+hung the antennas on the mast while the mast was horizontal. That worked out
+really well. I fished all the cables in through the top of the driver's side
+rear window, and cut some more slits in one of our foam blocks so it would
+seal things up.
+
+<p>
+
+We actually managed to be on the road before the contest started. We were
+disappointed to find essentially no activity on FM on the drive out to our
+favorite spot in the SW corner of DM89 near Matheson. The weather was ok at
+first, cold and a little windy, but tolerable. We managed contacts on all
+of the bands we had except 33cm, where we just couldn't find anyone who was
+on with gear on that band all day... another disappointment.
+
+<p>
+
+Mid afternoon we figured we had worked everyone we were likely to work, and
+the weather was starting to get a little weird. Mixed drizzle and snow
+flurries, and the wind had picked up. We moved south into the
+NW corner of DM88, and set up in a new location, a little farther south than
+we've been before. At first, we thought we'd gotten out from under the storm,
+but it caught up with us before we'd finished setting up. John was stoic on
+the antennas despite what ended up being some nasty wind and precipitation
+that was somewhere on the line between sleet and snow.
+
+<p>
+
+We were in the turnout to a field, maybe half a mile south of a farmhouse.
+After we had been there a while, during a break in the weather, the fellow
+who owns the farm came driving down in his pickup to check us out. He was
+worried that we might "be from the IRS, listening to my computer". After
+we explained what we were up to, he got very friendly, and we talked about
+better places to try operating from nearby. One of the problems we've always
+had in DM88 is that there are power lines by the road that are fairly noisy.
+This guy pointed out a location a mile or two east of the road and a bit north
+of where we were that was accessible by vehicle, a bit higher, and far from
+power lines. After we made all the contacts we thought we'd make in DM88,
+we wandered over there to check the place out. He was right, it's a much
+better site, and we recorded the coordinates from the GPS so we can find it
+again for the June contest.
+
+<p>
+
+While we were in DM88, we made a couple of 23cm contacts, and it was very
+clear that the looper was a big win. In the past, we've been lucky to hear
+anyone at all on 23cm, and while I wouldn't call it conversation quality, we
+had no trouble making contacts into the Denver area this time.
+
+<p>
+
+As darkness fell, the temperature dropped still further, and the activity
+level seemed to be waning... so we packed it in and headed home. We tore
+things down quickly after getting back to my house, and left the cable bundle
+near the furnace to thaw... it was way too stiff to coil up!
+
+<p>
+
+All in all, we had a pretty good time, despite the modest number of contacts
+and the weather.
+
+<h2> John's Photos </h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li> Deep-cycle battery and 70cm amp <a href="out01.jpg"> in the back </a>
+ of the Trooper.
+<li> Stuffing <a href="out02.jpg"> cables on the roof</a>... neatness is
+ highly over-rated!
+<li> Bdale's wife Karen N1FED brought
+ <a href="out03.jpg"> future rover Robert </a>
+ out to inspect our work. He's a year old, and loves anything
+ with buttons and lights!
+<li> <a href="out04.jpg"> Back of the rigs. </a> Note the Kenwood SWR/power
+ sensor on the 222 transverter on the left. Very handy!
+<li> A view of the <a href="out05.jpg"> antennas </a> before we left.
+<li> A <a href="out06.jpg"> better view of the antennas </a>.
+<li> <a href="out07.jpg"> In DM89</a>. Note the clouds rolling in! The
+ antennas, from top down, are a 4-element Cushcraft on 2m, 8 elements
+ on 222 from Directive Systems, 10 elements on 902 homebrew, the 1296
+ loop yagi, and our 10-element Rutland Arrays 70cm antenna with preamp
+ on the mast.
+<li> <a href="out08.jpg"> John </a> fighting the wind big-time. It was serious
+ work keeping the antennas pointed this time around.
+<li> John, <a href="out09.jpg"> assuming the position </a> even away from the
+ mast. It was cold enough (note the snow on his jacket) that he had
+ to pause from time to time to warm his hands up, despite serious
+ gloves.
+<li> <a href="out10.jpg"> Back at it </a>, the weather kept getting worse.
+<li> <a href="out11.jpg"> Operating position </a>. The top two boxes are the
+ DEM transverter interface box and 33cm transverter. Below that is
+ John's HF rig as IF for 222 with transverter to the right, and on the
+ bottom is Bdale's 790 providing 2m, 70cm, and 23cm. Note the viewing
+ end of the power meter on the 222 transverter, we wish we had that for
+ every band. And, of course, it wouldn't be roving without duct tape,
+ Diet Pepsi, and evil snacks!
+<li> The folks in Denver we were talking to on the air were having a hard time
+ believing our weather reports. Consider this
+ <a href="out12.jpg"> proof </a> that it really was snowing where we
+ were!
+</ul>
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+
+<pre>
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL JAN VHF
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest: ARRL Jan VHF
+
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Call of Operator: N3EUA WD0FHG
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+ Grid(s) Activated: DM89 DM88
+ Location Name: Eastern Colorado
+ ARRL Section: Colorado
+
+Entry Type: Rover
+===============================================================================
+ Valid
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult
+144 MHz 26 1 26 9
+222 MHz 8 2 16 5
+432 MHz 15 2 30 6
+1296 MHz 4 4 16 2
+
+Total
+All Bands 53 88 22
+
+GRIDS ACTIVATED 2 Rover Scoring Used
+
+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE: 2112
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country. My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA WD0FHG 16.02.2000
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO 80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz) column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC) column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC) column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note: Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with - 0 - points.
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL JAN VHF
+
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2015 N0NKG DM89 DM78 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2016 N0POH DM89 DM79 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2016 W0KVA DM89 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2020 N0UGY DM89 DM79 * 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2022 N0VSB DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2023 N0POH DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2023 W0KVA DM89 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2026 N0VSB DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2027 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2028 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2030 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2034 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 4
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2035 N0VSB DM89 DM79 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2043 W0ETT DM89 DM79 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2044 N0VSB DM89 DM79 * 4
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2052 K0CS DM89 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2053 K0CS DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2054 W0ETT DM89 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2055 KA0ULN/R DM89 DM89 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2057 W0ETT DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2103 KK5IH DM89 DM95 * 1
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2105 KK5IH DM89 DM95 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2110 K0RI DM89 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2125 N0UGY DM89 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2126 KC0ERX DM89 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2131 KC0ERX DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2139 KB0CY/R DM89 DM78 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2213 KA0ULN/R DM88 DN80 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2216 KB0CY/R DM88 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2217 N0KQY DM88 DM98 1
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2219 N0KQY DM88 DM98 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2220 N0KQY DM88 DM98 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2222 N0KQY DM88 DM98 4
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2227 N0NKG DM88 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2227 N0VSB DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2228 W0ETT DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2229 N0POH DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2232 KK5IH DM88 DM95 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2241 KA0ULN/R DM88 DN80 * 1
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2242 N0VSB DM88 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2243 N0VSB DM88 DM79 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2243 N0VSB DM88 DM79 4
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2246 K0CS DM88 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2247 K0CS DM88 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2248 KC0COU DM88 DN70 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2249 KC0COU DM88 DN70 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2309 KB0QGT/R DM88 EN01 * 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2313 KB0QGT/R DM88 EN01 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2315 KB0QGT/R DM88 EN01 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2320 NOIPL DM88 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2322 N0KM DM88 DM67 * 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2323 NOIPL DM88 DM78 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2324 N0KM DM88 DM67 * 2
+</pre>
+
+<h2> Equipment </h2>
+
+On 2m, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through an inactive DEM TIB to a
+4-element Cushcraft yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+For 70cm, we ran the TS-790, a Mirage amp making about 100 watts,
+and a Landwehr preamp mounted near my Rutland Arrays K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 33cm, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through a DEM TIB to a DEM
+transverter making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a Directive Systems
+loop yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+Power was from a 27DC-form-factor deep cycle battery for everything,
+feedlines were a mix of low-loss RG-8'ish sized cables with mostly N
+connectors. We logged on paper, as usual.
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.4 2000/02/16 05:02:18 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
--- /dev/null
+
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL JAN VHF
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest: ARRL Jan VHF
+
+Call Used: N3EUA
+Call of Operator: N3EUA WD0FHG
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+ Grid(s) Activated: DM89 DM88
+ Location Name: Eastern Colorado
+ ARRL Section: Colorado
+
+Entry Type: Rover
+===============================================================================
+ Valid
+ QSOs Pts/QSO QSO Pts Mult
+144 MHz 26 1 26 9
+222 MHz 8 2 16 5
+432 MHz 15 2 30 6
+1296 MHz 4 4 16 2
+
+Total
+All Bands 53 88 22
+
+GRIDS ACTIVATED 2 Rover Scoring Used
+
+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE: 2112
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country. My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA WD0FHG 16.02.2000
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO 80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz) column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC) column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC) column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note: Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with - 0 - points.
+
+
+
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR: ARRL JAN VHF
+
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2015 N0NKG DM89 DM78 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2016 N0POH DM89 DM79 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2016 W0KVA DM89 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2020 N0UGY DM89 DM79 * 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2022 N0VSB DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2023 N0POH DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2023 W0KVA DM89 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2026 N0VSB DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2027 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2028 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2030 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2034 N0KQY DM89 DM98 * 4
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2035 N0VSB DM89 DM79 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2043 W0ETT DM89 DM79 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2044 N0VSB DM89 DM79 * 4
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2052 K0CS DM89 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2053 K0CS DM89 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2054 W0ETT DM89 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2055 KA0ULN/R DM89 DM89 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2057 W0ETT DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2103 KK5IH DM89 DM95 * 1
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2105 KK5IH DM89 DM95 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2110 K0RI DM89 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2125 N0UGY DM89 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2126 KC0ERX DM89 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2131 KC0ERX DM89 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2139 KB0CY/R DM89 DM78 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2213 KA0ULN/R DM88 DN80 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2216 KB0CY/R DM88 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2217 N0KQY DM88 DM98 1
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2219 N0KQY DM88 DM98 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2220 N0KQY DM88 DM98 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2222 N0KQY DM88 DM98 4
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2227 N0NKG DM88 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2227 N0VSB DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2228 W0ETT DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2229 N0POH DM88 DM79 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2232 KK5IH DM88 DM95 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2241 KA0ULN/R DM88 DN80 * 1
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2242 N0VSB DM88 DM79 2
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2243 N0VSB DM88 DM79 2
+1296 SSB 22/01/00 2243 N0VSB DM88 DM79 4
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2246 K0CS DM88 DM79 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2247 K0CS DM88 DM79 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2248 KC0COU DM88 DN70 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2249 KC0COU DM88 DN70 * 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2309 KB0QGT/R DM88 EN01 * 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2313 KB0QGT/R DM88 EN01 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2315 KB0QGT/R DM88 EN01 * 2
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2320 NOIPL DM88 DM78 1
+144 SSB 22/01/00 2322 N0KM DM88 DM67 * 1
+432 SSB 22/01/00 2323 NOIPL DM88 DM78 * 2
+222 SSB 22/01/00 2324 N0KM DM88 DM67 * 2
--- /dev/null
+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Report - 2000-08 </title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+<center><h1> August 2000 ARRL UHF </h1></center>
+
+<center><h2>
+A New Divison Rover Record Score!
+</h2></center>
+
+<h2> Bdale's Report </h2>
+
+This contest represented simultaneously both a strong desire on my part to
+have a very laid-back weekend, and a definite attempt to beat our record rover
+score in this contest last year. When it was all over, I felt pretty good
+about both goals!
+<p>
+My big last-minute burst of energy was getting the system integration of the
+Down East 2304 transverter finished. I've had it put together for quite a
+while, but two items were pending. First, the 1W GaAsFET power amplifier
+wasn't working, leaving me with only 20 milliwatts or so. Second, the kit
+does not include T/R switching on the antenna side... that's left as an
+exercise for the builder. I had stalled on both issues.
+<p>
+Somewhere along the line I decided to punt worrying about the power amp, and
+just see what I could do with the low-level output. So, that left me with the
+T/R switching. I had acquired some Transco SMA relays, but they needed 28VDC.
+To make a very long story (that finally ended at 4:30am on the contest morning)
+much much shorter, I ended up designing and building a switcher to make 28V
+from nominal 12 using some Linear Technologies parts I had samples of in my
+pile of parts, and then swiped the relay from the unassembled 3456 transverter
+kit's IF switch board to switch it on PTT. It all works wonderfully.
+<p>
+Somewhere on the Down East Microwave web site, I read about a new board they've
+designed to replace the older PINK board, that provides the 28V power supply
+to switch relays like this. I'll probably invest in one for the 3456 kit, and
+see how it works out.
+<p>
+John was getting ready to head to Venezuela on business. Steve showed up at
+about 9am on Saturday morning, and we started putting things together. I was
+dragging from the lack of sleep, so we were running a bit late by the time we
+headed out. One change from previous roves is that I had the back seat out
+of the Trooper, and instead of putting it back in, we decided to just put the
+radios inside the rear door, and cross our fingers for good weather. The last
+time we ran that way was the first time we went out, in September of 1998.
+It turned out to be a good choice...
+<p>
+After a quick stop at the Safeway in Falcon to snag some lunch materials, we
+were in DM89 at our usual spot somewhere around 1pm local,
+an hour into the contest. From there, we dropped south into DM88, and then
+called it a day in time to get home for late dinner. Steve called Sunday
+morning early to report a death in the family, so I ran
+the rover solo for the first time ever in DM78 and DM79. Fortunately, with
+the radios inside the back door, it was possible for me to drive the radios
+with one hand and rotate the antennas with the other. It was hard to hold
+the antennas steady, but since there wasn't much wind, it worked out ok.
+<p>
+The highlight this time was, without doubt, my first four contacts on 2304.
+With the 20 milliwatts, about 20 feet of Andrews heliax in an assembly bought
+at Dayton this spring, and a 45-element loop yagi, I was able to work W6OAL
+from each of the four grids. What a kick in the head!
+
+<p>
+
+It's also really neat that, if my claimed score holds up, this year's effort
+resulted in more than twice the points of last year...
+
+<p>
+
+The biggest frustration, other than Steve having to stay home on Sunday, was
+an odd source of very strong noise on 222 somewhere in the Colorado Springs
+area. John WD0FHG talked about having serious trouble making any contacts at
+all from Palmer Park during the 222 Sprint this spring, but this was my first
+experience with it. Working N0KM from DM78, and K5RHR from DM79 were both
+extremely difficult because of this noise. By turning the antenna, I could
+watch the noise floor go from about S1 to S8+ on the meter in John's IC-735.
+Pretty amazing, whatever it is.
+<p>
+
+I really like this contest. As always, it's tempting to say that it'd be more
+fun if more folks were on... and since I worked everyone I heard and heard
+almost everyone that I heard about being on, there's some truth to it.
+However, one of the nice things about fewer people being on, most of whom have
+worked each other before, and in an environment where we're not all crazily
+busy every instant trying to snag one more contact, is that we actually take
+time to chat some. I'm not much of a rag-chewer, but it's good to communicate
+a little more than just callsigns and grid squares, and until I make some
+major changes at the QTH, these roving expeditions are the only real chances
+I have to talk with friends on the microwave bands.
+
+<h2> Photos </h2>
+
+I bought a new digital camera earlier this summer, and went a little crazy
+with it this weekend.
+Excuse the repetition, but I took various views of the vehicle hoping to end
+up with one that might make a good start for a new QSL card, now that I've got
+a new callsign...
+
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="vga01.jpg"> Operating position </a> at the rear of the Trooper.
+<li> <a href="vga02.jpg"> In DM89 </a>, with Steve admiring the antenna stack.
+<li> <a href="vga03.jpg"> Closeup </a> of the antennas against the clouds.
+<li> <a href="vga04.jpg"> Front top </a> view of the rigs.
+<li> <a href="vga05.jpg"> The mess </a> of wires making it all work.
+<li> <a href="vga06.jpg"> Another view </a> of the operating postion. Note
+ the back seat not present in the Trooper.
+<li> <a href="vga07.jpg"> Another shot </a> of the vehicle in operating stance
+ in DM89.
+<li> <a href="vga08.jpg"> From the front </a>, just another angle.
+<li> <a href="vga09.jpg"> Another similar </a> view.
+<li> <a href="vga10.jpg"> Steve KC0FTQ </a>, taking a break and beating the
+ heat in style...
+<li> <a href="vga11.jpg"> Bdale KB0G </a>, at the operating position in DM88.
+<li> <a href="vga12.jpg"> Steve </a> "assuming the position", also in DM88.
+<li> <a href="vga13.jpg"> Another with Steve </a>, who was intrigued at the
+ mix of linear and loop yagis we were running.
+<li> <a href="vga14.jpg"> Another </a> shot of the vehicle.
+<li> <a href="vga15.jpg"> Close up </a> of the antennas.
+<li> <a href="vga16.jpg"> Rear view </a> of the mess in the back of the
+ Trooper. Note the 2304 transverter sitting loose, I had to swap it
+ in for the 902 since the TIB only supports one transverter at a time.
+<li> <a href="vga17.jpg"> Looking back </a> from the front seats.
+<li> <a href="vga18.jpg"> Sunday morning </a> in DM78, with Pikes Peak in the
+ background.
+<li> <a href="vga19.jpg"> A different angle. </a>
+<li> <a href="vga20.jpg"> This time </a>, with the antennas broadside. Note
+ the callsign tags with the old callsign... I have the forms in hand
+ to request new ones, but haven't sent them in yet... /o\
+<li> <a href="vga21.jpg"> Cables </a> on the roof ready to move, I was more
+ casual this time around, just looping them over the roof rack and
+ taking off.
+<li> <a href="vga22.jpg"> The secret </a> to how we have so much fun. The
+ mast which is 15 feet of Radio Shack antenna mast gets preloaded and
+ then just set on the roof and duct-taped to the 2x6. That allows us
+ to set up or tear down in a minute or two. And yes, there is an inch
+ or three of clearance between the ground and the bottom of the 432
+ and 1296 antennas! We have to be careful off-road, but on the
+ highway it just works! Just before leaving DM78...
+<li> <a href="vga23.jpg"> Same shot </a> but a slightly different angle.
+<li> <a href="vga24.jpg"> In DM79 </a>, on a ridge just south of Franktown.
+<li> <a href="vga25.jpg"> Antennas </a> in the sunlight. The stack from the
+ bottom up is 11 elements on 432, 24 elements on 1296, 10 elements
+ on 902, 8 elements on 222, and 45 elements on 2304 at the top. I'd
+ center-mount them all if I were doing this from scratch, but we use
+ what we have!
+<li> <a href="vga26.jpg"> Operating position </a> on Sunday morning in DM79.
+<li> <a href="vga27.jpg"> Proof </a> that we really don't quite scrape the
+ ground while in transit...
+</ul>
+
+<h2> Our Score </h2>
+
+<pre>
+ Valid QSO Claimed
+ QSOs Pts Mults Score
+----------------------------------------------------
+| 222 MHz | 17 | x 3 | 51 | 6 | 306 |
+----------------------------------------------------
+| 432 MHz | 30 | x 3 | 90 | 7 | 630 |
+----------------------------------------------------
+| 902 MHz | 8 | x 6 | 48 | 1 | 48 |
+----------------------------------------------------
+| 1296 MHz | 17 | x 6 | 102 | 3 | 306 |
+----------------------------------------------------
+| 2304 MHz | 4 | x 12 | 48 | 1 | 48 |
+----------------------------------------------------
+|Grids Activated--Rovers Only | 4 | |
+----------------------------------------------------
+| TOTAL | 76 | | 339 | 22 | 7458 |
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ DATE TIME STATION EXCHANGE NEW
+ FREQ MODE (UTC) WORKED SENT RCVD MULTIS PTS
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 1 446. FM 20000805 1855 WD0HHQ DM89 DM78 DM78- 1 3
+ 2 432. SSB 20000805 1913 K0RZ DM89 DM79 DM79- 2 3
+ 3 432. SSB 20000805 1914 KC0COU DM89 DN70 DN70- 3 3
+ 4 432. SSB 20000805 1915 W6OAL DM89 DM79 3
+ 5 432. SSB 20000805 1916 WA7KYM DM89 DN71 DN71- 4 3
+ 6 222. SSB 20000805 1919 K0RZ DM89 DM79 DM79- 1 3
+ 7 222. SSB 20000805 1920 WA7KYM DM89 DN71 DN71- 2 3
+ 8 222. SSB 20000805 1923 W6OAL DM89 DM79 3
+ 9 1296. SSB 20000805 1927 K0RZ DM89 DM79 DM79- 1 6
+ 10 1296. SSB 20000805 1928 W6OAL DM89 DM79 6
+ 11 1296. SSB 20000805 1931 WA7KYM DM89 DN71 DN71- 2 6
+ 12 1296. SSB 20000805 1931 KC0COU DM89 DN70 DN70- 3 6
+ 13 902. SSB 20000805 1934 K0RZ DM89 DM79 DM79- 1 6
+ 14 902. SSB 20000805 1939 W6OAL DM89 DM79 6
+ 15 222. SSB 20000805 1942 K5RHR DM89 DM65 DM65- 3 3
+ 16 2304. SSB 20000805 1953 W6OAL DM89 DM79 DM79- 1 12
+ 17 222. SSB 20000805 2146 W6OAL DM88 DM79 3
+ 18 222. SSB 20000805 2150 K0RZ DM88 DM79 3
+ 19 432. SSB 20000805 2151 K0RZ DM88 DM79 3
+ 20 432. SSB 20000805 2152 W6OAL DM88 DM79 3
+ 21 432. SSB 20000805 2152 KC0COU DM88 DN70 3
+ 22 1296. SSB 20000805 2154 K0RZ DM88 DM79 6
+ 23 1296. SSB 20000805 2155 W6OAL DM88 DM79 6
+ 24 1296. SSB 20000805 2157 KC0COU DM88 DN70 6
+ 25 902. SSB 20000805 2201 W6OAL DM88 DM79 6
+ 26 902. SSB 20000805 2202 K0RZ DM88 DM79 6
+ 27 2304. SSB 20000805 2212 W6OAL DM88 DM79 12
+ 28 432. SSB 20000806 1430 W0AH DM78 DM89 DM89- 5 3
+ 29 222. SSB 20000806 1431 K0RZ DM78 DM79 3
+ 30 432. SSB 20000806 1430 K0RZ DM78 DM79 3
+ 31 902. SSB 20000806 1435 K0RZ DM78 DM79 6
+ 32 1296. SSB 20000806 1433 K0RZ DM78 DM79 6
+ 33 222. SSB 20000806 1444 W6OAL DM78 DM79 3
+ 34 432. SSB 20000806 1446 W6OAL DM78 DM79 3
+ 35 902. SSB 20000806 1505 W6OAL DM78 DM79 6
+ 36 1296. SSB 20000806 1454 W6OAL DM78 DM79 6
+ 37 2304. SSB 20000806 1502 W6OAL DM78 DM79 12
+ 38 1296. SSB 20000806 1454 KC0COU DM78 DN70 6
+ 39 446. FM 20000806 1516 K6LS DM78 DM79 3
+ 40 446. FM 20000806 1519 KB0CY DM78 DM79 3
+ 41 446. FM 20000806 1520 KC0AMO DM78 DM79 3
+ 42 432. SSB 20000806 1525 N0POH DM78 DM79 3
+ 43 222. SSB 20000806 1538 N0KM DM78 DM67 DM67- 4 3
+ 44 432. SSB 20000806 1529 N0KM DM78 DM67 DM67- 6 3
+ 45 432. SSB 20000806 1545 N0UGY DM78 DM79 3
+ 46 222. SSB 20000806 1558 W0KJY DM78 DN70 DN70- 5 3
+ 47 432. SSB 20000806 1548 W0KJY DM78 DN70 3
+ 48 1296. SSB 20000806 1550 W0KJY DM78 DN70 6
+ 49 222. SSB 20000806 1646 K0RZ DM79 DM79 3
+ 50 432. SSB 20000806 1642 K0RZ DM79 DM79 3
+ 51 902. SSB 20000806 1654 K0RZ DM79 DM79 6
+ 52 1296. SSB 20000806 1652 K0RZ DM79 DM79 6
+ 53 222. SSB 20000806 1645 W6OAL DM79 DM79 3
+ 54 432. SSB 20000806 1642 W6OAL DM79 DM79 3
+ 55 902. SSB 20000806 1655 W6OAL DM79 DM79 6
+ 56 1296. SSB 20000806 1650 W6OAL DM79 DM79 6
+ 57 2304. SSB 20000806 1658 W6OAL DM79 DM79 12
+ 58 222. SSB 20000806 1647 WA7KYM DM79 DN71 3
+ 59 432. SSB 20000806 1644 WA7KYM DM79 DN71 3
+ 60 1296. SSB 20000806 1652 WA7KYM DM79 DN71 6
+ 61 222. SSB 20000806 1646 W0KJY DM79 DN70 3
+ 62 432. SSB 20000806 1645 W0KJY DM79 DN70 3
+ 63 1296. SSB 20000806 1651 W0KJY DM79 DN70 6
+ 64 222. SSB 20000806 1647 N0POH DM79 DM79 3
+ 65 432. SSB 20000806 1702 N0POH DM79 DM79 3
+ 66 432. SSB 20000806 1719 KC0COU DM79 DN70 3
+ 67 1296. SSB 20000806 1720 KC0COU DM79 DN70 6
+ 68 446. FM 20000806 1705 KI0QM/R DM79 DM78 3
+ 69 432. SSB 20000806 1710 WD4MUO DM79 DN70 3
+ 70 432. SSB 20000806 1712 W1XE DM79 DM79 3
+ 71 1296. SSB 20000806 1716 W1XE DM79 DM79 6
+ 72 222. SSB 20000806 1730 K5RHR DM79 DM65 3
+ 73 446. FM 20000806 1743 KC7GOL DM79 DM78 3
+ 74 446. FM 20000806 1743 KI0QM/R DM79 DM79 3
+ 75 222. SSB 20000806 1752 N0KQY DM79 DM98 DM98- 6 3
+ 76 432. SSB 20000806 1752 N0KQY DM79 DM98 DM98- 7 3
+</pre>
+
+<h2> Equipment </h2>
+
+For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+For 70cm, we ran Bdale's Kenwood TS-790, a Mirage amp making about 100 watts,
+and a Landwehr preamp mounted near my Rutland Arrays K1FO yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 33cm, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through a DEM TIB to a DEMI
+transverter making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent Britain-style yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a 24 element loop yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+On 13cm, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through a DEM TIB to a DEMI
+transverter making about 20 milliwatts, through Andrews half-inch heliax to
+a 45 element loop yagi.
+
+<p>
+
+Unless otherwise mentioned, cables were a mix of RG-8 sized cables with mostly
+N connectors.
+Power was from a 27DC-form-factor deep cycle battery for everything.
+
+<p>
+
+I logged on paper, and post-processed the logs using VHFTEST. The beta
+version of VHFTEST I tried had some problems, but I worked around them well
+enough for this time. The fundamental logging interface isn't bad, though,
+and since it runs on DOS and claims to do monochrome screens moderately well,
+I may have to try logging on computer next time using an Omnibook 425... they
+handle sunlight better than most of the newer color displays. We'll see. My
+paper logging system works well, but typing it all in afterwards is a pain.
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.3 1999/12/23 04:08:14 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
--- /dev/null
+<head>
+ <title>CODE Rover Activities </title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<center><h1> CODE Rover Activities </h1></center>
+
+Roving is the act of running a portable VHF/UHF station, often in a contest.
+For ARRL and similar contests, points are awarded for contacting other
+stations, and
+points multipliers are awarded for each "grid" worked. Since many grids do
+not have permanent VHF/UHF/Microwave amateur stations, contest organizers
+often provide a modest benefit in the form of additional multipliers to
+stations that "go mobile" and operate from multiple grids.
+
+<p>
+
+We think operating in contests as a rover is a lot of fun, and it helps get
+around the fact that our homes are not ideal VHF/UHF/Microwave locations!
+Keeping several bands worth of radios and antennas working while bouncing
+around in rural areas can be quite a challenge... but it keeps us from
+getting bored!
+
+<p>
+
+<a href="QSL-small.jpg"> <img src="QSL-thumb.jpg"> </a>
+
+<p>
+
+The picture on our QSL card, above, was taken by WD0FHG in DM89, during the
+August ARRL UHF contest in 1999. Click on the image to see a bigger version.
+Have duct tape, will rove!
+
+<center><h1> Contest Diary </h1></center>
+
+<h2> 2000 </h2>
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="2000-08/">August ARRL UHF Contest</a>
+<li> 432 Spring Sprint </a>
+<li> 2m Spring Sprint </a>
+<li> <a href="2000-01/">January ARRL VHF Sweepstakes</a>
+</ul>
+<h2> 1999 </h2>
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="1999-09/">September ARRL VHF QSO Party</a>
+<li> <a href="1999-08/">August ARRL UHF Contest</a>
+<li> <a href="1999-06/">June ARRL VHF QSO Party</a>
+<li> <a href="1999-04.2m/">April 2m Sprint</a>
+<li> <a href="1999-01/">January ARRL VHF Sweepstakes</a>
+</ul>
+<h2> 1998 </h2>
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="1998-09/">September ARRL VHF QSO Party</a>
+</ul>
+
+<center><h1> Rover Resources </h1></center>
+
+<h2> Equipment Vendors </h2>
+
+Here are a few of the places we've bought equipment for our roving operations.
+
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/">Down East Microwave</a> <br>
+ We like DEM! Their transverters are good mojo, and they're very
+ supportive. They also sell antennas from Directive Systems and others,
+ and they make a bunch of neat widgets for interfacing transverters.
+
+<li> <a href="http://www.directivesystems.com">Directive Systems</a> <br>
+ We've bought some K1FO yagis from these folks, and are completely
+ satisfied.
+
+<li> <a href="mailto:w6oal@aol.com">Olde Antenna Lab</a> <br>
+ Dave's a neat guy, and he makes nice antennas. Our 6m antenna and our
+ 2m omni came from Olde.
+
+<li> <a href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> <br>
+ The premier online auction site. Be careful here, but from time to
+ time we've found good deals on gear in the ham radio and test
+ equipment categories.
+</ul>
+<h2> Other Information </h2>
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="http://www.arrl.org/contests/">ARRL Contest Information</a>
+<li> <a href="http://www.rf.org/crms/">Cedar Rapids Microwave Society</a> <br>
+ These guys get much of the credit for our getting started in roving.
+ Rod K0DAS and friends hosted a rover session at the 1998 Central States
+ VHF Society meeting in Kansas City that gave us a bunch of ideas and
+ the confidence that we could "just do it"...
+</ul>
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale/">Bdale Garbee</A>,
+$Id: index.html,v 1.8 2000/02/16 04:59:02 bdale Exp $
+</address>
+</body>
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