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Colorado Digital Eclectics

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+ +This page under rework. Pardon the mess. Feel free to send us + email with questions or comments. + +
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Overview

+ +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! + +

Activities

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Participants

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CODE Packet Radio Activities

+ +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. + +For a few other tidbits, check out Bdale's +TAPR page. +
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September 1998 ARRL VHF QSO Party

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Bdale's Report

+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. +

+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. +

+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. +

+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. +

+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. +

+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. +

+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. +

+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! +

+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... +

+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! +

+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. +

+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! +

+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. + +

John's Photos

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Our Score

+
+Call Used:		N3EUA
+Grid(s) Activated:	DM78 DM89 DM88 DM79 
+Entry Type:		Rover
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+                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 
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+Total 
+All Bands        60                91        17 
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+GRIDS ACTIVATED                              4        Rover Scoring Used
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+N3EUA CLAIMED SCORE:   1911 
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January 1999 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes

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Bdale's Report

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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... + +

+ +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! + +

+ +It didn't take long for me to really 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! + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

John's Photos

+ + +

Our Score

+
+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 
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +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. + +

Acknowledgements

+ +Our continued thanks to the +Cedar Rapids Microwave Society +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! + +
+
+Bdale Garbee, +$Id: index.html,v 1.1 1999/01/31 05:46:44 bdale Exp $ +
+ diff --git a/code/rover/1999-04.2m/index.html b/code/rover/1999-04.2m/index.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..5864c4e --- /dev/null +++ b/code/rover/1999-04.2m/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,174 @@ + + CODE Rover Report - 1999-04.2m + + +

April 1999 2m Sprint

+ +

Bdale's Report

+ +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! + +

+ +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 + Down East Microwave . 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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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... + +

+ +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... + +

+ +Here it is two days later, and I still don't have my voice back... we must have +had fun! + +

+ +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! + +

+ +We had a lot of fun! + +

No Photos This Time - Sorry!

+ +

Our Score

+ +All the contacts were manually entered into VHF DX after the contest, so some +times may be only approximate. + +
+
+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 
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +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. + +
+
+Bdale Garbee, +$Id: index.html,v 1.4 1999/04/14 18:41:22 bdale Exp $ +
+ diff --git a/code/rover/1999-04.2m/log b/code/rover/1999-04.2m/log new file mode 100755 index 0000000..f18512b --- /dev/null +++ b/code/rover/1999-04.2m/log @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ + +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 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June 1999 ARRL VHF

+ +

+ARRL put 1998 rover scores in 1999 contest results! +
+Correction expected in a future QST... +

+ +

Bdale's Report

+ +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! + +

+ +I can't say enough good things about the folks at + Down East Microwave , +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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... + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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". + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. :-) + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +We both had fun, and are looking forward to the next one! + +

Stephen's Photos

+ +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: + +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: + + +

Our Score

+ +All the contacts were manually entered into VHF DX after the contest, so some +times may be only approximate. + +
+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 
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +For 6m, we ran my Kenwood TS-430S, the TenTec transverter, 175 watt Teletec +amp, and OAL horizontal loop antenna. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +For 70cm, we ran my Kenwood TS-790 through a Landwehr preamp to my Rutland +Arrays K1FO yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 5 watts into a homebrew Kent +Britain-style yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+
+Bdale Garbee, +$Id: index.html,v 1.3 1999/12/23 04:08:11 bdale Exp $ +
+ diff --git a/code/rover/1999-08/index.html b/code/rover/1999-08/index.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..7a31b42 --- /dev/null +++ b/code/rover/1999-08/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,327 @@ + + CODE Rover Report - 1999-08 + + +

August 1999 ARRL UHF

+ +

+A New Divison Rover Record Score! +

+ +

Bdale's Report

+ +The theme for our operation in this contest might be "Roving ala Red Green". +Read on for the details... + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +With the thunderstorms looking persistent, we decided to call it a day around +6:30pm local time, and headed back to my place. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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... + +

John's Photos

+ + + +

Our Score

+ +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. + +
+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 
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent +Britain-style yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+
+Bdale Garbee, +$Id: index.html,v 1.3 1999/12/23 04:08:14 bdale Exp $ +
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September 1999 ARRL VHF QSO Party

+ +

Bdale's Report

+ +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. + +

+ +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). + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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 anyone 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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

Steve's Photos

+ +Coming soon... + +

Our Score

+ +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. + +
+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 
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +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. + +

+ +On 2m, we ran my TS-790 through the inactive DEM TIB to a Cushcraft 4-element +yagi. + +

+ +For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a homebrew Kent +Britain-style yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+
+Bdale Garbee, +$Id: index.html,v 1.1 1999/09/13 05:23:10 bdale Exp $ +
+ diff --git a/code/rover/2000-01/index.html b/code/rover/2000-01/index.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..7b40dad --- /dev/null +++ b/code/rover/2000-01/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,293 @@ + + CODE Rover Report - 2000-01 + + +

January 2000 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes

+ +

Bdale's Report

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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... + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ +All in all, we had a pretty good time, despite the modest number of contacts +and the weather. + +

John's Photos

+ + + +

Our Score

+ +
+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 
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +On 2m, we ran the TS-790's 2m section through an inactive DEM TIB to a +4-element Cushcraft yagi. + +

+ +For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a Directive Systems +loop yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+
+Bdale Garbee, +$Id: index.html,v 1.4 2000/02/16 05:02:18 bdale Exp $ +
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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 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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 diff --git a/code/rover/2000-01/rover_jan00_1.jpg b/code/rover/2000-01/rover_jan00_1.jpg new file mode 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August 2000 ARRL UHF

+ +

+A New Divison Rover Record Score! +

+ +

Bdale's Report

+ +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! +

+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. +

+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. +

+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. +

+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... +

+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. +

+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! + +

+ +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... + +

+ +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. +

+ +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. + +

Photos

+ +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... + + + +

Our Score

+ +
+	       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
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +For 222, we ran John's IC-735 and DEM transverter, and his K1FO yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +On 23cm, we ran the TS-790 making about 10 watts into a 24 element loop yagi. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

+ +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. + +

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CODE Rover Activities

+ +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. + +

+ +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! + +

+ + + +

+ +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! + +

Contest Diary

+ +

2000

+ +

1999

+ +

1998

+ + +

Rover Resources

+ +

Equipment Vendors

+ +Here are a few of the places we've bought equipment for our roving operations. + + +

Other Information

+ +
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