Comments on: June VHF QSO Party http://www.innismir.net/article/292 Pointless, vapid ramblings of a surly information security engineer Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andy http://www.innismir.net/article/292/comment-page-1#comment-172 Andy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:21:20 +0000 http://www.innismir.net/?p=292#comment-172 Sounds like fun. I picked up an Elk Antennas 144/440 log periodic and am looking forward to the next VHF/UHF contest to try it out as there is so little VHF activity in this area otherwise and definately no SSB activity. Sounds like fun. I picked up an Elk Antennas 144/440 log periodic and am looking forward to the next VHF/UHF contest to try it out as there is so little VHF activity in this area otherwise and definately no SSB activity.

]]> By: Innismir http://www.innismir.net/article/292/comment-page-1#comment-171 Innismir Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:05:30 +0000 http://www.innismir.net/?p=292#comment-171 That's so weird. My apologies for your difficulties. I'll have to see what the filter is catching on. Sorry. That’s so weird. My apologies for your difficulties. I’ll have to see what the filter is catching on. Sorry.

]]> By: Alan http://www.innismir.net/article/292/comment-page-1#comment-170 Alan Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:53:58 +0000 http://www.innismir.net/?p=292#comment-170 Interesting, even tho I took the http away from all the links in that last comment, the software made that last one linkable anyway because it had the "www" word in it. The computers are taking over, soon we will not be allowed to manually moderate our blogs. ... /;^) Interesting, even tho I took the http away from all the links in that last comment, the software made that last one linkable anyway because it had the “www” word in it. The computers are taking over, soon we will not be allowed to manually moderate our blogs.
… /;^)

]]> By: Alan http://www.innismir.net/article/292/comment-page-1#comment-169 Alan Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:48:09 +0000 http://www.innismir.net/?p=292#comment-169 Glad you got a taste of 2mSSB... It is a very different world. I somehow would have thought there would be more activity in your area, but maybe they came out later. I don't do HF contesting, but have been enjoying VHF contests for years. Check my ( wb5rmg.wordpress.com ) for this latest report. Here in N.Alabama we have a fairly active VHF-SSB crowd even between contests. Someday I'll have outdoor antennas again, but for now I'm really pleased with my Texas Eggbeaters ( wb5rmg.somenet.net/k5oe/ ) for contesting. They are actually designed for satellite, but work surprisingly well on the horizon. Horizontally polarized omni-directional antennas are not that common. Mine are in the attic, and I'm in the process of trying a similar design for 50MHz. Take care, 73 for now /;^) P.S. I've added a link to your blog from my blog... Well, this is a real drag. After composing a nice comment for your blog, your site keeps rejecting my post, saying it is too spammy - WTF ? The OpenID would fail, and then it says I can submit anyway without OpenID, and I do, and it says it is too spammy...... If you don't want links in comments - just say so up front, or fix your script to sanitize them. Too much automation can be a bad thing. I've removed the offensive http word. Maybe now it is un-spammy enough. Otherwise it is not worth the effort. # ARRL ARES Asst Emergency Coordinator # Huntsville-Madison County, Alabama # hmcraces.org 146.940MHz # wb5rmg[at]arrl[dot]net @wb5rmg # www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg Glad you got a taste of 2mSSB… It is a very different world.
I somehow would have thought there would be more activity in your area, but maybe they came out later. I don’t do HF contesting, but have been enjoying VHF contests for years. Check my ( wb5rmg.wordpress.com ) for this latest report. Here in N.Alabama we have a fairly active VHF-SSB crowd even between contests.
Someday I’ll have outdoor antennas again, but for now I’m really pleased with my Texas Eggbeaters ( wb5rmg.somenet.net/k5oe/ ) for contesting. They are actually designed for satellite, but work surprisingly well on the horizon. Horizontally polarized omni-directional antennas are not that common. Mine are in the attic, and I’m in the process of trying a similar design for 50MHz.

Take care, 73 for now /;^)
P.S. I’ve added a link to your blog from my blog…

Well, this is a real drag. After composing a nice comment for your blog, your site keeps rejecting my post, saying it is too spammy – WTF ? The OpenID would fail, and then it says I can submit anyway without OpenID, and I do, and it says it is too spammy…… If you don’t want links in comments – just say so up front, or fix your script to sanitize them. Too much automation can be a bad thing. I’ve removed the offensive http word. Maybe now it is un-spammy enough. Otherwise it is not worth the effort.

# ARRL ARES Asst Emergency Coordinator
# Huntsville-Madison County, Alabama
# hmcraces.org 146.940MHz
# wb5rmg[at]arrl[dot]net @wb5rmg
# http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg

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