..what I mean by FT* is "FT8 or FT4" ..no un-shift needed :) -RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO

Keith - I agree and I think that this is more of an issue with newcomers to weak signal VHF not knowing the protocol for what is a complete QSO and what is not. I would find it hard to believe that

"Reasonably confident" are the watchwords here. Many FT* NILs are, I'm certain, caused by guys simply sending their RR73 once and moving on, no matter HOW LONG it's taken to get to that point. If the

This is good reading and useful information. The first point, learning to use the alternate F1-F6 bindings, is also good for QSYing stations to other bands. - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

SVHFS Conference 2020 Registration & Call For Papers The 2020 Southeastern VHF Society Conference will be held in Gainesville, Georgia on April 24-25, 2020. Gainesville, GA is approximately 60

Wow! Good on you, mate!! That sounds Very Close to being a HamFest. HI!HI! 73 Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy |

The meeting went very well. Very smart kids, supportive parents. Their main interest was emergency communications, but we covered a lot of other ground. We talked about HF, VHF, UHF. Listened to ssb,

I was contacted by a teacher/coach of a small group of kids who would like to hear more about ham radio, and especially emergency comm stuff. They're 10-11 years old and part of a home-schooled

..anybody have any Mini Circuits PHA-13LN+ MMICs they would like to part with ? Minimum purchase quantity on the MCL vendor site is 20 pcs - I only need a small quantity (under 5) and can't find any

Received email from Bob and they will be on Mt Lemon, DM42ok, about 1PM today. Arne N7KA

There was a news item on local TV in the past couple of weeks about there having been some pretty serious washout on the Capulin road. They were just about to reopen it as a single lane. Not sure what

What ?? Colorado front-rangers don't turn their antennas ?? No ! Say it isn't so !! -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG

I have operated from a couple of locations in DM86. In CQWW VHF 2018, I operated from the upper parking lot of Capulin Volcano. This location has good sight lines from just east of north around to the

Jonesy - I suggest you take a look at your candidate locations using heywhatsthat.com, which will generate panoramas showing your horizon. You'll be in the neighborhood of some

Look to Gallup, just about due West. Mike, n5sj Michael Daly 1408 Linda Drive Gallup, NM 87301-5616 Cell: 505-870-3430 e-mail: arrowengineering1@...

... and wonders of wonders, that posting and this posting to the NM VHF groups.io forum came about via email. If you remember, last Fall I could NOT send email to groups.io. The MTA on my end could

I am unsure if Bob is a member of NM VHF. At least I have not seen the below come in via the NM VHF groups.io reflector (yet.) Via the RMVHF+ email googlegroups reflector at 4:20 PM MST today: | I

Also just remembered working K0NR in DM86 at Capulin Volcano on 2M in Apr 2017 and Apr 2019. He was running low power SSB. North Western end of DM86. Arne N7KA

I worked KK6MC/R in July 2018 when he was in DM86, on both 50 and 144MHz SSB. Jim will probably have some good detail info for you. Arne N7KA

At the risk of losing my Black Belt In Procrastination [*], I am toying with the idea of including DM86 in my Rover route in the June, and probably July, VHF contests. So I am soliciting suggestions