I started out answering a private email, but then thought this might be better 'out there'. FT modes are "out of the barn", loose in the wild and have wide acceptance, so you can't look the other way

..my reply. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jay RM <w9rm@...> Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:34 AM Subject: Re:

This came through the VHF CONTESTING mailing list last night. There have been numerous replies on that list My reply follows. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe,

Because of the health and safety concern of our society members and the uncertainty of time of our National Emergency caused by the Corona virus pandemic, the Society’s Board of Directors elected to

So, then, I have mis-remembered my forgetting. Again, sigh... :-) 73 Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | __

SVHFS Conference 2020 Registration...The Clock Is Ticking Pre-registration is open through April 15, 2020. Please use the registration form on the conference web page here. The 2020 Southeastern

Here's the expanded results page for Sept VHF 2019: https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2019/Sep-VHF-2019-FinalFullResults.pdf ..and the full line

W3DHJ/R shows up in the posted line scores with 1690 points. You didn't make the Top-5 for the Midwest Region for Limited Rover so weren't listed in QST. Not making the Top-5 was the least of our

https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2019/Sep-VHF-2019-FinalQSTResults.pdf It looks like I never sent in my log! I find no evidence in my files here -- only that I posted my results to the 3830

Fellow New Mexico Hams -- The 2020 New Mexico QSO Party takes place Saturday, April 11 from 8:00am MDT until 8:00pm MDT, and all Hams across New Mexico are invited to participate. Amateur radio

:^)= James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Hello, Thank ya'll for the information about using keyboard bindings. I didn't know about them as they are not mentioned in the main user guides for either 2.0 or 2.1. For those who are interested,

..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