James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Here is my itinerary for the January VHF Contest. I have reassembled the rover into a new vehicle and fixed those things that got damaged in the accident. So, this is a shakedown rove as much as anyth

Look for Lionel in the contest. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM Begin forwarded message:

Don’t know about Es yesterday morning, but most of the meteor ionization is at the same altitude as the E layer, so the distances involved would be about the same. There is some evidence, although far

1119 miles according to this: < https://www.distancebetweencities.net/ > 1800 kM, not too far from the maximum meteor scatter distance of about 2000kM. Very good for your relatively simple setup. - Du

Nice work Bruce. Can you give us details on your best DX? James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

I must confess that I have been remiss in uploading my rover sites to NMVHF.org. I will try to do that in the new year. Here is a site that I have operated from in DM63. It is a pullout in Hwy1 south

Yes, and this is a “consensus” prediction, which considers predictions both large and small along with scientists that generated. Sort of prediction by committee. My simple model predicts a peak SSN o

The latest solar cycle projection, shows cycle 25 to look much like cycle 24. Little chance for F2 skip on 6M. - Duffey KK6MC James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Very good Bruce. Details? Station, distance, from grid and so on? -Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

The QST summary of the June VHF contest is out, as are the line scores. The full article has not yet been posted. http://contests.arrl.org/contestarticles.php?eid=3&iid=598 NMVHF Society and its membe

I think the one Watt would be useful under many circumstances. During the January contest in AZ, I work a lot of SOTA guys who use 222, 902, and/or 1296 handie talkies at FM power levels of a Watt or

This is a very nice product. Steve has given hints of this in talks over the last couple of years. It is nice to see it come to fruition. But, I think anyone who is expecting this to be available in t

Our rove for the 2019 September VHF contest was in turn, rewarding, frustrating, educational, and catastrophic. I roved with WB2FKO In this contest in part to learn WSJT and in part to have two operat

Bill - Holy crap that is a killer array! I sent an itinerary earlier, but I guess it didn’t make it? Here it is again: KK6MC/r itinerary ARRL Sept VHF Contest Grid Time on Time out September 14, 2019

Yes, tropoducting is almost unheard of in the Southwest. Of course, we don’t get the tropical storms either. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Steve - Are you going to be on 2M this weekend? - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

I was referring to the Olathe-Amarillo path. Tropo losses rise steeply beyond 300 miles. Six and two are not too different with respect to the plot below. Meteor scatter starts to overcome tropo at ab

KD - Look for KK6MC/r on meteor scatter Sunday morning. - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

I would think that FT4 would be better than FT8 with respect to meteor scatter. The time interval is half, so the odds of a meteor ping are halved too I think. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM