[Elecraft] 817 - the VHF View

Mon May 20 14:56:00 2002

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Tim ORourke wrote:

> Mark Wrote: I say whip it out, dust it off and get ready for one of the best
> contests of the year, the ARRL June VHF party!!

> I could not agree more. Check out June issue of CQ. In upper right hand
> corner of article on last years July CQ VHF Contest you will find a picture
> of our scout troop contest outing. We used 2 817's and a MFJ 9406. I will
> say that we used the MFJ for most of the 6 meter contacts because of receive
> current draw, we were 100% solar power. 

     I'll third this!  I've been vaguely looking at an 817 /explicitly/
for VHF contesting!  We started doing the VHF contests last year and have
been having a blast!  The 9406 has been a workhorse for us as well.  
We'll be using mostly mobile rigs in June, but for the CQ 2+6 contest in
July, James (ki7el) and I (kb7psg) will be taking his 9406 and my 9402
backpacking and camping.  If we could add an 817 to the list, we could
have three of us QRP/p and then I'd /have/ to build a QRP 220 rig :).

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