The ARRL Contest Advisory Committee (CAC) reviewed and discussed the "Study Committee's" recommendations regarding the ARRL VHF Contests prior to forwarding them to the ARRL Board of Directors. - Jon
How about those in New Orleans, Biloxi and other places where there will be no VHF Contest this September? I am foregoing the SMOGFest 6M gathering this September and donating what I would have spen
I plan to operate single op "QRP" portable from EM18 in the contest, on 50, 144, 432, and 1296 MHz. The operating site is in the Flint Hills about 15 miles southwest of Emporia, KS. X class solar fla
I am planning to multi-op with KB0HH and friends for the contest. Grid is EM06 Oklahoma QRV 50, 144, 222, 432, 903 and 1296 MHz with power and good antennas. I may do some limited roving on my own fr
I operated with the KB0HH crew Saturday. No Es or tropo noted. W0EEA had a good signal from Colorado on 2M Sat. eve. 6M scatter condx were poor, though W7GJ DN27 had a solid signal and was worked. -
The official results of the January 2006 VHF Sweepstakes may be published on the ARRL web site in May. This would be prior to the June VHF QSO Party. - Jon N0JK ______________________________________
John: E-skip, when it occurs in the September VHF QSO Party, "is ususally better" in the southern USA. Mid-latitude Es ocurring around the fall and spring equinoxes is more frequent in southern latit
Regarding using a 6M antenna on 2M... Back in November 2000 I operated 6 Meters from Guadeloupe. One evening the TEP (trans-equatorial propagation) was very strong on 6 Meters to Brazil. I had read T
de N8YSZ I tend to agree with N8YSZ - the IC-706MII(G) is reasonable "entry level" radio for VHF Contesting and a good value. The radio is sensitive and reliable. It can produce remarkable results i
There is a nice review of the IC-7000 in the May 2006 issue of QST starting page 64. The review notes "ICOM got most everything right with this radio, and it offers a lot of enjoyment in one compact
multimode transciever the reviewer goes on to talk about repeater offsets, nonstandard splits, CTCSS encode/decode, and other FM stuff, and says not a word about the rig's weak signal VHF/UHF perfor
Due to critical staffing needs at one of the hospitals I work at - I will not be able to go to Bermuda for the June VHF QSO Party. I will be working instead Saturday June 10 at Salina, KS. After gett
I agree with Jim on this one, prefer real QSL cards to confirm contacts. One reason is I log my 6M and 160M QSOs in a real log - not on the PC. Perhaps when I retire from ham radio I will put everyth
Weather permitting, plan to be in EM18 s/o QRP portable 6, 2 and 432. - N0JK _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.conte
My plans will depend on the weather. Currently National WX Service predicting heavy snow Saturday in the afternoon and evening for central Kansas. Was hoping to operate s/o QRP portable from EM18 - b
There was a 2 1/2 hour Es opening on 6 Meters Saturday afternoon/evening in the 2007 January VHF Sweepstakes contest. The primary Es center was located over southeast Missouri/western Kentucky. It al
John is correct - while certainly not "optimum," indoor antennas do work. I made 50 MHz Es QSOs in the Sept. 2006 VHF Q Party and the Jan. 2007 VHF Sweeps using an indoor attic dipole. Otherwise I wo
Always interesting how one's preception of condx on 6M depends on your location. Here in the heartland, only very weak scattered Es Saturday afternoon and evening to the northeast. Could hear busy 1s
The June, '87 VHF QSO Party is arguably one of the best overall VHF contests for Es and tropo. I was the primary 6M op at WB0DRL that year. 6M was open 'round the clock. We worked 49 states (missed K
Nice contest Es opening on 6 Meters all afternoon Saturday. Saw N5TIF spotted. :-) Here in north central Kansas, stations in Mississippi and Alabama were very loud. I worked several running my old MF