Please don't forget about us FM only stations. Bruce wb9woz EN51 _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 00:38:17 -0400
Bruce, You are very very close to the grid corner of EN51-EN52-EN62-EN61, just 18 miles away. Very noisy in the city but you have a huge population center. 4 Bands, 4 easy grids is 16 multi's and wit
My understanding is that Rover is a separate category from Single Op FM only, and if someone operates from more than one grid square, they are in the Rover category and compete with other Rovers rega
This point about being polite on 146.52 MHz is worth repeating. If contest stations dominate that frequency for the entire contest, we'll probably see a petition drive to reverse the rule change that
"CQ CONTEST - LISTENING FOR QSOS ON 146.49 - CQ CONTEST" -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFconte
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:26:58 -0400
Correct. An fm rover will get smoked by the ssb rovers. Just not enough grids that can be reached and no cw. I considered too. John KM4KMU Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Does this seem right? 73, Zack W9S
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:39:05 -0400
Be polite to the extreme. A couple big guns got on 146.520 sunday afternoon pounding away calling cq every few seconds in jan and the contacts dried up. Call cq a couple times and if there is no resp
My thanks to everyone who replied via the list and also privately. I'll address some you thoughts below. I'm not new to contesting. I've done vhf ssb contests for several years. Before we downsized t
At K1SIG we regularly check in on 2m and 70cm FM, usually on the call frequency. We run horizontal beams, so we'd be cross-pol but it usually works enough for new contacts. We keep planning on having
Greene Valley is one of the best operating locations in the Chicago area. I was up there for the Spring microwave sprint. Too bad they are only open from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. 73, Z
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 01:09:40 -0400
Go for it. Be stategic and use that grid corner to full advantage. Your strength is Q's in that huge population center. Mountains are fun but I am already wet and cold after 2 days of rain up here. G
I've had a similar experience. I wonder if maybe ARRL or some VHF group might start putting out small brochures listing the common VHF/UHF events for the year, calling frequencies, common spotting/p