I personally think this is a marvelous idea. I plan on an
extensive presence on VHF+ for FD this year... Even going
to the highest decent operation point in CN77! You heard
right-- CN77!! If 6 meters works its usual FD magic,
(usually better openings than the June VHF test) everyone
should be in for a treat. Will also run the rest of the
bands thru 10 GC, so if you happen to be on the Northern
California or Oregon coast, point up North and give me a
call... If the WX is decent, great openings via
"pacific coast tropo" are possible.
Will have to figger out which callsign to use... Plan on
having KE7V along and possibly KD7TJC...
With a "super rover" setting up VHF+ is an easy to do
situation. Just park and call CQ!
Here in the Pacific Northwest, I have been able to make
QSO's thru 2304 on Field Day...
Really gets the HF guys going when you work someone 40 or
so miles away on a mountaintop from what one would consider
a poor location for that sort of thing, with s9+20
signals...
73 es GL,
Eric
KB7DQH
On Wed, 25 May 2005 18:26:36 -0700 (PDT)
Duane - N9DG <n9dg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How about having an informal, low overhead, piggybacked
> VHF
> "contest" where those groups (or individuals) who
> participate
> on 6M and up post on this reflector the following:
>
> 1. Club name and location.
> 2. Number of 6M and up Q's per band.
> 3. Section totals per band.
> 4. Grid totals per band.
> 5. Longest DX for each band operated.
> 6. Approximate number of ops.
>
> Perhaps along with that some additional info about the
> equipment and antennas used, propagation experienced,
> modes
> used, reactions from non VHF'ers and so on.
>
> No need for submitting any logs for log checking or
> anything
> like that, the idea here being to keep it very simple and
> on
> a high level. And to have a single place to showcase all
> the
> various VHF+ weaksignal activities and efforts around the
> country for this upcoming FD.
>
> So:
> 1. This is good idea.
> 2. Huh?
> 3. N9DG needs to lay off the FD refreshments already.
>
> Duane
> N9DG
>
>
>
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