I plan on participating using the "indoor dorm room loop special" :-) Had a
bunch of fun with it in the ARRL 160m contest. I mainly consider myself a VHF
contester but realized early on that I needed to practice CW if I wanted to
maximize my contacts. I heard way too many CW CQ's, and I new I had to learn
sooner or later. Plus my N3FJP program has a special module just for Stew
Perry logging, so that should help make things easier. Good luck to all...
73's,
Vince - N9VN
========================================================================> Date:
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:42:12 -0800> From: w2ev@yahoo.com> Subject: [VHF] 160m VHF
SS Warmup Strategy> To: VHF@w6yx.stanford.edu; vhfcontesting@contesting.com> >
> CW skills are still essential to the VHF contester. Hone yours in an> > event
that mimics VHF contesting's Grid-based exchange...on 160> meters!> >> >
http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html> > CW at "HF speeds" can be quite
intimidating to VHFers who are used to slower sppeds due to fading, marginal
signals. That being said, let's try to establish a QRS (slow-speed CW) segment
for the Stew Perry VHF SS Warmup (ok...they call it the Top-band DX Challenge).
:)> > My 160 meter V-dipole is going up tomorrow (a modest stretch of wire,
40-feet at apex). Whe I call CQ, it will be above 1.855 MHz and will likely be
10 WPM or less. Anyone who replies faster will be asked to QRS ('cause I'm lame
that way).> > VHFers...join me! Use your favorite VHF logg
ing program and submit a Cabrillo log. The scoring is done by their log-robot
after submittal.> > Ev, W2EV> > > > > >
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