I operate QRP Portable and hope to be active in the June contest with all
bands from 50 MHz to 10 GHz. I am not set up yet to operate digital modes.
I have never taken a computer with me and I'm not ready for that yet. My
laptop consumes quite a bit of battery power and I'd rather conserve that
for the actual station. I hope to eventually use a Raspberry PI or
something that draws minimum current.
I will be in EN50rl on a hilltop. There may be a couple other stations on
the lower bands in EN50, but if you want to work that grid on 902 MHz or
above, it will have to be me on CW or SSB.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 9:34 AM Gerry Hull <gerry@w1ve.com> wrote:
> Though I've not been able to participate as much in the last few years,
> I've been doing the June contest with the W2SZ MGEF group on Greylock
> (FN32) for more than 35 years.
> As we all know, WSJT has changed everything about V/U/uW contesting.
>
> I don't blame people for wanting to mostly QSO via WSJT: If you don't have
> a mountaintop QTH, it's the best way to maximize your QSOs, and the amount
> of time it takes to
> make a QSO is not as important as MAKING THE QSO.
>
> That said, it is extremely difficult to move to other bands, or ask
> stations to move to other bands if you are making a QSO via WSJT.
>
> Yes, we allow any means to make skeds: phone calls, chat rooms, texting,
> etc. Is that what people are preferring today?
>
> I have two questions:
> - Would people be interested in having a few times per hour where they
> would switch to SSB/CW from WSJT (say 2 minutes every 30?)
> During those periods, QSOs on a band could be made, or making schedules for
> other bands could be accomplished.
> - Or, do most of you prefer non-amateur-means to sked?
>
> 73,
>
> Gerry Hull, *W1VE *Hancock, NH USA
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