I think switching every 30min is good...start on FT8 and at 30 past the
hour turn to SSB and CW and just stay on .174 because everyone will already
be there!
73
Fred
K1FMS
On Mon, Sep 29, 2025, 4:37 PM Ron Klimas WZ1V <wz1v@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Good Buddy Dave - so nice to see you Saturday.
> I propose we change modes every 15 minutes,
> better yet, run both modes simultaneously,
> as per our past weekend's club presentation.
> That way you're covered just in case you picked
> the opposite 15 minutes everyone else did, LOL.
>
> 73 Ron WZ1V
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Olean <K1WHS@metrocast.net>
> To: newsvhf@mailman.qth.net, VHF Contesting <VHFcontesting@Contesting.com>,
> "222Activity@Groups.io" <222Activity@Groups.io>
> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:20:54 -0400
> Subject: [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Sprint coming up
>
> > Hi
>
> I have two things in regards to the 222 Sprint. #1 is that it is
> possible to run EME as the Moon is sorta in a fair spot. The Moon is low
> in the sky with big negative declination. Cosmic noise is rather high
> so there is some degradation, but I can work people anyway on 222. At
> 2300 UT at the start of the Sprint, the Moon is at 19 degrees EL and
> 173degr azimuth here. At 0300 UT when the Sprint ends, the Moon is quite
> low at 5 degrees and 224 degrees azimuth. I would think a contact or
> two might be possible as the activity drops near the end of the evening.
> Usually things are really slow by 0200 UT. I will be watching HB9Q
> during the Sprint for possible skeds. Hopefully you can see the Moon
> then. If not, you have 24 hours to do some chainsaw work to open up your
> horizon. heh heh.
>
> The 2nd thing is how to best deal with both analog and digital Qs. My
> logging program will not handle the analog/digi dupe problem, so I think
> I will use two logs, one for each mode, in hopes that I can keep track
> of the dupes. the bigger problem is how to corral the operators on both
> modes. i would think that allotting a 30 minute time period might make
> sense. have alternating 30 minute segments for each type of contact.
> Does that make some sense? I would start the Sprint on cw and SSB at
> 2300 UT, but then only go to FT8 at 2330 to 0000 UT. I see much wrong
> with this as you will run out of stations to work and then what do you
> do? I would not want to stay on FT8 if there were no more callers. I
> would do something else. Still, it is a good way to insure that you will
> find SSB/CW ops and then FT8 ops at those times. It could be a benefit
> to cut down on chasing individual stations and clogging up the chat
> pages. I figure that I will try it with the understanding that the time
> is not carved in stone, but rather a suggestion to get ops together on
> the different modes. Hitting an exact time for a sked is difficult
> during a sprint or any VHF contest now as you might be running with
> someone else and have not finished or maybe have not even heard them
> yet. Lots of unknowns. That is why you want a reasonably long period to
> look for stations. They might be a few minutes late!
>
> Anyway, I am hoping to be on for the 222 MHz Sprint from FN43MJ and will
> be active for the entire sprint time. Trying a EME sked or two in the
> last hour would be fun.
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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