[Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] 222 and 144 sporadic E incontest

[Jim Worsham]

No big deal but I just hate it when AA4ZZ gets in on a band opening and we
miss it.  We definitely need to keep an eye on that in the future if we can
continue to have internet access.

73
Jim, W4KXY

-----Original Message-----
From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Brian McCarthy
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 12:54 AM
To: Fourlanders
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] 222 and 144 sporadic E
incontest

We weren't watching that particular web page. I think this points out
a weakness.

I suggest that we continue in the direction that we started this past
contest. We made an effort to stay connected to the internet and to
look for rovers via APRS. While the APRS thing did not yield any
points, knowing how to hold on to an internet connection from Soco
Bald will be invaluable. Shall we consider an additional "band
captain" position and call it something like conditions and
propagation watch?

I suspect we were at the edge of hearing it random and were probably
pointed in the wrong directions when it happened on 144. We were
looking at Hepburn and aurora models, but not for anything that would
have identified Es on 144 or 222. I doubt there were any missed Es
points on 222 for us.

It just adds salt to the wounds...

Brian
NX9O

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> How did we miss this?
>
> 73
> Jim, W4KXY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of George Fremin
III
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 2:34 PM
> To: jcplatt1 at mmm.com
> Cc: VHFcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 and 144 sporadic E in contest
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:46:26AM -0500, jcplatt1 at mmm.com wrote:
>> That is awesome Paul.  During the 2m E's I tried 222 twice with K5TR ,
> EM00
>> to EN34, and on the first attempt I heard a "ping" of "5TR" that got me
>> very excited.  It may have been a meteor, it may have been E's.  In any
>> case it was a no-go for us, but it sure was fun  !
>
> It was fun.
>
> Here is a capture of the 2m aprs image at 1518Z on Sunday.
>
> http://www.k5tr.net/photo/misc/propmap1.png
>
> --
> George Fremin III - K5TR
> geoiii at kkn.net
> http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
>
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