[Fourlanders] Fw: [VHFcontesting] The CQ WW VHF contest....

[Jim Worsham]

FYI
73
Jim, W4KXY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall-K5QE" <k5qe at k5qe.com>
To: "Central States VHF Reflector" <csvhfs at csvhfs.org>; "NTMS" 
<ntms at texans.net>; "Pacific NW VHF Society" <PNWVHFS at googlegroups.com>; 
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Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:32 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] The CQ WW VHF contest....


> Hello everyone....the CQ WW VHF contest is this weekend from 1800Z = 1PM
> CDST on Sat until 2100Z= 4PM CDST on Sunday afternoon.  This is a 6M and
> 2M contest only, so you don't have to worry about all the higher bands.
> The K5QE contest station will be on the air and looking for that long
> distance QSO especially on 6M.  Hopefully, we will get some decent Es
> for this contest.
>
> During the evening hours when there is no Es, we will operate digital MS
> on 50.265MHz FSK441.  This contest allows us to post Call, Frequency,
> and Sequence ONLY to PingJockey whenever we are calling CQ on digital
> meteor scatter, so there is no need to sit on the calling frequency and
> call CQ K5QE 265.  We may do some of that for those that are not aware
> of the new rules.  By MS convention, when we are pointing our antennas
> N, NE, or E, we will call on First Sequence.  When we are calling NW or
> W, we will be on second sequence.  Since we CAN post our sequence, this
> gives you a hint as to where we are looking.  Even so, I often worked
> people to the NW and W when I was originally calling NE.  I just turned
> the antenna towards the caller but did NOT change the sequence.
>
> On 2M, we will operate as much EME as we can, but when the moon is not
> favorable, we will be looking for 2M MS contacts on 144.142MHz and we
> will post that on PingJockey.  This will help everyone know what we are
> doing.
>
> Remember, EVERYONE can look at the Internet reflectors and spotting
> sites.  You can only post there if you are calling CQ on digital MS or
> digital EME....and then you can only post your Call, Frequency, and
> Sequence--NOTHING ELSE.
>
> We are short some operators this year, so we probably will not run
> throughout the night.  Most probably we will shut down around Midnight
> and resume about 6AM local time.
>
> IF you are in range, please look for us on 50.265MHz and 144.142MHz for
> MS and on 50.133MHz for Es.  Whenever the moon is favorable for us, we
> will be on 144.142MHz JT65b taking Second Sequence.
>
> We would love to get you into the logs, so give us a try....
>
> GL to everyone in the contest....
>
> 73 Marshall K5QE
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