[Fourlanders] June VHF Contest

[Brian McCarthy]

Just checking, horizontal or vertical?

Brian
NX9O

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 10:12 AM John Kludt <johnnykludt at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> The June VHF contest is almost here.  It runs from 1800 UTC Saturday June
> 13. 2020 to 0259 UTC Monday , June 15, 2020.  Usually the Four Landers
> VHF/UHF Group would be up in North Carolina at Mile High Campground for
> this contest.  Thanks to COVID-19 that isn't going to happened this year.
> Instead we will all be operating from home using our own calls and our own
> stations.  We will be participating in the Club competition and so far 26
> Fourlanders have signed up to contribute to the Club score.
>
> If you have a radio made after about 1990 it has 6 meters on it.  This
> contest brings out a number of stations and this will be a great
> opportunity to get on 6m.  And above.
>
> if all you have is FM we really need to get on and work this contest.  One
> of the participating station belongs to Ryan Kovacs , WG4I.  Ryan will be
> operating from Rabun Bald, EM84ix FM only on four bands.  Ryan's goal is to
> win the FM only category for the Southeast Region.  Please help Ryan reach
> his goal.  Here is his message:
>
>
> The June VHF contest (http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf) is just around the
> corner (June 13th – 15th) and this year I will be camping out on Rabun
> Bald in Rabun Co. (EM84ix) 8 miles North-East of Clayton, GA at an
> elevation of 4700’. I will be operating in the Single Operator FM only
> category on 6m, 2m, 1.25m, and 70cm with between 5watts and 50 watts and
> directional antennas for all bands using a ft-8900 and an Alinco radio for
> the 220 band. All radios will be powered from batteries. Contest starts at
> 2pm Saturday and runs through 10:59pm Sunday. This is usually the biggest
> VHF contest of the year and although most contesters are on SSB you will
> find some activity on FM.
>
> Looking at the Hey whats that profile: *https://www.heywhatsthat.com/?view=QDXR8PB3
> <https://www.heywhatsthat.com/?view=QDXR8PB3>* I will have some coverage
> into NE Metro Atlanta area and along North I-85. I won’t be as close to
> Atlanta as I have been in the past at Blood Mountain so you may have to
> break out the beams to make contact with me or drive to a high spot. I will
> be on the following frequencies (first one listed is the calling freq for
> that band):
>
> 52.525, 52.54
>
> 146.52, 146.49, 146.55
>
> 223.5
>
> 446.0, 446.5
>
> FM mode and moving to secondary frequencies when QRM is present.
>
> Exchange needed: Call, Grid square, and signal report. You can determine
> your grid square by going to QRZ and look at your profile and the detail
> tab.
>
> Text me if you want to setup a schedule during the contest @ 404-831-9861
>
>
>
> Here is a photo of what the antenna stack will look like. Still working on
> the spacing so this isn’t final yet.
>
>
>
> For those doing SOTA, this would be a great weekend to get out and
> activate some summits and make a S2S with me!
>
>
> VHF contesting is a little different than HF contesting in that you can
> use multiple methods to set up contacts - chat rooms, skeds, cellphones,
> emails, etc.
>
> On a personal note, with all of IC-9700's out there I am wondering if we
> could make a bigger effort on 1296.  I am good to the south and east and a
> bit to the west.  I have two 1296 20 element loops I can loan out if that
> would help get some more folks on 1296.  If interest please respond
> directly to johnnykludt at gmail.com
>
> So, let's all get on for the contest.  Another opportunity to play radio
> as we slowly emerge from shelter-in-place.
>
> Johnny K4SQC
>
>
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