[Fourlanders] June VHF Contest

[Ryan Kovacs]

I will be up there the entire contest.

Ryan

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 12:41 PM Jeff Townsend <wb8lyj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ryan.
>
> For my rover I will have 3 elements on 2m and 6 on 70cm vertical.
>
> Are you going to be operating the whole contest from there or what will
> your hours be?
>
> On May 24, 2020, at 11:21 AM, Ryan Kovacs <tukosei at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I will be running vertical for 2m, 1.25cm, and 70cm. 6m will be horizontal
> but all FM.
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:16 AM Brian McCarthy <brian at rfacres.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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