[Fourlanders] June VHF Contest

Sun May 24 13:26:19 EDT 2020

50 watts on 6m, 2m, 25 watts on 220 and 35 watts on 70cm. Range depends a
lot on the other station and conditions. Without any e-skip or ducting, 2 m
is usually about 60 miles to HT 80miles to Mobile and 100+ to base. That is
a VERY general estimate. I have made 110 mile contact HT to HT with 5 watts
a few months ago, we were both on mountains.
6m will be a Horizontal Moxon, 2m and 70cm is served by an Elk Log
periodic. And 220 is with a commercial 6 element yagi. I have to go with
smaller lightweight antennas because all this has to be back-packed up a
mountain. The power multiplier is the elevation so I give up some on the
power and antenna gain.

Ryan

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 1:07 PM Jeff Townsend <wb8lyj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great!!
>
> What antennas and power?
> What kind of range do you think we can expect?
>
> On May 24, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Ryan Kovacs <tukosei at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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