[Fourlanders] June VHF Contest

Sun May 24 14:51:36 EDT 2020

None of the radios I will have up there will be capable of SSB. Every item
for the weekend has to be considered for weight so I have to be very
selective. I would love to make a contact down to Dowdell Knob, been
trying to get a SOTA complete on that for some time now. There is going to
have to be some ducting to make it happen, there is a lot of earth between
the 2 points. What time and day will you be there?

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On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 2:34 PM Jeff Townsend <wb8lyj at gmail.com> wrote:

> It will be interesting to see if we can make contact from my stop at
> Dowdell Knob, EM72pu. Its 169 miles.
>
> Have you thought about moving down into the weak signal part of 6m and 220
> to make contacts with some of the club members who may not have dedicated
> FM rigs?
>
> I am hoping to have a 222 transverter but probably can’t get up to 223 to
> run FM.
> Some on 6m may have antenna bandwidth limitations that won’t allow them to
> operate at 52.525.
>
>
> On May 24, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Ryan Kovacs <tukosei at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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