QST QST QSThear ye hear ye!!
1st, Merry Christmas and a better 2021 to everyone!
I'll put the TL;DR info here:
1. The January VHF Contest begins 2pm Sat Jan 18 and ends 11pm Sun Jan 19 2021. (times are as usual...) (these are EST times...)
2. our operator list must be submitted and approved PRIOR to the contest.
I plan to "lock" the list Monday Jan 11 at 7pm. if you are on the list, you will remain on the list unless you ask to be removed.
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Now, With the continued social distancing, we will operate the January VHF contest remotely.
I'll be on 6/2/432 from EM72VX with modest power and yagis at 25'-30' like in September.
Please let me know if you wish to be added to the contest log submissions. I can update as needed. We can also adjust our center if needed. Our current entry criteria:
Eligibility list for: Fourlanders Contest Team
Geographic Area: 175 mile circle
Center: EM74wd
Please note: it is REQUIRED that your log specify the correct club name to be counted as part of our combined score. (for September we had 15 logs submitted!)
It appears we may also have a new remote operator joining us from Idaho! look for K7SYS on 6m!!
(we all remember him as K4SQC... and will be very happy to add his new call into our logs.
for setting skeds, and finding rover info, the fourlandrers have a slack channel. If you need the invite to the slack channel, please let me know and I'll help you get access.
The channel has a fair amount of activity, even after the contest.
I got a couple of requests to be added to the contest list after the contest in Sept. so please be proactive if you wish to participate in the club efort.
if there are other questions, let me know and let's find out info we'll need! watch the 4 lander email reflector for SOTA activation during the contest as well as rover activity!
changing our name to the correct official name in the ARRL contest database messed up our June scores. we would have scored 384,495 and placed 6th out of 44 clubs!
also, as before, if you wish to get N1MM+ and WSJT working, let's work that out ASAP. it can be more than a 10 minute effort !! I am available to help setup and with test QSO if needed.
For example, in my station setup, N1MM+ is the contest logger. WSJT runs "under" N1MM+ for digital QSO's, which are automatically added and dupe checked in N1MM+ and finally
"N1MM to DXkeeper bridge" gets all contest QSO's added to my main station log. Then after the contest, exporting the contest cabrillo is a couple of steps in N1MM+ and LOTW/eQSL
upload is a few clicks in DXkeeper. The N1MM+ WSJT integration avoids SSB/FT8 dupes.
This makes my reporting a breeze!
I don't currently use voice messaging from N1MM but might set that up for January. with FT8/FT4, I do not make lots of SSB QSO's. It's been on the todo list for a bit...
that's about it for now, so 73!
KI4US
Bill