[NCC] Fwd: ARRL June VHF W1NN Single Op LP

Mon Jun 12 11:52:59 EDT 2017

Hi all,

Used the RHR W2/Windham station in FN22 on 6m for a bit on Saturday  
afternoon in the 20z hour. Made 4 Qs in three grids (FN 31,32,33) all on cw and  
heard nothing else. Guess all the action was on Friday and Sunday. FL guys  
report working JA and EU on Friday on 6m on JT65 mode. 

73,
Ron, K8NZ

In a message dated 6/12/2017 11:31:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k8bl at ameritech.net writes:

I  spotted fellow NCC'ers often. But, I didn't find Packet spots allthat 
useful  since I couldn't hear most of them anyway. What wasmost helpful to me 
was the  bandscope on my IC-7700 that showsthe activity that is actually 
being heard.  I'd let it sit there when I tooka short break and come back and 
hit the Hold  button and then I'dcruise across the Band and work those blips 
if they were  still there.- Bob  K8BL
From: Jeffrey Ach  <w2fu at frontiernet.net>
To: 'Hal Offutt'  <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>; 'Mad River Radio Club'  
<mrrc at contesting.com>; 'North Coast Contesters'  <ncc at contesting.com> 
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 8:12 AM
Subject:  Re: [NCC] Fwd: ARRL June VHF W1NN Single Op LP

About  two(Three or four?) years ago, the ARRL VHF contests allow full
spotting  assistance in ALL categories!  This includes Self Spotting to  
alert
that folks that you are on what frequencies and even what direction  you are
beaming.  This also includes chat rooms, (JT65 and Scatter  boards) as well.
You are NOT allowed to exchange any contact information of  course.

This is completely underutilized in my opinion.  I don't  recall seeing
anyone (other than myself) using it except on Ping Jockey  Central for 
meteor
scatter.

I hardly did it because I didn't see  anyone else doing it!!  but I used it
last year to pretty good  service, and for Rovers, I don't see how they can
NOT be self  spotting.  As a former rover, that was the most frustrating
thing  going not being able to tell everyone that you arrived and where  you
were.

7. Miscellaneous:  

7.1 All  entrants, regardless of category, are permitted to use spotting
assistance  or nets including but not limited to DX-alerting nets, internet
chat rooms,  APRS and other packet, reverse beacon networks and repeaters to
identify  stations available for contacts and to announce (self-spot)  their
availability for contacts. Announcements shall be limited to call  sign,
location, band or frequency, mode and-if applicable-transmitting  sequence
and listening direction. These methods of spotting assistance may  also be
used to coordinate antenna peaking prior to initiation of the  contact and 
to
explain contest rules, such as the exchange required, for  those who need
clarification. Such assistance may not be used to facilitate  the completion
of any contact once the contact has commenced. This means  such assistance
may not be used to convey receipt or non-receipt of any  required element of
a contact or to request a repeat of any required  element of a contact.

-----Original Message-----
From: NCC  [mailto:ncc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hal Offutt
Sent: Monday,  June 12, 2017 6:54 AM
To: Mad River Radio Club; North Coast  Contesters
Subject: [NCC] Fwd: ARRL June VHF W1NN Single Op LP

Nice  job by the C6ATA team.  Nice call sign on CW.  Never heard them  on
phone.

I didn't realize that there are no non-assisted  categories.  No Internet in
my shack anyhow so I couldn't use it if I  wanted to. Does assistance help 
in
a contest where most stations can't hear  each other?

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Subject:  ARRL June VHF W1NN Single Op LP
Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:37:10 +0000
From:      webform at b4h.net
Reply-To:      hal at japancorporateresearch.com
To:     3830 at contesting.com,  hal at japancorporateresearch.com

ARRL June VHF Contest

Call:  W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN

Class: Single Op LP
QTH:  EN91
Operating Time (hrs): 5

Summary:
Band   QSOs  Mults
-------------------
6:  68   31
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
-------------------
Total:  68     31  Total Score = 2,108

Club: North Coast  Contesters

Comments:

Now I know what it's like to be a fish in a  barrel.  This must be a fun
contest if you live in Florida.

No  VHF antennas here but the 40 meter dipole seemed to work fairly well.   
I
even had some responses to my CQs.  Contact breakdown:  CW 55,  SSB 13.

Best DX was K0GU in DN70.  I heard one loud station in the  AZ/NM area work
someone but he was S&P and I never heard him again.  More people need to 
call
CQ.

C6ATA was booming in on Sunday  afternoon.

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