[RSM] [PVRC] VHF Operating Protocols

[Art Boyars]

At the RSM Zoom meeting last night there was some talk about operating in
this weekends VHF contest.  FWIW, here is some info for how one of the Big
Guns does it down here.  W3SO is in western-ish Pennsylvania.  Some PVRC
ops from the MD-DC area do the multi-op VHF contests there.

73, Art K3KU/VE4VTR
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[PVRC] VHF Operating Protocols
There has been some chit-chat to coordinating antenna pointing and band
/ mode schedules among various VHF clubs and individuals.
Not much has come of it so far.
Ditto on procedures for band passing during FT4/FT8 contacts.

FYI: W3SO traditionally points antennas this (Balt, Wash, Richmond) way
from our perch in WPA at the start of the contest.

I circulated widely a proposal to create a "Contest within a Contest"
which accepts multiple, different mode, contacts per band...
3 contacts on 6m and 2m:
    - CW in the CW band only
    - SSB, SSB/CW, or FM
    - Digital (FT4-preferred; FT8, MS, EME, etc.)
2 contacts on the higher bands:
    - CW,SSB,SSB/CW,FM
    - Digital

Not clear how many stations will actively participate.
Try. They should simply work dupes anyway. Right?

W3SO will gladly accept multiple, different mode, contacts per band.

There is a growing movement to adopt something akin to our operating
schedule, though not necessarily exactly ours.

At W3SO (FN00) we will try to use the operating schedule below:
1. SSB at the top of every EVEN UTC hour.
2. CW - in the (6m, 2m) CW band portion - at the top of the ODD UTC hour
3. FT4 in between; FT8 only when nothing else available.
4. SSB or CW when Eskip or Tropo conditions exist.

Self plug:
We tend to hang out around 50.165 and 144.213 SSB
and will try 50.095 and 144.093 for CW;
222.115 and 432.115 on the higher bands.

Bob, w3idt
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. Robert F. Teitel, W3IDT
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. w3idt at comcast.net
. w3idt at arrl.net

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From: Barry Shapiro <bjshapiro64 at gmail.com>
To: Bob W3Idt <w3idt at comcast.net>
Cc: PVRC REFLECTOR <PVRC at mailman.qth.net>
Bcc:
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:12:28 -0400
Subject: Re: [PVRC] VHF Operating Protocols
One point of clarification - W3SO does not have 222 up and running at this
time.  So it'll be a 3-band effort for us again this weekend.

V/r,
Barry WR3Z
W3SO primary 2M op