[SCCC] ARRL VHF Contest This Coming Weekend

[Jim Lowman]

That's good news for 70cm SSB, as I just bought a 7-element Yagi for 
that band.
But it's a bit dismaying about 222 MHz.  I've been looking at one of 
those transverter
kits sold by Elecraft to add that band to my station, but considering 
the cost of
the transverter and an appropriate Yagi, I guess I'll stick with a 
J-Pole and a 25w
FM rig.

I had heard that most of the activity on 222 MHz in the LA area was during
contests, but I never suspected that it was primarily on FM.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 6/6/2011 7:52 PM, Marty Woll wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> On 222 MHz, nearly all the activity will be FM on 223.500 (it's ok to use this national calling frequency).  The few stations with 222 SSB wil be near 222.100.
>
> On 70 cm FM, nearly all activity is on 446.000 simplex.
>
> On 70cm SSB, the activity will concentrate between 432.100 and 432.120.
>
> 73,
>
> Marty N6VI
>