[SCCC] FW: FD 2m FM

[Marty Woll]

It used to be against the rules, but that was changed several years ago, as
146.520 often sat vacant during major operating events, and the opportunity
to engage casual listeners was unavailable.

That said, it is poor practice to monopolize a calling channel; on the East
Coast they'll run you off your mountain for doing that.  An acceptable
practice is to run stations in sort (three-to five-minute) bursts, then
leave the channel to others for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on how busy it
is.  If there are many stations calling you, it's the preferred practice to
move your pileup to another simplex frequency that is not currently in use.

73,

Marty N6VI


-----Original Message-----
From: SCCC [mailto:sccc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 8:58 PM
To: Larry Shapiro; Tim Goeppinger; sccc at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [SCCC] FW: FD 2m FM

I thought it was a gentlemens agreement not to use .52 for contesting?

Joe WB9SBD

On 6/29/2020 10:52 PM, Larry Shapiro wrote:
> I made 100 q's on 2m fm..mostly .52,and some.55
> 55 q's on 446.00
> 95% of the q's were Saturday,and just a few on Sunday.
> I have never done this before,so it was new to me.
> Most of the guys I called knew what they were doing,but some had no 
> clue..
> Certain guys kept calling me every time I called CQ,so I guess they 
> didn't have a dupe sheet going.
> Thanks Tim for getting me on and making FM q's,
> Larry k6ro
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Tim Goeppinger
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 2:46 PM
> To: sccc at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] FW: FD 2m FM
>
> There was a HUGE amount of 2m FM this year, as I predicted.  .52 was 
> melting down at times.  It was actually still going at 1AM, and
> resumed at 7AM Sunday morning.
>
> Frequencies I saw in use was the whole spectrum from .52 thru .58, so 
> .52, .535,  .55,   .565. and .58.   Never heard anyone on .49, and
> I never checked the 147 Mhz simplex freqs.
>
> Tim N6GP
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