[SCCC] CQ VHF Contest Is This Weekend

[Dennis Younker NE6I]

Hi Steve,

6m has been absolutely terrible on the west coast this weekend. Mostly
everyone is working locals (in their area) only. I have only copied about
three or four stations out of my county, and then only briefly. 

No 2m capability here other than FM. Guess I should turn that on in case
anyone gets on 146.52. 

XE2CQ down here is quite active on 144.174. Not sure about CW and SSB but
probably those also. Have not seen him this weekend though.

--Dennis NE6I

-----Original Message-----
From: SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve Harrison
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2023 9:58 PM
To: sccc at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [SCCC] CQ VHF Contest Is This Weekend

So far, lots of SSB out there in both the Southland and Arizona on and
around 144.2, but absolutely nobody else seems to know CW. There's even a
bunch of strong wobbly-wobb signals hanging around 144.175, both barely out
of the noise, as well as several as strong as S9. I CQed endlessly both
toward my west (LA/northern OC) as well as more southerly toward south
OC/SD, and northerly toward SB and the SF Bay area, but haven't heard
anything from the south yet. I thought I heard someone from the north one
time but while I was trying to peak the antler on them, either they faded
away or they didn't call again. Nothing from the LV area yet. Basically a
repeat of January.

But absolutely nobody else seems to know CW.

I'll give it another try in the morning but things so far don't look good to
make any 144 MHz QSOs. I didn't catch any openings on 50 MHz today but did
hear K5AM CQing on 50.099 on a long meteor burst. I didn't hear him reply to
my call, though.

Steve, K0XP


On 7/13/2023 9:25 PM, Tim Goeppinger wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying enough enthusiasm to go roving in the heat.  At the very 
> least, I should be roving on Saturday, because I have a new location in
Fullerton that I want to try out.
>
> This contest is super easy - just 6 and 2 meters.   I will be on SSB, CW
and FT8 on 6 meters.  How about we try FT4 out for local contacts this time?
Twice as fast.
> I will be SSB and FM on 2m.  Maybe I will try Q65 on 2m.  This is the
contest I like to experiment around with.
>
> It all starts at 11AM local on Saturday.  See you then!
>
> 73,
>
> Tim N6GP/R
>
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