[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW VHF

[Dave Sergeant]

On 18 Jul 2009 at 22:00, Tammie Evans wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I am taking part in my first VHF contest and have just sat down to the
> radio/computer. Radio works, logging software works but 6m seems
> absolutely dead!!!!!  (Yes, I have been outside to check my beam is
> still there!  Lol!).  I made a QSO on 20m with the special event station
> DQ11APOLLO so I know my radio is working and I can get out, I guess it's
> just conditions?????  I would have thought that I would have heard
> something on 6m, I've got cluster software working and can see all these
> stations but can't hear anything.
> 
> Oh well, will keep trying.  Maybe the band will suddenly spring to life
> here in Eastbourne soon.
> 
> 73 Tammie M3ENF

The CQWW VHF contest is of course a USA contest. I am not sure how 
much, if at all, it is supported outside the Americas, although I 
notice there have been a couple of mentions of it on here.

As to conditions, for 6m to open other than for local QSOs it needs 
sporadic E conditions. 10m was open for sporadic yesterday morning but 
closed around midday and was dead all afternoon. So I imagine 6m was 
the same - sporadic E is 'sporadic'......

73 Dave G3YMC

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