[VHFcontesting] Pre-contest skeds

[Duane Grotophorst]

--- Garie Halstead <k8kfj at ntelos.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 22 May 2002, Kenneth Harker wrote:
> 
> What would be interesting to know is what the
> average success rate
> is with regard to VHF skeds.  My success rate here
> has been dismal. 
> Rarely did any of them work out...the propagation
> just wasn't there.

My experiences have been similar, so I almost never
make skeds for that reason. I've also had rather
limited success catching rovers at their previously
announced times for the more distant grids. It is also
counter productive to wait for them to bring their
antennas around to my direction. In the end I will
look for the rovers on their pre announced frequencies
as part of my routine antenna sweeps, but I will not
sit and wait for them.

Duane
N9DG
EN53bj

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