[VHFcontesting] VHF on FD

[Tom Carney]

Interesting, out here in northern CA, there was a lot of activity on 2M FM
during FD until a couple of years ago.  Last year the vast majority of the
stations were on SSB.  Very little activity on 220 or 432 either mode.

73,  Tom  K6EU aka K6EU/r

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <ka5cvh at gmail.com>
To: "VHF Contesting" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHF on FD


> On 5/25/05, Jim Erickson <jaerickson at mddsg.com> wrote:
>
> > I would assume 6 and 2 meters for a start but is it worth while to run
> > 220, 432, 903, 1296, and above?
>
> Mike wrote
>
> The Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club will be running SSB/CW/FM on 50MHz
> (A) and on 144/222/440 (B/C/D) FM only.  We have tried running SSB/CW
> on (B/C/D) but the number of Q's is not worth the effort that goes
> into assembling a competitive SSB effort around here on those bands
> for FD.  Depending upon where you live YMMV (your mileage may vary).
>
> http://www.ka5cvh.com/vhf/contest.htm
>
> --
> Mike Urich, KA5CVH
> http://ka5cvh.com
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