[VHFcontesting] Shortest time to 2m VUCC

[Rogers, Ron]

 As Gene said it IS a challenge and somewhat has to do with being
strategically located with the right equipment to have a chance. If you
want to refer to this URL about June contest records you will see that a
couple of Midwestern stations have accomplished such a grid count on 2
meters in one contest weekend, including W8VP in 1985 and 1987.  

http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/vhfcontesting/2005-February/004701
.html

During these contests that W8VP scored over 100 grids on the 144 band,
the station was located on a hill about 1,300 ft Ele. in SE Ohio, ran
about 1,100 watts to a pair of stacked Cushcraft "Boomers" on top of a
120' Rohn 45, used a remote tower mounted preamp, and 200' of Nitrogen
filled 1.25" Heliax.  

But I will also state that to accomplish this without using CW mode
mixed with phone will be difficult. I was one of the W8VP operators and
we had one of the finest contest CW operators (W5UA) pounding away on 2
meters almost non-stop during the contest. Old John (silent key now) was
an "CW machine" and I would estimate that at least 50% of those grids
were scored on weak signal CW during those contest years.


Ron
WW8RR


-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Eugene
Zimmerman
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:57 AM
To: wa4kxy at bellsouth.net; 'John Geiger'
Cc: VHFcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Shortest time to 2m VUCC

It's not quite as easy as Jim says. As far as I know it's only been done
4 times in the June contest and almost surely less than 6 times in
September [I know of 3]. Currently a good grid score on a flat band is
in the eighties. More than that takes some kind of enhancement. 

As more stations adopt FSK441 in the middle of the night and more random
contacts are made on that mode, it will be interesting to see who if
anyone will be the first to work 100 grids on 2 meters WITHOUT any
enhancement.

73 Gene W3ZZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Worsham [mailto:wa4kxy at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:08 PM
To: 'John Geiger'; 'Eugene Zimmerman'
Cc: VHFcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [VHFcontesting] Shortest time to 2m VUCC

I know that in the case of WS4F it took some really seriously good
conditions.  But Gene is right, just about every contest at least one
stations works 100+ grids on 2 meters.

73
Jim, W4KXY

-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:04 PM
To: Eugene Zimmerman
Cc: VHFcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Shortest time to 2m VUCC

Hi Gene,

Wow!  Never would have thought that 100 grids in a single weekend could
be done on 2m.  That is surely impressive.  Probably need a mixture of
enhanced propagation-like Eskip with some tropo or aurora thrown in.

73s john W5TD

--- Eugene Zimmerman <ezimmerm at erols.com> wrote:

> I know what 6m VUCC can and has been done in less than a weekend, but 
> does anyone have an idea as to how quickly someone has earned a 2 
> meter VUCC?  I think I did it in 5 months or so after moving to the 
> new QTH in 2001.
> 
> 73s John W5TD
>
_______________________________________________________
> 
> Hi John
> 
> What you did was a fine performance. But 2 meter VUCC has been made in

> a single weekend quite a few times in the past. On 2 meters in the 
> June contest at least by W8VP (121) W9UD, AA9D and N8FMD. In the 
> September contest by K8GP (twice) WS4F (1986?) and probably others.
> 
> 73 Gene W3ZZ
> 



 
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