[VHFcontesting] Newbie Question about the ARRL UHF Contest

Joe Crawford crawfish at surfmore.net
Sat Aug 2 02:19:45 EDT 2008


I think most folks use 144.260.
                                             Joe W4AAB
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From: "Les Rayburn" <les at highnoonfilm.com>
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 1:15 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Newbie Question about the ARRL UHF Contest


>I seem to recall during the Microwave Spring Sprint some mention of a 2 
>Meter "coordination frequency"? I know that during events which include 2 
>Meters, it's commonplace to start out on 144.200 and then "move" stations 
>to the higher bands. What is the protocol during the UHF contest? Does 
>everyone congregate on 432.100?
>
> (See I told you it was a newbie question!)
>
> Color me really excited about my first ever UHF contest. Hoping for some 
> new grids on both 222 and 432. BTW, got the 222mhz and 2.3ghz transverters 
> both working with my Yaesu FT-817ND. Thanks to all who helped with the 
> effort.
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>
>
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