[VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!

[Zack Widup]

I usually see the most activity during the last few hours of the contest 
when a few ops get on after dinner on Sunday to give out a few QSO's, 
even though not particularly into the contest.

It was pretty dead this time.  I heard a couple stations but they didn't 
have their beams pointed my way and I wasn't running a lot of power. I 
think the Packers game took a lot of the activity in this area away.

Murphy hit me big time in this one, anyway.  My last QSO was at about 
2330Z on the 20th.  I pulled the plug at 0230Z and listened to the rest of 
Little Steven's Underground Garage radio show (which is what I usually do 
on Sunday evenings when I'm not contesting).
:-)

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Ellen Rugowski wrote:

> Very True George,
>
> But the bands were even dead on Saturday night (which is typically when I
> see the most activity in VHF contests).
>
> 73,
> Ellen - AF9J
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Sintchak/WA2VNV" <wa2vnv at optonline.net>
> To: "Ellen Rugowski" <ellenjoanne2003 at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!
>
>
>> Ellen, you forgot to mention the Green Bay factor into ur lack of
> stations.
>> I'm from Long Island NY (FN30) but have a son who lives in Madison, WI and
>> he tells me that when there's a Packers game everything out there stops
>> until the game is over.
>> Condx here seemed like the usual flat condx for January with two brief
>> openings on 6M to the SE from up here in the NE. Of course the bands went
>> dead up here in New England this afternoon when the Patriots were playing.
>>
>> 73 & gud dx next contest.
>> George - WA2VNV - FN30kv
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ellen Rugowski" <ellenjoanne2003 at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org>
>> Cc: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!
>>
>>
>> Yeah, it's been like that here,
>>
>> Other than the K9NS superstation on 6 & 2m (I'm having issues with the 432
>> rig), just south of the WI/IL state line (I'm in the Milwaukee area) all
>> I've worked are a couple of locals. I'm not even hearing the usual
> suspects
>> in the neighboring grids (EN53, EN52, EN51,EN63, EN62, & EN61), much less
>> hearing Bob, K2DRH (in EN41), whom I always work.  Like I said, I've
>> participated in subzero VHF SS before, but the condx. were never this bad.
>> It's as though, I'm using a 1/4 wave magmount fot an antenna, instead of
> my
>> log periodic.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ellen - AF9J
>> Grind EN52xx
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org>
>> To: "Ellen Rugowski" <ellenjoanne2003 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Cc: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I didn't get much operating time yesterday due to other things going on.
>>> The bands were pretty dead with only one station worked (on 144, 222 and
>>> 432). I just had to go out and see a couple bands play in local clubs
> last
>>> night and got home near midnight.  The temperature was -1 F then so
>>> I imagine overnight it got a bit colder than that.
>>>
>>> Today I've heard a few stations but apparently most have had their beams
>>> pointed my way. Nowhere near what I usually hear in a VHF contest,
> though.
>>>
>>> Oh well ... I'm looking forward to the warmer weather contests.
>>>
>>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>>
>>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Ellen Rugowski wrote:
>>>
>>>> You have that right. These have to be some of the worst condx. I've
> ever
>>>> dealt with in the VHF SS (and that includes some where the temps were
>> below
>>>> zero, like they've been during this one).
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Ellen - AF9J
>>>> Grind EN52xx
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <WB4UNA at aol.com>
>>>> To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:45 AM
>>>> Subject: [VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> not much going on around here. bands are dead..made a few contacts
> and
>>>> that
>>>>> has been it...still looking ....
>>>>>
>>>>> Randy
>>>>>
>>>>> WB4UNA  since 1970
>>
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