[VHFcontesting] VHF contesting newbie

Steve Clifford k4gun.r at gmail.com
Fri May 29 06:10:07 PDT 2009


That brings up another good idea.  Find one of the local contest clubs and
volunteer to operate.  The big guns are usually quite happy to have another
interested operator show up and relieve them for a bit.

Steve

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM, James French <w8iss at wideopenwest.com>wrote:

> I haven't looked up where you are located in Ohio, but if you live close
> to Findlay, drive north (if your south of Findlay) on I-75 till you see
> the Marathon Oil tanks and you'll see the Findlay Radio club station
> just as you pass by those tanks. They may be a good source to look into
> getting active with. I don't know how active they are on the VHF+ bands
> for contests.
>
> James W8ISS
> =====
>  On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 14:10 -0400, w1rrd at columbus.rr.com wrote:
> > Wow, thank you all for your informative responses. I do have the 706 G
> model so I guess I can do the 440 band. I did order a 6m 4element yagi from
> Arrow antennas. Now I have to get a 144 and 440 and get this all on the roof
> in the next few weeks. I think I'll wait on roving for now. Thank you all.
> >
> > Dick, W1RRD, EN80 ( I think)
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