[VHFcontesting] 222 Mhz question

[Tom Carney]

Hi Dave

Can't speak for your part of the country but out West there is about as
many (or more) stations on FM than on SSB.  My rough survey says about a
third FM, a third SSB and about a third have both.   The thing you miss
with FM only is not the number of Qs, it the distant multipliers.

I usually operate as a rover and have a transverter so can operate both.
However, switching the antenna polarization is a pain.  Thus I frequently
leave the transverter at home and just take a FM rig with a mag mount
vertical.

73,

Tom K6EU aka K6EU/r



On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:34 AM, DAVE CLEMONS <dave at egh.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>        I was wondering if all contest contacts on 222 Mhz are made using
>        converters or if some quantity of contacts are made with people
>        using 222 Mhz FM rigs.
>
>        Any information will be appreciated.
>
> 73, Dave K1VUT
>
> Dave Clemons
>
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