[VHFcontesting] 222 Mhz question

[Zack Widup]

It's interesting. Around here there are very few FM stations on during
VHF contests that I know of. I took an FM rig and vertical antenna
along with me a couple times (I usually operate portable) and only
worked a couple people and had to explain the contest to them to get
QSO's.

On the other hand, just about every contester active in the contests
who has 144 also has 222. Looking over my logs, the number of 222 MHz
CW/SSB QSO's is usually roughly the same as the number of 144 MHz
QSO's.

73, Zack W9SZ

On 12/6/11, Tom Carney <tomc at carneysugai.com> wrote:
> 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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