[VHFcontesting] Working K5QE in the Jan VHF Contest

[Marshall Williams]

Hello to all our friends in the VHF contesting world from the K5QE 
contest team....

K5QE will be operating in the ARRL January VHF Contest and would really 
appreciate any contacts that we can make via FSK441 digital meteor 
scatter or EME for that "rare" grid.  The contest  begins 1900 UTC 
Saturday and ends 0400 UTC Monday (Jan 22nd - 24th, 2010).  For those of 
us still on local time, that is 1PM Central Time on Saturday to 10PM CST 
Sunday night.

For those stations that are outside our normal range, I invite you to 
try to work us on 6M and / or 2M using digital meteor scatter OR 2M EME. 
On 6M, we will be operating WSJT FSK441 digital meteor scatter at 
50.265MHz.  We will call CQ 265 on 50.260MHz, but we will RX on 
50.265MHz and we will complete our contacts there.  If we are calling CQ 
towards the NE, we will be on First Sequence.  If we are calling towards 
the West or NW, we will be on Second Sequence.  We will begin 6M meteor 
scatter operations at 0100Z Sunday morning = 7:00PM Sat Night and will 
cease FSK operations at 6-7AM Local time on Sunday morning.  After that 
time, we will resume normal tropo operations.

Since we are a Multi-Multi station, we will be looking at the 
Ping-Jockey reflector whenever we are doing meteor scatter type 
operations.  Due to the ARRL's rules, we can not post there.  Hence, you 
can talk to us, but we cannot answer back.  Please feel free to spot us 
AND our frequency on the appropriate logger if you see us--that way, 
others can find us.  If you are not in the ARRL contest, you can post to 
the logger freely.  Please remember that the contest requires the 
exchange of *grids* not 26 or 27.  This is a good opportunity for 
smaller stations to get a DX contact on 6M, because the chances of an Es 
opening late at night are not very good.  Please give us a try on 6M 
meteor scatter.  We run 1KW output on 6M meteor scatter with fairly 
large antennas.

On 2M, we will mostly be operating EME during the late evening hours.  
Our moonrise is 0320Z Sunday(=9:20PM Sat night).  If you would like a 
meteor scatter sched on 2M, we need to run it before the moon rises OR 
on Sunday afternoon.  Please write me if you want a specific 2M sched.  
We will operate EME on 144.142MHz Second sequence.  If you are an EME 
equipped station, please call us anytime after our moonrise.  Also, 
please spot us on the N0UK reflector so that others can find us.  This 
is very important for the smaller EME stations.

We may operate a bit of 2M digital meteor scatter before our moonrise.  
If so, we will be RX on 144.142MHz.  We will call CQ 142 on 144.140MHz, 
but we will complete our contacts on 144.142MHz.  Please call us there.  
Most stations are East of us, so we will normally be operating on the 
FIRST Sequence(but we can do 2nd sequence for any western station).  We 
run a stacked pair of 17el M2's at 160ft and 1KW output on 2M FSK.  On 
6M and 2M, we will cease digital meteor scatter operations at 7AM 
CST(=1300Z) on Sunday morning and revert to normal tropo type operations.

Because we are a Multi-Multi station, we will be watching the PingJockey 
logger whenever we are running meteor scatter.  However, we are not 
allowed to "self spot"--so you can talk to us, we just can't talk back.  
When we are on 2M EME, we will be watching the N0UK EME logger.  If you 
see us or work us, please spot us on PingJockey or the N0UK EME 
reflector.  If you are not in the contest, you can post freely to the 
loggers.

Thank you in advance for spending some time to work us in the contest.

73 Marshall K5QE, EM31cj
www.k5qe.com

East Texas