[VHFcontesting] 2 meters

[Joshua M. Arritt]

I'll second support for putting some band plan on the digital 
activities.  This is a good suggestion to avoid congestion.

Re: putting CW activity down low ....  I really enjoy and take 
QRP-advantage of the present CW/SSB co-habitation on 2m, .170-.230 and 
higher freq.bands.  Seems to help the Q-count, even out of contest. Most 
ops I encounter have no trouble working, or working around CW.

Conversely on 6m, that CW/SSB mode segregation (50.070-'.100; and 
50.130-'.180) is rather advantageous to the humble QRP op in hot-hot 
Es.  I enjoy working below 50.100 in contests when the action is high.


73,
  - Josh / KF4YLM




On 1/27/2014 12:21 PM, Paul Decker wrote:
> Hi Herb,
> I like it, but I usually see EME stations running from 144.10 to 144.155, quite a number of the mid west EME stations seem to be fixed on 144.145 or so, perhaps this is where their antennas perform best.
>
> Additionally, in our area, there are many non digital voice SSB stations running from 144.130 and up, this causes havoc with the weak signal especially when they are running legal limit and pushing their amplifiers beyond their limits.
>
> Just my $0.02
> Paul
> kg7hf
>
>
>
> 	----- Original Message -----  From: Herb Krumich <wa2fgk at yahoo.com>  To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com  Sent: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:01:33 -0000 (UTC)  Subject: [VHFcontesting] 2 meters	I would like to throw this around and see what others might feel about my idea.  As everyone knows, our six meter band is segmented and we know exactly what mode to use and where. The last several years have been very effective when we go below 50.100 to do CW, and move up to do digital near 50.260. All SSB contacts are between 50.127 and 50.180, unless the band is open. EME is done around 50.200  Now lets talk about two meters. Most SSB activity is from 144.170 through 144.230. Rovers hang out a bit higher.  This past contest, there was quite a mix up in the lower area. Stations trying to do scatter while others were trying to do EME. It can't work. The sequences are totally different and you can't work both modes in the same area.   Most digital EME is between 144.110 and 144.130. I totally sug
>   gest using that area for EME and from 144.135 to 155 for scatter FSK. Everyone will be in the same sequence, and contacts will be made QRM free. On FSK stations to the east always transmit second, so you would have no QRM from other local stations.  As for CW. I am told by some that it's an old mode no longer used.  I don't buy it. If we would all go to the same area, your grid totals would swell. We have below 100 on two meters to enjoy some nice long distant contacts. It's being done on six meters, why not two meters. I suggest 144.080 to 144.100 to do battle. No SSB splatter and plenty of filters on our radios to make some great contacts.  If a plan is gotten, I believe our enjoyment of the two meter band will be doubled  Let's throw it up in the air.   Herb K2LNS  Stn mgr for the WA2FGK station  _______________________________________________  VHFcontesting mailing list  VHFcontesting at contesting.com  http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
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