[VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint Comment

[Zack Widup]

The activity is much greater in the mainstream contests like ARRL and
CQ-VHF. It's been less than in past years but still a fair amount. It
depends on openings, too. There haven't been any really good openings
during the VHF contests for a while, at least in my area. I'm hoping this
year is better.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Donald Fox via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

> It is quite sad to read and observe the lack of VHF/UHF activity these
> days.
> This Sprint was my first ever 432 MHz event from my QTH (EM79ol). I worked
> one person ~16 miles away between 7 and 8:30pm local.
> With my M2 beam only at 30 feet, no rotor, and 25 watts, I guess I could
> not expect too much. I did hear several other stations in the noise, but
> not well enough to get their attention.
> I would like to put the 220 module in my 736, but that is a lot of money
> if the activity level will be the same or worse that 432.
> Having recently acquired this radio, I cannot confirm that it is working
> 100% either.
>
> Don   N8ECH
>
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