[VHFcontesting] Jan VHF Contest

Willis Parr wparr at millerenviro.com
Thu Jan 22 12:29:14 EST 2015 

Due to family commitments, K0AXX/R will not be along for the ride. 
If time permits, I will try to fire up the shack and work as much as possible from em20. 
I have redesigned my roving antennas and may be able to burn them in this weekend to better prep for June.
Good luck to all and thanks to all who strive to improve this great activity!

73 de Will, K0AXX

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>   1. Jan VHF SS (Phil, K3TUF) (Phil Theis)
>   2. Manufactured QSO's (Les Rayburn)
>   3. JAN VHF CONTEST - N3NGE (Bill Shaw)
>   4. Re: JAN VHF CONTEST - N3NGE (Joel Harrison)
>   5. W4NH  in January VHF Contest (Ron Rogers)
>   6. Re: Manufactured QSO's (Walt Murphy)
>   7. KE7IHG - Limited Rover JAN VHF Contest (Steve Stahl)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 01:36:18 -0500
>From: Phil Theis <phil at k3tuf.com>
>To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] Jan VHF SS (Phil, K3TUF)
>Message-ID: <54C09A62.3050400 at k3tuf.com>
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>I will be QRV for the contest this weekend on all bands from 50 through 
>24192 and am open for schedules for long distance contacts, including 
>wsjt.   Good luck to all.
>73,
>Phil K3TUF
>
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 01:15:04 -0600
>From: Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
>To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] Manufactured QSO's
>Message-ID: <54C0A378.8070707 at highnoonfilm.com>
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>Just to be clear, I totally agree with Marshall. You either work them, 
>or you don't. Especially true on VHF, where skeds are often the rule 
>outside of contacts. I've tried for hours to work another station on 2M, 
>222, or 432---knowing full well their entire callsign, grid square, beam 
>heading, and frequency. Knowing in fact that they were listening hard 
>for me.
>
>Often you hear a bit of CW, or on WSJT you get a decode on a single 
>sequence, then wait for hours for that next bit of data to come through. 
>More often that not, it doesn't...and you feel disappointed, but resolve 
>to try again another day. Neither station logs it as a QSO. VHF 
>operators have a lot of integrity in that regard. You either work them, 
>or you don't.
>
>That's why Internet spotting on VHF is so important. It greatly reduces 
>the amount of time that you spend listening to white noise, and looking 
>for stations to work.
>
>I dare say that HF contesting would have ceased to exist a  long time 
>ago if the majority of operators had to spend hours searching for a 
>single station to work.
>
>
>-- 
>--
>73,
>
>Les Rayburn, N1LF
>121 Mayfair Park
>Maylene, AL 35114
>EM63nf
>
>6M VUCC #1712
>AMSAT #38965
>Grid Bandits #222
>Southeastern VHF Society
>Central States VHF Society Life Member
>Six Club #2484
>
>Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light
>
>
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:50:01 -0500
>From: Bill Shaw <billk3ege at gmail.com>
>To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] JAN VHF CONTEST - N3NGE
>Message-ID: <1FCECEFA-3322-4281-B547-32C3A09DF52F at gmail.com>
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>N3NGE will be QRV in the VHF Contest this coming weekend on bands 6 meters thru 10 Ghz from FN20bd
>
>Looking forward to working many of you
>
>Good luck to all
>
>73
>Bill K3EGE for N3NGE 
>
>
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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>Message: 4
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:11:22 -0600
>From: "Joel Harrison" <w5zn at w5zn.org>
>To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] JAN VHF CONTEST - N3NGE
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>	<9c805495197ae6a4374d83daccf10fc8.squirrel at just120.justhost.com>
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>W5ZN will be on in a casual Single Op from EM45 Arkansas 50 thru 432.
>
>
>www.w5zn.org
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>Message: 5
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:46:57 -0500
>From: "Ron Rogers" <ww8rr at charter.net>
>To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>, <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>,
>	<SVHFS at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] W4NH  in January VHF Contest
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>The W4NH Fourlanders Contest team will again be in operation this weekend
>for the ARRL Jan. VHF contest. BUT....since it is January, we will be
>operating from our north Georgia location in EM84ao.
>
>Besides the usual 50-144-222-432 operation with large arrays and QRO power,
>W4ZST has also dusted off the microwave antennas and brought out the gear
>for 902-1296-2304. So we will also have that capability and look forward to
>QSOs with you on those upper bands !
>
>
>Ron
>WW8RR
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:28:17 -0500
>From: "Walt Murphy" <n2wm at centurylink.net>
>To: "Les Rayburn" <les at highnoonfilm.com>,
>	<vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Manufactured QSO's
>Message-ID: <5507EBBD8C7447E3BD59FDD07E4744E2 at n2wmdesktop>
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>  I have been a VHF contester since 1970
>
>Very seldom have I used my call. I generally have been an Op at a multiop 
>effort.
>
> Yes we either work them or we don't!
>
>  Any way we coordinate our activities improves our chances of making a 
>valid contact on any band we operate.
>
>  If two stations "AGREE" to log each on a certain band at a certain time it 
>does not matter if they decided it a week before
>the contest via the US Mail or during the contest using Cell Phones. They 
>are conspiring together which we as a group neither
>condone or encourage but it will occur. Very infrequently I hope.
>
>  I still think the operator or group who puts together a good station and 
>uses all there skills to make the difficult contact a reality
>should use all tools available to make that happen.
>
>             73 & DX
>
>                           Walt Murphy    N2WM    FN21OC
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Les Rayburn" <les at highnoonfilm.com>
>To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:15 AM
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] Manufactured QSO's
>
>
>> Just to be clear, I totally agree with Marshall. You either work them, or 
>> you don't. Especially true on VHF, where skeds are often the rule outside 
>> of contacts. I've tried for hours to work another station on 2M, 222, or 
>> 432---knowing full well their entire callsign, grid square, beam heading, 
>> and frequency. Knowing in fact that they were listening hard for me.
>>
>> Often you hear a bit of CW, or on WSJT you get a decode on a single 
>> sequence, then wait for hours for that next bit of data to come through. 
>> More often that not, it doesn't...and you feel disappointed, but resolve 
>> to try again another day. Neither station logs it as a QSO. VHF operators 
>> have a lot of integrity in that regard. You either work them, or you 
>> don't.
>>
>> That's why Internet spotting on VHF is so important. It greatly reduces 
>> the amount of time that you spend listening to white noise, and looking 
>> for stations to work.
>>
>> I dare say that HF contesting would have ceased to exist a  long time ago 
>> if the majority of operators had to spend hours searching for a single 
>> station to work.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> --
>> 73,
>>
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> EM63nf
>>
>> 6M VUCC #1712
>> AMSAT #38965
>> Grid Bandits #222
>> Southeastern VHF Society
>> Central States VHF Society Life Member
>> Six Club #2484
>>
>> Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light
>>
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>Message: 7
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:58:11 -0800
>From: Steve Stahl <ke7ihg at gmail.com>
>To: "vhfcontesting at contesting.com" <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] KE7IHG - Limited Rover JAN VHF Contest
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>-- Hello everyone,
> KE7IHG/R will be operating Limited Rover from the Northwest.I'm also using
>APRS for the first time.
>6m/2m/70cm fm &ssb     1.25 fm only.
>Saturday I will start in CN98, then CN88,CN87,CN86,CN77. IT is possible
>that CN96 could be worked but weather & time will play
>a key factor.
>Sunday should be CN76,CN86,CN84 and then home to CN85.
>ALL PLANS ARE GOOD UNTIL MURPHY STRIKES!
>
>Good luck to all...Lets hope for an E opening.
>
>Steve Stahl
>
>KE7IHG / Rover
>KE7IHG
>
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