[VHFcontesting] ARRL June VHF QP Participation Question

[George Sintchak]

Hi Alex,
You don't mention what your current station consists of, bands you operate, 
power levels and antennas you use. Do you have a tower, etc.
You are in a semi rare grid on VHF and there are only a few stations in your 
FN21 grid, so you would be in demand if you are being heard. You should have 
no trouble making contacts in the North East region with a modest station 
from your location if you are willing to "spend time in the chair" 
operating.

This June contest probably was somewhat below average activity for the NE 
area, with only a short opening on 6 meters Sunday night from ~8-10 PM. 
There were some short 6M bursts on Saturday to C6ATA, NP4A, and Florida 
grids. That's the nature of 6M. There was no tropo enhancement on 2M and up, 
but this is my experience from Long Island, NY. I run the lower 6 bands in 
SOLP category. Look me up on QRZ.com to see a pix of my station & antenna 
farm.

Look at the 3830 scores link below for a sample of reported unofficial 
scores and station breakdown by score, power and bands operated to get an 
idea of what's going on around the country.
http://www.3830scores.com/breakdownscores.php?c=1&arg=JnfivKzTfvymr

Good luck and hope you are not discouraged. VHF/UHF really is the place for 
technical expertise and experimentation with low NF preamps, power 
amplifiers,  antennas and much more. YMMV.

73's, George, WA2VNV
HF+50-1296, SOLP, FN30kv
146.760/448.825 UHF DMR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex" <alex at kr1st.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 9:29 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] ARRL June VHF QP Participation Question


>I worked the ARRL June VHF QP to gauge what the activity level is in order
> to determine if I want to bother investing in larger VHF/UHF antennas. I'm
> in NEPA and live very near the top of one of the highest mountains around
> here and should have a clear shot to many areas with high participation
> rates. However, I was rather disappointed by the number of stations I 
> could
> hear and work.
>
>
>
> My question is, especially to those in the North-East, do you think that
> participation in this contest was especially low compared to other years, 
> or
> was it about the same?
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> --Alex KR1ST, FN21
>
>
>
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