[VHFcontesting] Date for Jan 2017 VHF contest ?

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Thanks for posting. 


I cant wait.  I plan to KATN in the September FM only and then go for the gold in January. Snow, high winds, sub-zero temps at 4500 ft.  Locked/Locked 35's & chains on all 4.   Bring it on baby!!!


New M2 220 & 440 Yagi's and a 100W TE amp (with pre amp) and all N connector cables installed for September.  I plan on have a bigger 144 Yagi and amps for 220 & 144 installed by January.  Contacted over a thousand Hams adjacent to FM08 requesting QSO's in September and hopefully it will catch on for January.  Contacts were sparse last January, I will be changing that.


As suggested back in April I will run my Yagi's at 45 degrees for half a day as an experiment to see if I can dig up some stacked yagi SSB folks who will flip the switch to FM.  If it works I will spend a lot more time at 45 degrees in January.


Blatant advertisement for September FM QSO's to follow.


73'
John Young
KM4KMU 



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>
To: Bart Jahnke <bjahnke at gmail.com>
Cc: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Tue, Aug 16, 2016 3:54 pm
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Date for Jan 2017 VHF contest ?

Thanks Bart.   

73 Mark S
VE7AFZ

> On Aug 16, 2016, at 12:42 PM, Bart Jahnke <bjahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> We have selected the 3rd weekend in January - to avoid CQWW 160 on the
> 4th weekend.
> 
> The January 2017 ARRL VHF Contest will be January 21-23.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bart W9JJ
> 
> 
> Bart Jahnke, W9JJ
> Contest Branch Manager
> ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT
> 225 Main St
> Newington CT 06111
> 860-594-0232
> w9jj at arrl.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com> wrote:
>> Does any one know what the date is for the Jan 2017 ARRL VHF contest ?
>> 
>> I am trying to plan some other commitments so I can block out time for this contest and from what I can see the ARRL contest calendar on the ARRL web site seems to stop at Dec 31 2016.
>> 
>> (The description of the date for the 2016 contest leaves me with some doubt as to the likely date in 2017.)
>> 
>> Thanks and 73
>> Mark S
>> VE7AFZ
>> 
>> 
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