[VHFcontesting] WSJT versions for January VHF Contest?

[David Pruett]

On 1/2/2017 10:29 PM, Marshall-K5QE wrote:
>> <Snip> I have the following problem:  The farther we get the meteor 
>> operations away from 50.125MHz, the worse the antennas work.
>
Marshall,

I'm not trying to be argumentative,  but I'd like to see some data 
supporting your statement.  A shift of even 200 KHz up from 50.125 is 
only 0.4%.  Are your 6M antennas *REALLY* that narrow in bandwidth?

I have little to no experience on the meteors, so I'll admit that I'm 
unfamiliar with where the calling frequency is now.  But I *DO* know 
that often up here at least that there are people on non-digital modes 
above 50.200 in contests.  Now that I know that the EME activity is 
there, I will stay out of its way but not everyone will knoe to, 
particularly if the band gets crowded.

I know we're talking about 6M here, but on 2M many stations up here are 
using 144.240 or higher for QSO coordination, particularly for 
microwaves.  So it's not just the calling frequencies which get busy.

It may be stating the obvious, but if you want a segment free of 
incidental QRM, you're better off higher in the band, not lower.

73, Dave  K8CC