[VHFcontesting] Non meteor scatter digi modes in the Jan contest ?

[Marshall-K5QE]

Hello all....the reason that we have assistance allowed in the ARRL VHF 
contests is so that you don't have to waste time trying to guess as to 
where someone else might be.  Just post yourself on the PingJockey page 
or the EME-1 page and people can find you.  OR, you can find an 
announcement from someone else and call him.  This allows you to know 
the QRG of the other fellow/gal and to be sure that he/she is within 
range.  I don't know how many times I have started with someone only to 
find that he/she was at 1600 miles.....a lot of bad stuff happens very 
late at night....HI.

I will be operating mostly at 50.265MHz, my standard operating 
frequency, using MSK144 which is now the standard for meteor work. 
However, I may call on 503.280 occasionally.  Since this is the first 
contest where most everyone will be operating this new mode, there may 
be some confusion until everyone works it out.

The terrestrial JT65a calling frequency is 50.276 as you have said. 
However, most of the operators there are HF operators that are using the 
software called JT65-HF.  It is NOT compatible with WSJT.  These ops do 
not seem to know anything about real weak signal VHF and I have never 
been able to make any contest contacts on .276 using JT65a....maybe that 
is just my bad luck.

For 2M, I think that the calling frequency is still 144.140, although 
there might be another one for as you called it "non-meteor scatter".

I will be operating on 144.142MHz as usual and look forward to working 
as many as possible.  I will be on PingJockey whenever we are doing 
Meteor Scatter and will be on the EME-1 page when doing EME.

GL to everyone in the contest.....

73 Marshall K5QE


On 1/5/2017 10:35 PM, Rhinosix via VHFcontesting wrote:
> For JT65a give 50.276 a try, fpr the calling freq.   On  2 meters maybe 144.176 JT65a or b.
> Jerry W2JCN  FN21wr
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Carney <wa4qvq at gmail.com>
> To: Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>; vhfcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2017 8:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Non meteor scatter digi modes in the Jan contest ?
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> Hi Mark
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> I'm also curious about using non MS modes during a contest.  I doubt blind
> CQing on QRA64 would be very productive.  Posting on PJ and then CQing
> might work.
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> 73,
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> Tom K6EU
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> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>
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>> Hi:
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>> Is there much interest in running non meteor scatter digital modes in the
>> next contest ?   During one of the fall sprints I was prompted by another
>> station to try QRA64 to complete a contact that had eluded us for some time
>> on SSB and CW.   I didn't have QRA64 then but I did have JT65 and we were
>> able to complete in less than 10 minutes.
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>> Just wondering if there much point in calling CQ on QRA64 (or perhaps
>> JT65) on say 6M and 2M and what they accepted calling frequencies are ?
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>> Am hoping I can take the rover station out for a shake down run on 6M
>> prior to the January contest.
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>> 73
>> Mark S
>> VE7AFZ/R
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