[VHFcontesting] January VHF Contest W4NH

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Johnny, 
You are oh so correct, it is not too early.  Who knows what losses lurk in the silent darkness of Oct, Nov & Dec.

Last week I started the process of getting permission to work from FM08US in the NRQZ.  Yesterday I noticed a lot of oxidation internally and externally on the telescoping elements of my 6m beam.  All polished up now.

This evening I will start making brackets to put the new 2m SSB mast mounted pre amp on a DSE rover quick disconnect plate.  Hopefully before Christmas the spectrum analyzer will come out and the cable chasing antenna tuning/verification will start.

With rain, ice, snow and subfreezimg temps it all takes a lot longer than expected.  It is never to early to start.

73
John
KM4KMU

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On Sunday, December 9, 2018 John Kludt <johnnykludt at gmail.com> wrote:
All,

It is not too early to begin thinking about the ARRL January VHF Contest.
We will again be on from our usual January QTH - EM84ao.  We will be active
on 50, 144, 222, 432 and 1296 MHz.  In addition to  CW and SSB we will be
active with FT8 and MSK144 using WSJT-X V2.0 software.  We are especially
curious to see what can be accomplished with FT8 on 2m.

>From this location we can also support EME on 144, 222 and 432 MHz.

We hope to see you all on the air.

Johnny K4SQC
6m Band Captain
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