[VHFcontesting] Busy times during VHF contests

[Zack Widup]

Activity always varies a lot in this area (central Illinois). In a typical
VHF contest, I have noticed that activity happens in a flurry at the start,
kind of tapers off after a few hours but keeps going to maybe ~11 pm local
time, then there's not much of anything till the next morning at, say, ~7
am. Then it picks up again. There has always been a surge of activity
starting a couple hours before contest end and going through to the end.

A huge Es or tropo opening may change that, but they are unpredictable.
There was a huge tropo opening in the August 2008 ARRL UHF contest on
Sunday morning and I was working stations up to 500 miles away all the way
through 10 GHz.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:03 AM Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

>  In a contest results article, in QST, some years ago, it said that more
> contacts were made in the first hour of the contest, than any other time.
> That only thing I can add: I have never made a QSO between 2300 and 0600,
> local time.
>
> Buddy WB4OMG
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Townsend <kn4vae at gmail.com>
> To: VHFcontesting <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2019 9:57 am
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Busy times during VHF contests
>
> Hi All
>
> I will be operating my first contest during the January VHF Contest.
>
> I was wondering when the busy times were.
>
> I know the start will be,
> How about Sunday?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff Townsend
> KN4VAE
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