[VHFcontesting] Busy times during VHF contests

[Sean Waite]

Well that would be a bummer if the app shut down. It was only ever
available as far as I'm aware on Android, and you had to sideload it.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 20:30 Jeff Townsend <kn4vae at gmail.com> wrote:

> APRS is a good idea if it gets checked.
> Right now I don’t have anything for it. That will need to wait I have a
> lot more important things to get working before mid January :-)
>
> I searched for rover status online and came up with some references to it
> but the website overstates.info doesn’t appear to work any more.
> I searched in the Apple app store and didn’t find anything either.
>
>
> > On Dec 17, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Sean Waite <waisean at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > There is the "roverstatus" app that I've used before - it takes your GPS
> > location and a note (frequency or whatever) and beacons to Twitter, that
> > gets scraped and posted to the cluster and to APRS-IS.
> >
> > Honestly, while I've beaconed both with the app and with a mobile radio
> > dedicated to APRS I have to wonder if it is ever at all useful. Does
> anyone
> > watch APRS for rovers?
> >
> > 73
> > Sean WA1TE
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 19:40 Detrick Merz <detrick at merzhaus.org> wrote:
> >
> >> This is an underrated tactic in VHF contesting. Roving is chaotic, so
> using
> >> APRS is a fantastic idea. With a bit of automation, your beacons can
> report
> >> not only your location, but current band/mode/etc. Do it with something
> >> like a Raspberry Pi and you now have a reliable time source for those
> >> time-sensitive digital modes. Not to mention a way for your logging
> >> software to always know what grid you're in automatically, and the
> ability
> >> to let you quickly know what heading to use to aim at another station.
> I've
> >> never quite understood why APRS hasn't seemed to take off for VHF
> roving.
> >>
> >> -detrick
> >> K4IZ
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:44 PM <barry at k7bwh.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I'm roving, I beacon my position to everyone via APRS.
> >>> I announce it in advance so then they can track me at
> >> http://aprs.fi/k7bwh
> >>> to know where to point.
> >>> I'm certain it provides a few more contacts and simplifies my driving
> >>> duties. I can work people over and over, each time I move into a new
> grid
> >>> square.
> >>> VHF contests are great!
> >>> Barry K7BWH
> >>> Seattle, WA CN87us
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf
> Of
> >>> Mark
> >>> Spencer
> >>> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 5:33 PM
> >>> To: Drew Arnett <kb9fko at gmail.com>
> >>> Cc: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHFcontesting Digest, Vol 204, Issue 14
> >>>
> >>> When roving I try to keep a radio listening to 50 MHz at all times
> (even
> >> if
> >>> I can only use a whip antenna.)
> >>>
> >>> Mark S
> >>> VE7AFZ
> >>>
> >>> mark at alignedsolutions.com
> >>> 604 762 4099
> >>>
> >>>> On Dec 16, 2019, at 5:17 PM, Drew Arnett <kb9fko at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> If 6 is open, 6 is busy.  :-)  Have had some sporadic E either June or
> >>>> January show up late say 9 or 10p local.
> >>>>
> >>>> Overnight seems to be empty for normal contacts.  That's why I added
> >>>> learning WSJTX to do meteor scatter during the early morning hours.  I
> >>>> haven't played seriously in the VHF since getting up to speed on that,
> >>>> but I figured it would be a great way to add multipliers and to fill
> >>>> some of that dead time.
> >>>>
> >>>> But for regular phone VHF+ QSOs, it's the sorts of time folks can jump
> >>>> on the radio.  Usually pick up different folks on different days (as
> >>>> some can't play both days) and pick up some in the evening when they
> >>>> get a chance to play for a bit.  So figure stuff like that.  Any game
> >>>> of interest will impact participation as well.
> >>>>
> >>>> I love the VHF contests.  Have fun!
> >>>>
> >>>> Drew
> >>>> n7da
> >>>>
> >>>>> Message: 4
> >>>>> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:03:39 +0000 (UTC)
> >>>>> From: Buddy Morgan <beamar at aol.com>
> >>>>> To: VHFcontesting at contesting.com
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Busy times during VHF contests
> >>>>> Message-ID: <511910270.9195431.1576508619696 at mail.yahoo.com>
> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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
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