[VHFcontesting] W4NH Contest Plans

[James C]

FWIW,
In the PNW 222.080 is used for digital.
73 .-James K7KQA

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 9:39 PM woverbeck via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

> There have been several posts about operating FT8 on 222.174.  That is in
> the repeater portion of the band.  We have repeater inputs centered on
> 222.160 and 222.180.  FT8 activity on 222.174 is likely to cause
> interference to repeaters in many areas.73, Wayne, N6NB Sent from my
> Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------From: Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net>
> Date: 6/7/19  8:34 PM  (GMT-08:00) To: VHFcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] W4NH Contest Plans Tried to post this earlier
> today but it must have failed.. so trying again >  The W4NH Fourlanders
> VHF-UHF-SHF-Micro contest group will again be on theair for the ARRL June
> VHF contest. For this June contest the W4NH contesters will be operating
> from oursecondary contesting location in Grid EM84 north of Dahlonega,
> GA.   We have the usual stacked antenna arrays in the air again and
> equipmentready to operate SSB, CW, FT8, MSK144, JT65, etc. on the
> 50-144-222-432-1296MHz bands . Kilowatt amplifiers on the 4 lower bands
> provide QRO power.  And.with all the heavy discussion at the recent VHF
> Super Conference aboutFT8, more activity on the higher bands during
> contests, etc.  we want tobegin attempting FT8 QSO's on something other
> than just 50.313 MHz !! In that light we will looking for random or
> scheduled FT8 contacts on thehigher bands. Following the lead of the FLWSS
> we will be using 144.174,222.174,  432.174, and even 1296.174 for FT8
> operations. We now have EME capability on the 144-222-432 bands so plan to
> "be on themoon" during our moon windows. We will be watching the  Region 2
> ON4KST 144, 222, 432 chat rooms and N0UK(Ping Jockey) for schedules and
> spots. So if you want to schedule something(FT8, traditional SSB/CW, or
> EME) on these higher bands, look for us onthese loggers. So..get on the air
> and make some VHF and UHF noise in our direction thisweekend. We look
> forward to having you in our logs.  RonWW8RRW4NH 432 MHz Band Captain
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