[VHFcontesting] CQ frequency advice?

[N1BUG]

Hi Chet,

I do have issues in some directions.

I will aim the antennas your way and climb the tower to verify, but
I am reasonably certain I miss that hill when pointed to you. I do
quite well with stations in FN31 and beyond on that same heading.

6M & 2M antennas: FN55MF46KL
222 & 432: FN55MF46MN

All antennas are more than 100 feet above ground.

I believe I have heard you working other stations.

73,
Paul N1BUG



On 9/23/19 4:41 PM, Chet S wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> Yes, geography! We are 312 miles apart, but perhaps more importantly, in my direction there is a hill only a mile and a half from you that is almost 150' higher than your ground level. That makes it a tough path on vhf and uhf for us, and we've never had a contact. You may be blocked in other directions too. 
> 
> QRM here in CT is not wall to wall, there is plenty of clear space between stations . 
> (That was not always my experience when I first got on 2M with an FT897 with its awful front end, but an Elecraft transverter to a different radio cleared that problem up nicely.)
> 
> 73,
> Chet, N8RA, FN31tl