[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] Scheduling Multi-band QSOs in June VHF...

Charles Morrison junkcmp at gmail.com
Mon Jun 21 01:14:56 EDT 2021 

I recall reading an old passage in QST about VHFing in the early days. It
referred to the use of the minute hand of the clock or the opposite
direction as a beam position opportunity.
Was this true at one time ?
N1RR


On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 8:29 AM Gerry Hull <gerry at w1ve.com> wrote:

> Please look for scheduling W2SZ on bands above two meters, where we
> usually, hang out 144.170.  I'll be trying to look on that frequency
> CW/SSB every half hour, if possible.   There is life beyond FT8.
>
> You can also use the phone, toll free, at 888-599-CQDX.
>
> Let's have a fun contest!  See ya on the bands.
>
> 73,
>
> from the W12SZ MGEF FN32jp Gang
> 50 MHz - 47 GHz
>
> Gerry Hull, *W1VE  *Hancock, NH USA
> VA1CWO | VO1WIN | VY2CDX | VE9XDX | VE2NEN
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>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 5:54 PM <ww1z_1 at juno.com> wrote:
>
> > Contest activity hours potentially work best in the January contest.
> > Minimal six meter e-skip. Next in the September contest, some but rarely
> > a lot of six meter e-skip. Hardest in the June contest as when six is
> > open work six meters. Another thing that may work against the activity
> > hour approach is with the first QSO with a station and then running the
> > bands.
> >
> > As I recall the activity hours ran some thing like this:
> >
> > 6:  12:00 to 1:00 and 6:00 to 7:00
> > 2:    1:00 to 2:00 and 7:00 to 8:00
> > 222: 2:00 to 3:00 and 8:00 to 9:00
> > 432:  3:00 to 4:00 and 9:00 to 10:00
> > mW:  4:00 to 5:00 and 10:00 to 11:00
> >
> > AM or PM the times apply.
> > There are some built in hour break times.  Unless six is open! Or some
> > good tropo.
> >
> > At this point I guess it will take some of the better stations to follow
> > these times and be consistently on till most everyone else learns to
> > follow along.
> >
> > May be harder on big multi-op stations if too much activity is
> > concentrated on the higher bands at a few set hours during a contest.
> >
> > May be easier on smaller multi-op stations with just a few operators as
> > they may be able to ignore some bands outside of the activity hours.
> >
> > John, WW1Z
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 28 May 2021 06:29:03 -0400 N1SV <n1sv at comcast.net> writes:
> > > I’m sure some remember activity hours during contests where
> > > stations would concentrate their operating time on a particular band
> > > on a specific hour in order to maximize activity.  Maybe it’s time
> > > to bring this concept back?
> > >
> > > Les, N1SV
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On May 28, 2021, at 6:07 AM, N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ?As I have said before, I (and others north and east of me when
> > > they were active) get on to have some fun and take advantage of high
> > > activity to get QSOs that are otherwise unavailable. You can't be a
> > > contester from here except for competing against yourself.
> > > >
> > > > I don't care how QSOs are arranged as long as the QSO itself is
> > > completed by radio. Some of my best and most fun QSOs usually come
> > > from coordination via ON4KST chat.
> > > >
> > > > I doubt having a few minutes of SSB/CW activity every hour would
> > > help me at all. In such short windows it is unlikely many will point
> > > this way. I  can make 500 mile contacts on 2-222-432 but people must
> > > be pointed right at me.
> > > >
> > > > I will continue to try to get some fun out of contests but with
> > > FT8 cutting down on fun and making it more difficult to arrange
> > > running bands, the return on investment has dropped considerably. If
> > > it weren't for ON4KST chat I probably wouldn't waste my time getting
> > > on for the major contests any more.
> > > >
> > > > Paul N1BUG
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> On 5/21/21 10:34 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
> > > >> Though I've not been able to participate as much in the last few
> > > years,
> > > >> I've been doing the June contest with the W2SZ MGEF group on
> > > Greylock
> > > >> (FN32) for more than 35 years.
> > > >> As we all know, WSJT has changed everything about V/U/uW
> > > contesting.
> > > >> I don't blame people for wanting to mostly QSO via WSJT:  If you
> > > don't have
> > > >> a mountaintop QTH, it's the best way to maximize your QSOs, and
> > > the amount
> > > >> of time it takes to
> > > >> make a QSO is not as important as MAKING THE QSO.
> > > >> That said, it is extremely difficult to move to other bands, or
> > > ask
> > > >> stations to move to other bands if you are making a QSO via WSJT.
> > > >> Yes, we allow any means to make skeds: phone calls, chat rooms,
> > > texting,
> > > >> etc.   Is that what people are preferring today?
> > > >> I have two questions:
> > > >> - Would people be interested in having a few times per hour where
> > > they
> > > >> would switch to SSB/CW from WSJT (say 2 minutes every 30?)
> > > >> During those periods, QSOs on a band could be made, or making
> > > schedules for
> > > >> other bands could be accomplished.
> > > >> - Or, do most of you prefer non-amateur-means to sked?
> > > >> 73,
> > > >> Gerry Hull, *W1VE  *Hancock, NH USA
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