[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] VHF contest

[David Olean]

Hi Fred

If you can't beat 'em...join 'em. I am home and tried to do some FT-8 on 
six with an 80 meter doublet fed with crappy ladder line. I have worked 
NH and MA. I also heard WA1T.  Gosh this is exciting.

Actually I spent most of the afternoon dragging a step ladder and tools 
through the woods and installing another 160 meter beverage antenna. The 
routine is to lay out a path with a compass and then go along and cut 
trees that are in the way and remove any brush along the trail. I did 
that yesterday, and used up a tank of gas in my chainsaw.  Today I went 
along and installed the insulators and strung up some wire thru the 
insulators. I almost finished but ran out of 14 gauge aluminum wire.  It 
sure felt good to come in and sit by the woodstove!! Temp was 3 degrees 
during the day.  The beverage will be aimed at 150 degrees. That should 
be good for long path contacts should any ever occur on 160. It is also 
sorta aimed at Bouvet.

I'll keep an eye on six meters for some DX.  N1SV was -20 here.

Dave K1WHS

On 1/15/2022 2:40 PM, Fred Stefanik wrote:
> Only a few signals on 6 meter SSB but 50.313 is hopping.  This is pathetic
> N1DPM
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 6:09 AM Fred Stefanik <n1dpmfred at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My plans for the January VHF contest  are as follows...
>> Get on some and see who I can work in between watching the NFL wildcard
>> games ( go Pat's!!) and other activities....family, church etc...
>> It will not be an "effort" as these have no had my competitive interest in
>> years due to the abundance of FT8 activity.  I will be on 6 through 432 SSB
>> / CW.  I will likely play a bit on 2 meter EME if the WX conditions don't
>> make it too noisy.
>> Hope to work some of you over the weekend.
>> 73
>> Fred
>> N1DPM
>> FN32qb
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:53 AM N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking at the forecast for the weekend. Bitter cold and windy. That
>>> is going to stir up the power line noise and if it's too bad I may just
>>> bag this contest. The fun of VHF contests has been trending downward
>>> anyway to the point that every contest I ask myself why I am doing it.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Paul N1BUG
>>> FN55mf
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