[VHFcontesting] Please make frequent use of SSB and CW in the September contest!

[David Olean]

I would agree with Gerry. I hope to be lurking around in the Sept 
Contest and will be on 222 & 432 CW and SSB.  I could get on six meters 
but it is almost all FT8, so I am inclined to let it be. Too bad because 
the four seven element yagis and the 3CX3000A7 work so well.  It was a 
killer setup!

The cost of a portable setup for me is not trivial, with diesel fuel at 
over $5 per gallon, so I do not plan a full time operation at all.  Look 
for me on 222 and 432 on CW or SSB. I still do not have my 144 yagis 
running yet. I did manage to get the tower for it started. I plopped a 
Rohn 45 section on the concrete !  Maybe I can prop a 144 yagi in a tree 
for the weekend?

My plan is to be analog only, but I sure like to use meteor scatter. It 
is a lot more fun than FT8 and is an effective way to spend late 
evenings and very early mornings.

73

Dave K1WHS

On 9/6/2022 1:01 PM, Gerry Hull wrote:
> It seems to be a failing battle, but I'd love to make some SSB and CW QSOs
> using traditional SSB and CW.
>
> Yes, yes, FT8 gets you more grids.
>
> But how fun is it?
>
> I'll be on 2m mostly at W2SZ, FN32jp at 3491 ASL, running 1500w to some
> very-long-boom
> yagis.  We can work OH on an average day on SSB/CW tropo, and if any
> enhancement we
> can do a lot better.
>
> Yah, we will be on FT8 as well.   However, I know a lot of you love the
> traditional analog modes
> as well.   Plus, it takes like 5 seconds to make an SSB QSO!
>
> Look for me 144.170 +/-.   I'm happy to take skeds for other bands, as we
> are on DC-Daylight
> as usual.
>
> 73,
>
> Gerry W1VE/VE1RM
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