[VHFcontesting] VHFcontesting Digest, Vol 244, Issue 16

David Olean k1whs at metrocast.net
Thu Apr 20 18:48:49 EDT 2023


Hi Dave

I was just mentioning Q65 or JT65 with W8RU, as a way to improve our 
range.  Lets try something next Tuesday.  Dave, you could be in a 
fantastic position to develop  fantastic scores if you can tap into a 
few more NE contacts. ( Bigger tower?) I know that you can work a few in 
Connecticut, so you are awfully close. You can work so many grids from 
your spot if there were only activity there.  K1RZ and K1RA have done 
some fantastic scores in sprints from the DC area.  I am on the NE edge 
of the activity and my antenna only moves from South out to the West 
typically. There is nothing much to work in the other direction. Many 
years ago there was a little activity in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 
but now it is empty on 144 and the higher bands. VE1SKY is on 144 digi 
modes. There is ZERO 222 activity.  KV1J gets on from FN44 and  K1DY is 
active in FN54. That is about it for routine contacts up NE. So the 
answer is to build up activity.  We all need to become 222 preachers!  
Thanks for being on 222 MHz.  Why are no VE1s on 222? The VE2s and VE3s 
are there.

73

Dave K1WHS

On 4/20/2023 9:29 AM, k3sk at buckwalter.co wrote:
> I had a decent night working the 222 Sprint.   I logged 20 contacts in 14
> Grids.  For you guys up there in the middle of 222 Land (New England) that's
> a lot of contacts down here in southern Virginia.   I worked 2-SSB, 1-CW,
> 1-FM and the remainder were FT8.  I also heard several others that just
> faded away and never heard again.   I tried unsuccessfully MSK with W5EME.
> Band conditions were "variable" at best.   VE3NS went from -17 to +1 in
> about 5 seconds.    Maybe some of us should give Q65 a try to see how well
> it does for terrestrial.  Maybe one of the regular Tuesday nights I'll put
> out some calls in that mode.
>
> de K3SK
> FM07th
>
>
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