I will be active as Rover in the 2020 ARRL SEP VHF Contest -- basically solo grid circling around 38 N and 104 W all weekend. Sat in seq.: DM88, DM87, DM77, DM78 Sun in seq.: DM78, DM77, DM87,

Hi Bill — Sorry, it’s been spoken for, much quicker than expected. Thanks for your interest. Brian

Hi Brian, How much? Bill W7QQ

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I'm heading northeast for the upcoming contest next weekend.  As usual, 6/2/432, 100/100/50 W, gain antennas. Cell service at all sites looks marginal, so I plan to send updates via Slack NMVHF when

I'm thinking I might try DM76/85/86 (near the convergence) next month, if I can figure out stuff like where I would sleep and what I would eat. If I do that, I too would love to work

At one time there was a rather large, ominous, and fairly lengthy and specific No Trespassing sign at the gate, which, oddly enough, was left open every time when I was there. If I recall correctly,

Using k7fry.com/grid/ DM74CX59LK : I have operated from this spot 2-3 times. If you need more space to put up antennas you might be able to go slightly further east beyond the gate on

The website has some great rover location suggestions. http://www.nmvhf.org/reference.html The DM76 location sounds excellent. 73, Jon W0AMT

Does anyone know a good portable set up location for either of those two grids. We could possibly deploy 2 meter and 432 beams and a 6 meter dipole from one of these grids. Mike, n5sj

We're about 3 1/2 weeks out from the September contest. I'm hoping I can talk someone into visiting both DM74 & DM76 with 6M and WSJT capability (just in case..). Of course, we can work on 2, 222 &

< https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53218658 > If our sun had spots this size, The MUF for F2 propagation would probably extend to 500MHz or so! - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

John, sometimes one signal, sometimes 2. I'm familiar with what aircraft look like on 432 beacons and this is sure what I remember. Good idea about FT4. The guys I couldn't work were NOT weak - FT4

Do you see just one (shifting) FT8 signal on 432, or more than one?  I'm wondering if you also see a stationary signal.  If it's aircraft, I'd also expect that it would eventually disappear, or

Well, there is a major E-W flight path between you and Phoenix.I guess you probably have planes on that path one way or another every 10 minutes or so. If you look at the slope of the frequency shift

So far, the 222+ contest has convinced me (or, I have rediscovered) that FT8 on 432 is unusable on paths with lots of Doppler shifted multi-path, such as my paths to DEN and PHX. These paths are

Anyone planning on running WSJT modes this weekend need to remember that WSJT-X FT8 mode does not play well with the required 6 character grid square report REQUIRED for distance scoring in thai

Like just about everybody, I experienced rapid fading throughout the contest that made most of the FT8 QSOs a real struggle. Or not complete at all. Many others have suggested that getting ops off

Band Mode QSOs Pts Grd Pt/Q 50 FT4 1 1 0 1.0 50 FT8 76 76 55 1.0 50 MSK1 1 1 1 1.0 Total Both

Half the battle was just keeping equipment and operator cool enough to get through the weekend.  The only major failure was the battery booster, which popped under the stress Saturday