How entrenched is the tradition of having the ARRL January VHF contest on AFC/NFC championship weekend? There is no ideal date that going to work for everyone, but it seems to make a

Pretty similar observations from a couple of sites in DM85/86 with very low noise, but I'd add what seemed like a decent 6 m opening to southern California Saturday evening.  I came to think of 6 m

A few other things, just among us local boys and girls... I have found using a full-band spectrum display a MUST in this period of the rise of the machines. When the only signals on the band are

From what I remember, the January contest started because a couple of eastern VHF clubs (Pack Rats, Mt Airy, ect) wanted a event to get guys out winter mountain-topping. It was scheduled in January

Glad I wasn't the only one with an amp issue. I have a decrepit SB-220, converted to 6 meters only. Started hearing a rapid tick-tick-tick sound in the receiver late on Saturday. New local QRN ? Very

Bill, I agree on the poor conditions part of your report. I couldn't raise K5AM while he was CQing on 144. Even with my fleapower station I can usually count on 144 and 432 to southern NM. Didn't hear

Hi Keith, Good write ups and thanks for being there the whole contest. We did not meet our goals. 2 meter contact off the moon 1296 FT8 contact Improve on last year's score Largely these were not

Agree pretty much 100%. There were inaudible 6m signals coming in, from somewhere on FT8, for almost the entire contest. Most of the time traces were barely visible on the waterfall, not decoding.

First time in this particular contest…just had a monitor on while doing other stuff around the house. 50 watts and 4L @25’ Analysis of your uploaded log: Contest: ARRL-VHF-JAN Call

ARRL JANUARY VHF CONTEST 6: 74Q x 60M 2: 28Q x 26M TOTAL SCORE: 8772 January - say no more. No openings....well, maybe one for 5 minutes on 6 toTX...no enhancement...January.Now that WSJT-X

Hello John, I will be parked on 6 meters hoping the FT8 Gods are kind tomorrow. DM85 and DM76 are two of the last few that I need for FFMA. Need 10 more for the NM VHF Grid

John, We'll give you a call each day and listen up for you. Thx for going up there. 73 Bill W7QQ (operating under club call W5UHF)

My plan for this weekend: Saturday (NM time): DM85GX Sunday: DM86JP I have 6 m (100 W, Moxon), 2 m (80 W, 6-element yagi), 70 cm (5 W, 11-element yagi). SSB, CW, FT8, MSK144, FM. I'd be happy to try

I did get confused with the more generous CQ WW club competition rules that expand the club territory, such as what applied in the July 2018 CW WW VHF Contest. Thanks for the clarifications. 73, Bob

I should have said that the criteria we use is rule 8.4.3.2 James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

I have chosen the section as the territory because it includes all of the NM members and I think most of our members. It excludes the El Paso guys, which is unfortunate as they are enthusiastic and

Clubs can decide which criteria they want to use. The center of the circle is at the discretion of the club, and can be changed. It all comes down to "who gets included, and who gets left out based on

Bill - I resubmitted and added Art. You will need to approve list. I can, and probably will make changes if necessary. - Duffey James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

For contest purposes, do we not define our club territory (and report to ARRL) as a circle from a designated center and not by ARRL Section? Thanks, Bob N5EPA 8.4.2. Medium 8.4.2.1. Club submits 50

Thanks Mike ! Also, be aware of and use PINGJOCKEY CENTRAL when attempting to operate random meteor scatter. http://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk And KST chat for general awareness of 6M