I have asked for a table at the CSVHF swap night with the notion to promote the NMVHF society and the Worked All NM grids. I was thinking of putting together a small display including a NM map with

Greetings -- The 2019 New Mexico QSO Party, which took place last April, was another great success. Hams from all over New Mexico, the United States, and the world took to HF and 6 meters for a day

Thanks Bill. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

Copper Canyon Cafe is located at 5455 Gibson Blvd SE in Albuquerque. That's between cross streets San Mateo and San Pedro. Bill W7QQ

I will be presenting an introduction to VHF operation, mostly 6M, at the Albuquerque DX Association meeting this Wednesday, June 26. You do not need to be a member to attend. All are welcome. The

...dupes are ignored in the scoring process. Both on your end and at the ARRL. Dupes do not alter your score. -W9RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG

John, It's always best to log QSOs reported as dupes wherever a conflict is indicated. Unlike some contests, there is no penalty for dupes in ARRL VHF contests. It is an unfortunate certainty that

Perhaps the dupe fear is related to the apocalyptic warning that at least my logging software issues when I'm about to enter one? Please tell me and perhaps a few other inexperienced contesters why

hmmmmmm.... Interesting. I had thought about Points per Contact: CW 3 Ph 2 Digital 1 Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ |

Where I live, EVERY contact on 2M and above is DX. There may be 5-10 local QSOs to be made, but many of them are only available because I moved them from 6. The closest concentration of 'above 6M

Golden Log syndrome ?? -RM Keith Morehouse via MotoG

Great writeup, and I understand the concerns about FT8, but I'll reinforce what Mike says a bit with an exchange I had with another rover when I was in lonely DM83. The attempt ultimately failed

Good writeup, but I’m not at all pessimistic. Give it time. 2m will again be the band of choice in January VHF once people realize they can use FT8 there, specifically the national calling frequency

Then there's the problem rovers have (usually on 6M) when working someone new to VHF contesting and using a non-VHF logging program. "You are a dupe" "No, I am not. I am in new grid." "Oh, does that

Yeah, some people are clueless. Not sure why working dupes is a bad thing, but many contesters think it is. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

I wish I had a recording of this exchange in the June contest, 6-meter phone. It was kinda funny, kinda irritating. K9GX: CQ contest CQ contest this is K 9 Germany X-ray (I think that was the

Likewise, K9YR sent me a recording of myself when I was hollering "CQ CONTEST" in DM77. Like almost everyone, I don't believe I really sound like that. HI!HI! But, I feel good that my voice is so

K9YR was kind enough to forward these recordings of me in the June VHF contest from DM66. K9YR is in EN52. Conditions were very good. - Duffey KK6MC James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM

The results writeup for the January 2019 VHF Contest are now on line: < https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2019/Jan-VHF-2019-FinalFullResults.pdf > The digital modes, in particular FT8, played

This is from the Pack Rats mailing list, so some of you have probably already seen it. I’m wondering if Duffey has similar stories to tell. -Bruce Rover Challenge #162 It has been a long first