I noticed that there was no club information present with the CQWW VHF on-line databases, so I contacted the new 'boss', K9JK, and requested that he look into making it available. It turns out the

Keith, I have an 18 element 432 beam up about 60’. Without too much effort I could add another. But I think we can work with what I have . I did Santa Fe, Flagstaff and wet central AZ on 432 in

Fortunately there is no limit on EIRP, more elements in the air can work wonders. I have made to path through the mountains from Socorro to El Paso (250km+/-) on 432 cw with my 50w, an old piece of

Yep - I did forget that AND the lack of 900 is the south end of the state... Thanks. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO

Keith,. Have to remember that we are in New Mexico and have to live with power restrictions. Legal limit on 70cm is 50w. Jim KC7QY Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Keith Morehouse

Good question Mike. If I had not operated 902 to 1296 my score would have been about 14600, so about a third of my score is attributable to operating on 902 and 1296. It is not so much the points

Mike, if you're thinking about adding bands, with how strong you are on 2M, I'm sure we could work on 432 easily (depending on your power out - I have a KW) and probably on 900 and possibly on 1296.

Jim, How much of your score was attributable to operating on the frequencies above 432? Mike, n5sj

Duffey, Your VHF Rover outings are simply mind boggling! The effort you put into planning, preparations, and the scale of each trek leave me almost speechless. Good on You, Mate!! 73 Jonesy --

ARRL January VHF Contest Class: Rover Operating Time (hrs): 10 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 6: 47 9 2: 57 13 222: 31 10 432: 58 12 903: 7

>> My hunch is that the majority demographic of contest participants would be OK with a change. "They say that change is good, but it never seems to work out that way." -Sheldon Cooper

CQWW CW is the one major contest I could never attend at our multi-op, which was too bad. it's easily the best of the four major DX tests. Thanksgiving with family had to take precedence if I wanted

This year (maybe every year ?) January VHF conflicted with a much more entertaining contest, NAQP SSB. I consider NAQP's some of the best contests of the year and I know there were a few locals up

Just the wrong week for my family. But for me so is the CQ WW DX Contest on Thanksgiving weekend. Mike, n5sj.

The Stew Perry 160 contest is held on the Saturday night between Christmas and New Years Day. Being only a 1 night contest, I would think to conflict between ARRL VHF and Stew Perry would be minimal.

Add into the mix the Australian Open Tennis Championship (mid weekend). Watch it live from late evening to early morning (and miss the 160/80M openings) or replay from very early morning to mid

On the two earlier weekends there are four games on, two each on Saturday and Sunday so participation could be even more affected. That said, earlier in January would be closer to the statistical

Who knows how entrenched. For me I put sports up there with the sonic boom gap as an item of importance. But every other of my buddies at Saturday breakfast follow football like a teenager follows

A quick search of the QST archives shows that in the early 60s the January contest was held on the first or second weekend on January, certainly a better date than we currently have. Suggestions to

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