My plans are to begin contest in Dm 42, then 32, 43, 33, 34, 44 then Dm45 at meteor crater rest stop east bound (I-40), I will be there over nite running digital modes on 6 meters,, Sunday morning, I

Tuesday evening @ 8 PM (0200Z) on 50.130 MHz.

Lacking the sense that my momma gave me, I'll be rover'ing out there in the ARRL JUNE VHF contest. 6M SSB & CW -- 100W + Halo 2M SSB & CW -- 140W + stacked Halos 432 SSB & 446 FM -- 80W and 8

Big opening to JA on 6M at 2315Z. All on FT8. Decoding 12-15 JA's each sequence. Heard one DU but nothing else. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO

Great Bruce ! It'll be nice to see/hear a few SSB signals on the band instead of 'all FT8, all the time' ! -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO

Only hearing you at noise plus/minus Bruce. 73, Bob N5EPA

A small group of local contesters, DXers, and some newbies has been holding a weekly roundtable that has bounced from 75 to 10 meters a few times over the years. We're moving to 6 meters, hoping to

...first EU heard for me this morning on 6, although I've been away for 3 weeks. A couple of Italians around 1630Z on FT8 (...yeah) with signal strengths in the mid minus teens. It's coming up to

Nice work Dan! I put the TAPR conference on my calendar. Thanks. Bill W7QQ

Bill, Thanks for your response. I think I will test out both horizontal and vertical polarization when I get the chance. Right now, I'm trying to finish up the basic long-distance tests so that I can

Great write-up Duffey!

Hi Dan, I'll add one more reason why horizontal polarization is preferred: As a practical matter it's much easier to stack horizontally polarized yagis on a single mast. It's important to (co-aim)

Nice write-up, Duffey! I can't even imagine how much toil and trouble it entails to take on such a job. HI!HI! You're preachin' to a fella with a Black Belt in Procrastination. But, I'll show up

Jim, Very nice report! I liked that it had a very broad perspective. Something in it for everyone. See you at Fina tomorrow where I'll have $$ and a battery. I've been working with AF9O, who will

The ARRL January VHF Contest results are now available from the ARRL website: < http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2018/2018-January-VHF-Contest-Full-Results-Ver%201_01.pdf > The NM VHF

Well, there you go! :-) Jonesy -- <pre> Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | __ linux FreeBSD 38.238N

Hi Everyone, Whenever people do weak-signal work on VHF and UHF frequencies, it's always done with horizontal polarization. I'm trying to understand exactly why in the context of some long distance

FT8 was not designed to eliminate SSB on 6m, but to complement it. It's another tool in the arsenal and can be used when conditions don't support fast exchange SSB.  I operated for a couple hours

Yup... I'll be reviewing my experiences in the ARRL JUNE VHF and the CQ WW VHF this Summer to see whether it's worth the effort to continue my rover excursions. Jonesy, W3DHJ -- <pre> Marvin L

Bruce, I just looked at DX Maps. There seems to be a pretty good Es opening in the midwest and lots of ops on SSB/CW. All is not lost to FT8. Still a LOT of FT8 activity as well though. I caught a