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Re: NM VHF Society Lunch 1130 Thursday February 7
Bill
I think I’m coming.
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On Feb 4, 2019, at 3:25 PM, James Duffey <JamesDuffey@...> wrote:
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NM VHF Society Lunch 1130 Thursday February 7
James Duffey
N5SJ will be in town Thursday, so I thought it would be a good time to get together for lunch and talk about things VHF.
We will meet at Pho Thien An restaurant, 7010 Central SE at 1130. This is the restaurant formerly known as Que Huang, where I have had lunch with many of you before. New name, slightly different menu, but still good food. Let me know if you think you are coming so I can tell them how many to set up for. See you Thursday! - Duffey KK6MC James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM
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Re: Anyone up for hand transcribing logs for ARRL VHF contest?
Scott K5TA
I’ll do a few — certainly they are not 1,000+ QSO entries.
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Re: Anyone up for hand transcribing logs for ARRL VHF contest?
Bruce Draper
If he has a template and/or software, I can help. I used to do this for SS logs. Bruce AA5B
On Jan 31, 2019, at 6:52 AM, James Duffey <JamesDuffey@...> wrote:
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Re: Anyone up for hand transcribing logs for ARRL VHF contest?
Bill
Duffy, Sure, I'll help. 73 Bill W7QQ
On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:52 AM James Duffey <JamesDuffey@...> wrote:
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Anyone up for hand transcribing logs for ARRL VHF contest?
James Duffey
I have had a request from K9JK for help by the NMVHF Society in transcribing paper logs from the January VHF contest to electronic logs. K9JK is responsible for processing contest logs for the January contest. Part of our charter as an organization is to provide service to the VHF community at large, not just in NM. If you are interested in transcribing the logs, let me know and I will tell John, or you can contact John directly at:
James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM
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Jan VHF Contest Logs due 2019-01-31 03:59:00Z (Wednesday 2059 local)
James Duffey
Please submit your logs for the January VHF contest by Wednesday 2059 (local). No score is too small to submit. If you need help submitting your log, please contact W7QQ or myself and we can assist.
James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM
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Re: CQWW VHF results database
Keith Morehouse
To amplify, the 2018 scores have this option and it will be available going forward. The data is available for 2017 and will be added ASAP. It's doubtful any score before 2017 will have this option. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO
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CQWW VHF results database
Keith Morehouse
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 info was in the database, just not visible. Now, you have the option to display club data for all entries by selecting the 'SHOW CLUB" click box in the SELECT FILTER window. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO
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Re: KK6MC/r in January Contest
Michael Daly
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 the last contest. My question to Jim was about his extended band coverage – is it worth it – and his answer was yes. I have a 222 converter, but still in the box. Someday…
Mike
From: nmvhf@groups.io [mailto:nmvhf@groups.io] On Behalf Of KC7QY
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:57 PM To: nmvhf@groups.io Subject: Re: [nmvhf] KK6MC/r in January Contest
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 RG8X and 6el @ 15'. Perseverance and dumb luck can work wonders.
From Gallup Mike should be in good shape to work stations on high ground all the way to Phoenix at least. Probably more available stations than NM and CO combined.
Jim KC7QY
On Thursday, January 24, 2019, 2:32:55 PM MST, Keith Morehouse <w9rm@...> wrote:
Yep - I did forget that AND the lack of 900 is the south end of the state... Thanks.
-W9RM Keith J Morehouse
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:55 PM KC7QY <kc7qy@...> wrote:
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Re: KK6MC/r in January Contest
KC7QY
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 RG8X and 6el @ 15'. Perseverance and dumb luck can work wonders. From Gallup Mike should be in good shape to work stations on high ground all the way to Phoenix at least. Probably more available stations than NM and CO combined. Jim KC7QY
On Thursday, January 24, 2019, 2:32:55 PM MST, Keith Morehouse <w9rm@...> wrote:
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
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:55 PM KC7QY <kc7qy@...> wrote:
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Re: KK6MC/r in January Contest
Keith Morehouse
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
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:55 PM KC7QY <kc7qy@...> wrote:
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Re: KK6MC/r in January Contest
KC7QY
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 <w9rm@...> wrote: 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. If I recall correctly, you are louder on 2 then W7QQ, given equivalent power and I can work him on 432. I think we have a better geographic path between us then I do to Santa Fe. Of course, I need to put the other antennas back up, but the equipment is here, including the high power - KW on 432 & 900 and 150W on 1296. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:20 AM Michael Daly <arrowengineering1@...> wrote: Jim,
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KK6MC/r in January Contest score without 902 and 1296
James Duffey
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.
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It is not so much the points generated on those bands alone, but rather the mults on the lower bands multiply the higher per band QSO points. This accounts for about 5500 additional points due to the higher bands. Also in a somewhat lesser impact, the QSO points on the lower bands multiply the mults on the higher bands for another 2800 points or so. The sharp observer will note the numbers don’t quite add up due to the grid multipliers, but they are good enough to give you an answer to your question. So the higher bands are a good addition in the contest as they leverage disproportionately the QSOes on the lower bands. The same can be said of adding 222.1 and 432.1 to one’s repertoire if one is only running 144 and 50MHz. In what may be a paradoxical statement, score wise it pays to add higher bands when activity is low as it increases the score where there is activity. In this contest, the higher bands made up for the lack of Es on 6M, at least where I operated. This is the best I have ever done roving in the January contest. In the past I have had two scores near 15,000, one as W7QQ/r and one as KK6MC/r, but both times there was Es. In the bigger picture, if I had only operated the lower 4 bands my score probably would have been much more competitive in the limited rover category than my score will be in classic rover class. But, with the poor weather in the eastern half of the country many rovers stayed home, so I may do better than I think I will in the classic category. Thanks for the QSOs Mike, especially the ones from DM44 and DM45. - Duffey KK6MC James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM
On Jan 24, 2019, at 10:20, Michael Daly <arrowengineering1@...> wrote:
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Re: KK6MC/r in January Contest
Keith Morehouse
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. If I recall correctly, you are louder on 2 then W7QQ, given equivalent power and I can work him on 432. I think we have a better geographic path between us then I do to Santa Fe. Of course, I need to put the other antennas back up, but the equipment is here, including the high power - KW on 432 & 900 and 150W on 1296. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:20 AM Michael Daly <arrowengineering1@...> wrote: Jim,
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Re: KK6MC/r in January Contest
Michael Daly
Jim,
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How much of your score was attributable to operating on the frequencies above 432? Mike, n5sj
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From: nmvhf@groups.io [mailto:nmvhf@groups.io] On Behalf Of Jonesy W3DHJ via Groups.Io Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 7:36 PM To: nmvhf@groups.io Subject: Re: [nmvhf] KK6MC/r in January Contest On Wed, 23 Jan 2019, James Duffey wrote: It was a good rove, enhanced quite a bit by the heavy SOTA and roverDuffey, 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 -- <pre> Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | __ linux FreeBSD 38.238N 104.547W | jonz.net | DM78rf | 73 SK
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Re: KK6MC/r in January Contest
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019, James Duffey wrote:
It was a good rove, enhanced quite a bit by the heavy SOTA and roverDuffey, 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 -- <pre> Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | __ linux FreeBSD 38.238N 104.547W | jonz.net | DM78rf | 73 SK
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KK6MC/r in January Contest
James Duffey
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 3 1.2: 24 6 2.3: 3.4: 5.7: 10G: 24G: ------------------- Total: 224 54 Total Score = 21,924 Club: New Mexico VHF Society Comments: Thanks everyone for getting on! It was a good rove, enhanced quite a bit by the heavy SOTA and rover activity in AZ. This is my highest ever score in a January contest by a lot, and much higher than I would expect without Es, of which I heard none. I did miss some NM stations that I should have been able to work based on other contests, but we couldn’t connect this year. Having said that, one of the high points of the contest was working W5UHF from Flagstaff, DM45, at 325 miles on 2M SSB with copiable signals both ways, and N5SJ from DM44 and DM45 with good signals. After years of being the only rover in AZ it is nice to have two others around to work. N7GP/r is a good op and we worked from several grids and most bands from 50MHz to 1296MHz. After scraping 2 inches of snow off the Rover on Friday I headed out to El Paso where I stayed overnight so I would be fresh to start the contest on Saturday. I operated from the west side of the Transmountain Highway in DM61. There were lots of locals on and I also managed a QSO to Tucson with WA7XX at 250m miles. Signals were much worse than they were in June though. It was there my deep cycle battery failed. I jerry rigged something together and continued operating. I continued on to DM62 and worked a few NM stations as well as Tucson, but that is a long ways from much activity. I then headed out to DM52 where I split operations between the NM and AZ sides of the border. Nice QSOes to AZ and NM stations. It was getting late by then, So I went straight on to Phoenix, arriving about midnight. I had thought that if I had enough time would try to hit DM41, but that was not in the cards. In the morning I got a late start as I went an bought a battery so that I could use the computer to log and had a decent breakfast. I headed out to the Maricopa convergence and found that although I had followed previous years procedures and gotten approval to operate when I called the Ak Chin Community police on Friday, they denied me permission when I was there on Sunday, which cost me an additional hour of lost operating time and more importantly, 2 grids. When I got on from DM33, about 1800Z, the SOTA activity had peaked but I still managed more than 50 QSOes from that location and then another 50 or so from DM43 when I moved acros the alfalfa field to operate there. I then headed up I-17, operating from DM34 near the Aqua Fria national monument with a good path to Phoenix and still lots of people to work. From there I went to the Mogollon Rim/Sedona Red Rocks scenic overlook off I-17 in DM44 south of Flagstaff. That has great paths into Southern AZ and I also worked N5SJ over in Gallup NM from there. Unfortunately, there is no access from north bound I-17 so going to the nearest exits north and south and then backtracking adds about 20 minutes to the trip, not usually a big consideration, but in the waning hours of the contest it means someone doesn’t get worked from the last grid. I ended up the contest at the scenic overlook just below the Llowell Obsservatory in Flagstaff, DM45. I had good QSOes with Tucson, Phoenix, N5SJ in Gallup NM, and, at a distance of 325 miles, with W5UHF in Santa Fe, NM. KC7QY herd me, but we couldn’t complete. Due to the eclipse, the very small scenic overlook lot was packed with cars, spilling over to the narrow roadway and across the road. These were not astronomical observers, but rather partiers and among them was too loud bass with too little music, beer drinking, herbal experimentation, and judging by the steamed up windows, more than a few makeout sessions. After a frenzied run up the bands with N7GP/r, I pulled the plug when the contest ended and missed out on a few more QSOes. I had no driver on this rove as Ginger opted to stay home. That makes a big difference as by operating in motion one can catch stuff that is not there when you are stopped, and by working guys between grids instead of being stopped, you can cut short your stay in grids as you have already worked them in motion. After a beer and a steak, I headed off to bed. James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM
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Re: W9RM January VHF
Bruce Draper
>> 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
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 11:26 AM Mike WB2FKO <mph@...> wrote:
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Re: W9RM January VHF
Keith Morehouse
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 to play multi-multi all those other weekend. Actually, I think it averaged out where I could work CQWW CW every 4 years, or something like that, when November had that "extra" weekend. -RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 12:24 PM Michael Daly <arrowengineering1@...> wrote: Just the wrong week for my family. But for me so is the CQ WW DX Contest on Thanksgiving weekend.
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