Jonesy - I suggest you take a look at your candidate locations using heywhatsthat.com, which will generate panoramas showing your horizon. You'll be in the neighborhood of some pretty significant peak

I'll be roving southwest NM this weekend for the contest. I'll be on NMVHF Slack chat and wherever else I can find takers. Feel free to text me at 505-373-4671 if you want to get my attention. Times a

Anyone have plans yet for roving during the January contest? I expect to be a bit more agile this time around, but haven't figured out where I'm going. I'd be happy to coordinate to maximize grid cove

KD - The WSJT-X FreqCal process should reliably get you very close unless your rig is drifting badly. You might try FreqCal at cold start, after 1 hour on receive, and after some high-duty-cycle trans

I spent early Saturday afternoon in DM55 in the Cibola National Forest south of Thoreau, NM. In the couple of hours I had there, I enjoyed the 6m opening that stretched as far east as EM64 from my loc

Actually, I'm saying the multipath you describe (time-invariant coherent interference) should not produce what you saw. If I understand the physics correctly... If you consider a signal transmitted at

If I correctly understand, you saw multiple traces offset in frequency, not time? I think many people have now seen this on 6 m (I'm among them), and it's not hard to believe the effect could be worse

I am very curious - what characteristics of these signals led you to conclude multipath was the problem? What was painfully obvious about it? Should multipath be non-reciprocal? Getting an audio recor

I'll be roving again for the contest. 6 m: 100 W + Moxon 2 m: 5-80 W (depending on amplifier behavior) + 6 el. 432: 5 W + 11 el. Any mode you would like. Saturday 1800-2000Z DM55vf 2300-0100Z DM56ug S

I stayed pretty close to home for this one: DM75 and DM74 Saturday, and DM55 Sunday. Saturday was not great, although it picked up somewhat later in the day when I was in DM74. I was happy to work a f

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 we

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 becau

Yes, Saturday was grim, especially in DM83. Wickedly hot and windy. I heard a total of 3 NM stations: K5AM (sometimes strong); WB2FKO (a couple weak decodes); and AI5I, God bless him, who somehow mana

I'll be starting the contest near Roswell Saturday, and slowly working back home. 100 W + Moxon on 6 m 80 W + 6 el. yagi on 2 m 5 W + 11 el. yagi on 70 cm FT8, CW, SSB on all Approximate schedule: 6/8

I have wondered the same thing. On my antenna stack, which is not even that closely spaced, I have played it safe and disconnected the coax on the non-transmitting antennas. So far. I had a bad experi

I'll have the usual Moxon at 20+ feet, and 100 W. I've made a few random MSK144 contacts with this setup between 750 and 1600 km, without much effort. It appears we'll be at 650-700 km, which I assume

I'm leaning toward a trip to DM73/83 for the June contest. Some patience may be required, but I'd be happy to try on MS. John AA5PR

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 as

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 j

I'm planning on a limited rover expedition this weekend, probably to DM85 and DM86. Anyone care to suggest if there are other NM grids less likely to be active (on 6 m, 2 m, 70 cm)? My antenna setup w