As a reminder, the NMVHF Society will hold its required annual meeting in conjunction with the Duke City Hamfest; 1600MDT, Saturday September 21, 2019 in the Bosque Room. One of the items that needs t

(My emails to groups.io continue to fail...) Dis-irregardless of my earlier decision to blow off the ARRL SEP VHF Contest from now on, I will go out this weekend and putz around in DM77-78-87-88. A lo

I will be 'available' during the contest and QRV with high power, 6 through 432. I'll concentrate on being in the chair at the start and during peak meteor time on Sunday morning and trying to follow

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

To ALL... I will be starting out this Saturday at beginning of the contest at the Junction on DM32 and Dm33....then moving to DM 42 and DM 43.. I plan on making this loop twice to pick up everyone.. S

I spend a lot of time on 6m FT8 and MSK144, but haven't been paying a lot of attention to 2m (MSK144) since I'm in the middle of rebuilding the 2m linear. But, the past few weeks, I spot checked PSKre

To All ,,Does anyone have Jonesy Cell number or any contact info for him,, Thanks, And Hope to work Many of you this weekend!! Thanks Tom N7GP eX WA8WZG

I copied N5KS on 6M FT8 yesterday with good sigs -8 to -14. I am trying to work him for new 6M grid and sent him an email about looking this way and into Olathe during the contest this weeked. He is i

I have a Kenwood TS-2000 barefoot and can run: 50 MHz 100W 7 el at 30 feet 144 MHz 100W 18 el at 38 feet That is quite capable. Arne N7KA

I won't be operating the VHF contest this weekend instead I'm on Prince Edward Island operating the All European contest

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AOCC] AOCC Rovers in ARRL September VHF Contest Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:58:37 -0700 From: Gary Hembree <n7ir@...> To: AOCC List Server <aocc@...> The fo

A random observation... There is troposcatter and then there is tropospheric ducting, which is what most VHF+ ops from east of the continental divide (and some west coasters) are familiar with, when 2

WB2FKO and I will be roving in the September VHF Contest. Here are the details: KK6MC/r itinerary ARRL Sept VHF Contest Grid Time on Time out September 14, 2019 DM64bw 1800Z 1930Z In motion, through D

Their rove is over due to very hazardous road conditions in N AZ. All dirt roads are very slippery and they will hold in place in DM45wv until things dry out and are safe for travel. All is fine besid

Summary: BAND QSOs MULTs 6 67 54 2 38 26 222 4 4 432 11 11 Total Score: 120x95 => 12,285 Pretty good Rover turn-out for this contest and a little unusual conditions. Had a short Es opening on 6 to sou

Greetings, Just found this group when looking for an email address for W9RM. I have dabbled in 2m weak signal for many years and now trying to get serious about it. I have at least temporary access to

This seemed especially true on 6 meter FT8. A static crash during the RX cycle would eliminate any chance of a decode. My brain would have easily filled in the missing dot or dash. Also, there was rap

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

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

Our rove for the 2019 September VHF contest was in turn, rewarding, frustrating, educational, and catastrophic. I roved with WB2FKO In this contest in part to learn WSJT and in part to have two operat