[AK-VHF] NET: 9am-TODAY on 144.200 USB

[Paul Kiesel]

...and speaking of six meters being open... Last night there was a pretty wide-spread opening to Alaska on 50 MHz. Stations from the Eastern Seaboard to the West Coast, VEs and Ws, enjoyed working a number of stations in Alaska and Canadian Northwest Territories. This opening lasted for hours and was brought on by a geomagnetic storm that resulted from a solar coronal mass ejection that occurred a couple of days earlier. The sun was very active during the month of May and several CMEs occurred, though most of them were not Earth directed. There is every reason to believe that conditions may well occur during the contest for contacts between Alaska and stations to the south. We'll be watching for everyone who watches this reflector.

73 and GL in the contest.
Paul, K7CW
AVG Contest Guy



________________________________
 From: Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
To: ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] NET: 9am-TODAY on 144.200 USB
 

Light turn out for the net (summer outside):
KL4E
NL7OW
KL6M

We discussed the June VHF Contest coming next weekend.  Craig will be in NV that weekend so will be missed up here.  Tom, NL7OW, and Mike, KL6M, expect to participate in the contest.

June is the best contest for 6m openings to DX so everyone should make an effort to operate 6m.  10am-12am is when conditions often open up; then again 4pm-7pm, so good time to make a few CQ's and monitor 50.125 MHz.

The Contest kicks off right at the end of the "Alaska VHF-Up Net: 9am-10am.  Therefore the net will be started on 144.200 USB but we can test other bands before the contest starts.  See the recommended operating frequencies on the website:
http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/

I made some changes on what I will run in the contest:
50.125-MHz USB 125w to a 3-elem yagi at 14-feet
144.200-MHz USB 150w to 4 10-elem yagis at 52-feet
146.58-MHz FM simplex to either the eme array (above) or a 9-dB vertical.
223.50-MHz FM simplex 100w to two 11-elem yagis at 60-feet
432.100-MHz USB with 24w to an 11-elem yagi at 58-feet
No 900-MHz
1296.100-MHz USB or FM with 6w to a 45-elem loop-yagi at 54-feet.

I will probably monitor 6m with the KX3 full time and use the K3 to work other bands.

I am not going to rover this time, but may do some eme on 144.116-MHz on Sunday.



73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
dubususa at gmail.com
"Kits made by KL7UW" 
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