[AK-VHF] June VHF Contest Plans

[Paul Kiesel]

While it may be a "reach", sporadic-E contacts between Alaska and the lower "48" are not rare. In fact, they would be much more common if Alaskan stations did more to discover openings to other areas. Large antennas do help.

I, for one, will be watching for openings to Alaska during the contest, just as I have been doing outside contests. Good luck to you, too, Shannon.

73, Paul K7CW





________________________________
 From: Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
To: Shannon Methe <shannonmethe at gmail.com> 
Cc: "pnwvhfs at googlegroups.com" <pnwvhfs at googlegroups.com>; "ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net" <ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] June VHF Contest Plans
 

Shannon,

Have fun roving with your FT-857.  You should find many 6m and 2m 
stations in that part of the country.  Possibility of sporatic-E skip 
to AK is a reach.  It would be a kick to work you.

73, Ed

At 04:56 PM 5/27/2013, Shannon Methe wrote:
>Hey Ed,
>
>I'll be operating as KL3JI/R/Portable from the road somewhere 
>between Arkansas and North Dakato/Mt Rushmore vicinity. I'm in 
>Tampa, Fl EL88sd at the moment, have bought a new truck and 
>installed a Yaesu 857. Leaving FL June 6 to drive back to Anchorage.
>
>Shannon
>
>Sent from my iPod
>
>On May 27, 2013, at 3:14 AM, Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:
>
> > Musing over what to do for the VHF Contest coming in two weeks, I 
> decided not to try roving to Diamond Ridge (BO49).  Instead I will 
> concentrate on getting the home station ready to work 6m-23cm.
> >
> > This will entail installing my 3-element 6m yagi on tower#2 
> at  about 20-feet so it can be manually pointed to Anchorage or to 
> az=115 to the west coast.
> >
> > My 432 preamp needs to be checked for proper operation (mounted 
> at 30-feet on tower#2).  It may need a new dc control cable run.
> >
> > I have a 100w MOT 900-MHz amp that requires some repair and 
> modification and installation on tower#1 with three coax 
> relays.  This requires lowering the 2m-eme array to the ground.  I 
> might also install my 1296 60w PA at the same time.  I have been 
> keeping it in the shack with thoughts to install it at the dish for 
> initial 1296-eme.  1296-eme is not going to be QRV until after I 
> quit working at Walmart (last day will be June 21st).
> >
> > So if I can accomplish all these tasks on the four day weekend 
> (May30-June2) coming up:
> >
> > 50-MHz: 125w - 3 elem at 20-feet
> > 144-MHz:  150w - four 10-elem yagis at 52-feet; on eme 1300w
> > 223.5-MHz:  100w - two 11-elem yagis at 60-feet
> > 432-MHz:  20w - 11-elem yagi at 58-feet
> > 927.5-MHz:  either 100w or 7w - 33 elem loop-yagi at 50-feet
> > 1296-MHz:  either 60w or 6w - 45 elem loop-yagi at 54-feet
> >
> > I will have the K3 and KX3 in use so two bands may simultaneously 
> be monitored.
> > K3 is usable on all bands
> > KX3 on 6m or 2m.
> >
> > I have June 8 and 9 off work so can operate the whole contest 
> period (Alaska time: 10am Saturday to 7pm Sunday).
> > I hope this will encourage lots of participation.  The AK-VHF Net 
> will meet 9am Saturday before the beginning of the contest.
> >
> > 73, Ed - KL7UW
> >
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