[AK-VHF] Fw: ARRL VHF Contest starts 14 Sep at 10am local time

Tue Sep 10 16:43:09 EDT 2013

Forwarding message from AL7RS.

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From: Den Koawl <dkoawl at yahoo.co.uk>
To: Paul Kiesel <k7cw at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] ARRL VHF Contest starts 14 Sep at 10am local time

I finally got the WSJT running..... Anyone wanting to try and make QSO's only need to send me some times to try..... this wud be the easiest as folks can give me times that they can fit into...... i can be on the air anytime, as long as i have a heads up when to be on  :)

73,

Dan / AL7RS

From: Paul Kiesel <k7cw at yahoo.com>
To: Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>; Ron <ronkeech at alaska.com>; "kl7aa at mailman.qth.net" <kl7aa at mailman.qth.net> 
Cc: "ak-wsg at googlegroups.com" <ak-wsg at googlegroups.com>; "ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net" <ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] ARRL VHF Contest starts 14 Sep at 10am local time

Good luck to all in the contest. Let me encourage all those who have WSJT capability to set up skeds with distant stations for meteor scatter QSOs during the contest. Working guys like VE8EV in CP38 and AL7RS in AP65 would be pretty cool, eh?

73, Paul K7CW
AVG Contest Guy

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From: Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
To: Ron <ronkeech at alaska.com>; kl7aa at mailman.qth.net 
Cc: ak-wsg at googlegroups.com; ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday,
 September 9, 2013 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] ARRL VHF Contest starts 14 Sep at 10am local time

Note:  Info about ARRL Sept. VHF Contest:
http://www.qsl.net/a/ak-vhf//Contests/

KL7UW will also be active from home station (BP40):
50.125 USB 125w Hyagi*
144.200 USB 150w 4 Vyagis
146.58 FM 30w Vyagi
223.50 FM 80w 2 Vyagis
432.100 USB 20w Vyagi
927.50 FM 5w Vloop-yagi**
1296.100 USB 50w big dish CP
*May include 6elem yagi temp install on short mast
**contingent on installing coax relays on tower

Note: NL7OW has no internet, but is aware of the contest.

The Alaska VHF-Up Net will meet at 9-10am Saturday before the start 
of the contest (144.200/146.52 and other bands as desired).

At 04:42 AM 9/9/2013, Ron wrote:
>I will be operating as a Rover again this year and look forward to 
>logging your
 station in the contest.
>
>Starting Saturday at 10 am local time there will be folks calling CQ 
>from 6 meters to Daylight.
>
>Look for Contest Stations at:
>
>50.110 50.125 USB or 50.300 FM
>144.200 USB  or 146.580 FM
>222.100 USB or 223.500 FM
>432.100 USB or 446.000 FM
>927.500 FM
>1296.100 USB or 1294.500 FM
>
>Antenna orientation is Vertical for all but 6 meter SSB.   Since 90% 
>of the stations in the area are using vertical antennas this just makes sense.
>
>For more information see these websites:
>
><http://www.qsl.net/a/ak-vhf/Contests/>http://www.qsl.net/a/ak-vhf/Contests/
>http://www.arrl.org/september-vhf
>
>Contest runs from 10 am Saturday until 4 pm Sunday, with the peak of 
>action between 10am and 2pm on Saturday.  So if you have a radio 
>capable of these bands, even an HT will work locally.  At least make 
>yourself a contest contact for a few folks.  I worked HT's on FM 
>every year while on the Hillside.  If even 25% of the Hams in 
>Anchorage were to get active for 1 hour the local contest stations 
>could log hundreds of contacts (VHF and UHF) and really get the 
>attention of those hard core contest stations down in the lesser 48!
>
>Remember too that the KL7AA station is available for use, contact 
><mailto:activities at kl7aa.net>activities at kl7aa.net.
>
>
>Ron Keech, KL7YK

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