[AK-VHF] ARRL June Test Next Weekend

[Paul Kiesel]

Hello Guys and Gals -

This is just a reminder that the June contest is upon us. Please set some time aside to operate and pass out some points to fellow participants and see if you can win a certificate. Don't forget to include the "CLUB: Alaska VHF-Up Group" line in your cabrillo file. Rules for the contest can be found on the Club's Contests page at

http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/Contests/ .

There you will also find the announcement for the CQ World Wide VHF Contest which occurs in July.

On a non-contest-related note, there was a strong sporadic-E opening yesterday morning early on 50 MHz between stations in Japan and Taiwan and stations in Alaska, British Columbia and Washington. Signals were very strong. For me the opening was from about 0630 UTC until about 0845 UTC. However, stations in Alaska were working stations in Japan earlier than that. The sporadic-E season is up and going. Time to watch for potential DX contacts on six meters.

73 for now,
Paul, K7CW
AVG Contest Guy