[AK-VHF] So close, yet so far

[Paul Kiesel]

Way to go, Brandon!

You will get it done... and more. Identify what you
need to concentrate your attention on. Hint:
In remote areas and valleys, use meteor scatter
by reflecting your signal off distant peaks.
MSK144 mode in WSJTx is very effective in doing
this. Of course you would have to have a computer
along with you to use that mode and also the 
the stations you want to contact need to have it, too. 
FT8 is effective if you have continuous propagation 
but weak signals. MSK144 needs only very short 
pieces of signal to get information across. That's
why it is effective for meteor scatter. Just a 
suggestion.

Keep working at it.

I moderate a Distance Scoreboard for members of the 
Pacific Northwest VHF Society whose member
area includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
British Columbia. We keep track of distance records
within our area. You can get an idea of what is possible
by studying the scoreboard. Look here:

https://www.qsl.net/k7cw/pnwvhfs/distancescoreboard.html .

Meteor scatter contacts can be made at distances as 
short as 200 miles or even less. Maybe you have
already tried it.

All the best,

Paul, K7CW
AVG Contest Guy
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On Mon, 11/26/18, Brandon Clark <kl7bsc at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [AK-VHF] So close, yet so far
 To: "AK VHF+ Group" <ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net>
 Date: Monday, November 26, 2018, 10:02 PM
 
 I finally got around to looking at my QST
 magazine and saw that the June
 VHF results are in. I looked up my call
 and found I managed 550 points. Not
 bad for my first time ever roving, and
 especially in a place where "there's
 no VHF activity up here".
 
 The butt kicker though . . . If I had
 only another 11 points I would have
 made it into QST for the West Coast
 Region. (Done that twice before
 operating SOP.)
 
 Eleven points! So close, and yet so
 far, lol.
 
 Brandon
 
 Ps: Looking forward to the August
 contest results. I was able to activate
 another two grids in that contest, so I
 think I did better than in June.
 Fingers crossed.
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