[AK-VHF] So close, yet so far

[Brandon Clark]

Tom, Ed, and Chris,

I'm glad the topic of the 1.25 M band came up. I've been giving serious 
thought to adding 1.25 M capability to my station. Anchorage ARES has 
some assets on that band, so it would be nice to help build that out. 
For contesting there is also the obvious advantage of being able to pick 
up more multipliers.

And there's also the fact that antennas on that band seem to fall into a 
"sweet spot" as far as the ratio of gain to physical size. They're 
compact like antennas for the 70 cm band, but the signals get through 
foliage a little better (from what I've heard).

I'll definitely be adding capability on that band, and it will almost 
certainly be a transverter. I don't know if I'll have that capability by 
the January contest, but definitely by June.

Brandon


On 11/27/18 12:11 PM, Christopher Brown wrote:
> I have 222 SSB as well, and KL6M is the only other station I am aware of
> with the capability.
>
> On 11/27/18 12:01, Edward R Cole wrote:
>> Tom,
>>
>> I had a 222/28 transverter which would do all modes and sold it about
>> a year ago because there is only FM activity.  I bought a Bridgecom
>> BCM-220 30w mobile which I use two 11-element yagis at 60-foot.  I
>> also have a 130w linear.
>>
>> Originally I had two 150w amps which I considered combining to try
>> 222-eme but finally decided I did not have enough power/gain for eme
>> and also because there are few stations on 222-eme.  I think KL6M is
>> the only station with 222 SSB/CW.
>>
>> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>>
>> At 08:14 AM 11/27/2018, Tom Elmore wrote:
>>> Brandon, does anyone operate 220 on SSB up here or is it only FM.
>>>
>>>> On November 27, 2018 at 1:02 AM Brandon Clark <kl7bsc at gmail.com
>>> mailto:kl7bsc at gmail.com > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      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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