[AK-VHF] Club Pride

[Edward R Cole]

I forgot to say that Saturday, Sept. 12 is the MARA Hamfest which 
many of you may attend.  Activity for the contest can shift to Sunday 
as a result.

I may opt to cancel the Sept. 12 Saturday morning net (haven't 
decided), and concentrate on 2m-eme on Saturday (if Moon is up).  EME 
and meteor scatter contacts count in the ARRL VHF Contests.

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EME typically involves large antenna arrays and high power, but ms 
can be done with moderate sized antennas and power (on 6m: 3-element 
yagi and 100w, for example).   Almost all new HF radios have 6m with 
100w!  So all you need is an antenna.  Even just a dipole will work 
DX in an opening.  I suggest looking at the Moxon which has the gain 
of a two-element yagi.  Or get a larger 6m yagi (five-element are not 
that large or expensive).  Many HF beams work on 6m, as well.

Much of AK is within range of ms (even Whitehorse, YT is only 600 
miles from Anchorage).  MS range limit is considered 1300 
miles.  Several 6m stations in the Vancouver, BC area are within that 
range (I worked VE7TOM on 6m  FT8 during FD, and I run 80w to a 
3-element yagi).  Yellow Knife, NWT is 1200 miles from 
Anchorage.  Ketchikan is 700-miles.

Food for thought!  July 18-19 is the CQ VHF Contest which will bring 
out a lot of operation on 6m (and 2m).

73, Ed - KL7UW
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At 09:24 AM 7/8/2020, Edward R Cole wrote:
>Very interesting write up on this year's January VHF Contest.
>
>I noted in the club standings the bottom 17 clubs ran 3 to 6 log 
>entries!  As a club we can certainly challenge that if more would 
>enter their logs.  We ranked ahead of three other clubs this 
>time.  Three entries is the minimum to be recognized as a club.
>
>Individual scores are recognized by ARRL Section so not hard to win 
>a certificate for 1st place in the AK Section.  I've done it several 
>times (mostly because I submitted a log).  There are several classes 
>in the ARRL VHF Contests and you can win the FM-only Award!  Rovers 
>get awards!  High power and low power awards.
>
>Maybe you do the contests just for the "FUN" of enjoying the extra 
>activity!  I think that motivates most of us "Up here"!  If you run 
>FT8 in contest mode your log will automatically be saved and entered 
>to a Cabrillo form.  I do mainly paper logging so just transcribe 
>that to the Cabrillo form using the link on the contest page of the 
>AK VHF-UP Group website.
>
>I believe many popular ham log programs will transfer to making a 
>Cabrillo log.  But you can just download the paper log forms and use 
>a pencil/pen.
>
>Hoping the June stats for AK show more activity.  This fall I am 
>likely to go roving to Diamond Ridge above Homer to operated many 
>bands (maybe even 10-GHz if a partner can be found in Anchorage.
>
>Thanks to all who "came out" for the contest!  And don't forget the 
>9:30 am Saturday 2m Net.
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW
>President AK VHF-Up Group
>
>At 07:21 AM 7/8/2020, Brandon Clark wrote:
>>Hello Group,
>>
>>Some of you may have seen this morning that the ARRL letter made 
>>mention of a better write-up for the 2020 January VHF contest. The 
>>link is: 
>>https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2020/Jan-VHF-2020-FinalFullResults.pdf
>>
>>I did a quick ctrl-F for "KL7" and wouldn't you know it, we showed 
>>up. Our scores don't compare to those from rover stations in the 
>>lower 48 where there are millions more people, but we still did 
>>really well. Not bad for a bunch of Alaskans running around in the snow!
>>
>>January was a club best for contacts at that time, but in June we 
>>had a bunch more contacts than in January. I'm interested to see 
>>how we did in that event.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Brandon
>>
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