[ILQSO] VHF

[Dennis Miller]

N9MVX will be using the 145.11 repeater tower and antenna on 146.55 in St. Clair county. Simplex range is 60 miles minimum, covering 16 counties. 
All 10 of our portable stations have 50 watts of 2m on push up poles, and even a couple mobiles using 146.55 to give our portable stations their counties. 
It's also a great way for portable stations on opposite county corners to communicate and spot. We have 3 stations in 8 counties that are full scale to each other and we'll holler out "Warren on 7.233!" And even suggest calling stations after a QSO to go down to 7.xxx to pick up one of our guys at Massoc / Johnson / Pulaski. 
I think I had 9 multipliers last year on 146.55. I'd have to look at the logs to see how many total mults the PRIME ARA got from using 2 meters. Probably close to 40. It works really good if you plan it out. 


73 Dennis KM9O
GROL PG00045411 

    On Thursday, October 17, 2019, 04:31:27 PM UTC, Danny Pease <dpease at adams.net> wrote:  
 
 The Illinois QSO Party uses 160 through 10 meters (excluding WARC bands and
60 meters) and 6 an 2 meters.

If you use VHF, it must be on simplex, any mode, no repeater or satellites.

We do ask you refrain from calling on 146.520. 146.550 has been the
suggested frequency for 2 meter FM. On 6 meters we have suggested 50.125 and
up for SSB or just below 50.100 for CW. I do not believe anyone has
suggested a 6 meter FM frequency.

I mention this because there are many Technicians that will not operate HF
and if you can get them on, there are a lot of potential points to be had in
metropolitan areas from VHF QSO's. For those that have several operators in
a county, adding 6 and 2 meters can significantly increase your points
total. Say you work 100 multipliers, adding 10 VHF QSO's will add 1000
points to your total. 

Danny NG9R


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