CQ WW VHF this weekend (was: Re: [NLRS] Good tropo ?)

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

All,

And don't forget that there is a CONTEST on 50 and 144 MHz this weekend, the 
CQ WW VHF. (Rules on the web at: http://www.cqww-vhf.com/cqwwvhf_2006.pdf 
and just drop the part after the .com for the general web page for the 
contest.)

In addition, while some of you may have already seen this on the 
VHFContesting Reflector...Ev, W2EV, and the "RFSport" team have released a 
version of their "real-time" logger to do a "Contest Within A Contest" for 
CQ WW VHF as they have done for the Sprints...this *could* be interesting 
for fixed stations with Internet access...as I read it, you need to have an 
"instance" of the logger running for each of the bands...more details on the 
VHFContesting Reflector (archives accessible at 
http://lists.contesting.com/_vhfcontesting ) and at http://www.RFSport.com.

It's looking like there will be a "RoverMania 0.3" with THREE Rovers (Mike, 
WB8BZK; Tom and Penny, K9TMS; and myself) "running" near the 88 degree West 
longitude line (a la what the Tim and Pat "Rover Extraordinaire" team did in 
the ARRL June VHF QSO party, though not quite the same as they did it), from 
latitudes 41N and 42N on Saturday and 42N, 43N and 44N on Sunday. Basically, 
that's Grid Squares EN50-54 and EN60-64.

AND, as an added bonus, though focussed on Saturday afternoon, anOTHER Rover 
(Zack, W9SZ) will be down by 40N for EM59wx/69ax/EN50xf/60af (though he 
*might* be on from EN51 for a bit Saturday evening and *possibly* from EN61 
on Sunday).

This weather system could create some especially interesting conditons for 
the early morning on Sunday where the ground has cooled off overnight and as 
the sun rises to start warming the atmosphere before the ground.

I'll be trying the "73"s as my operating frequencies, 50.173 and 144.173, 
but will ALSO be making calls on 144.200, especially upon grid changes, and 
on 50.125 if 50 MHz is "that quiet" (hoping that will NOT be the case!).

Actual time spent at locations will depend on conditions/activity though as 
the focus will be on maximizing time in the vicinity of the Grid Corners. 
Also under _consideration_ are travel routes between the corners that will 
be "near" the grid border rather than hopping the couple of miles over to 
Interstates which shorten the time for trips between corners but keep you in 
one grid to try and capitalize on sporadic openings by working the stations 
that we hear from more than one grid. We'll see how/if that works/has any 
impact.

73, JK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jcplatt1 at mmm.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 08:38
Subject: [NLRS] Good tropo ?




With the hot weather and strong cap developing over the next few days tropo
should definitely be on the upswing.    A look at the Hepburn forecast
shows good "local" tropo throughout this time period.   Sunday morning
looks interesting looking due east.

Remember that we have started on a new 2006/2007 States Above season.
Looks like this may be a good opportunity to catch some of those DX States.

73, Jon
W0ZQ

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