[NLRS] September VHF Contest - W0ZQ plans and east/west activitytimes

[Todd Sprinkmann]

   Hello Jon,

   I will definitely be on and I will be looking (as always) toward 
NLRS-land.

   I am the easiest EN63 anyone to the west will ever work.  If our 
house
were on the western side of our road, we'd be in EN53.  Good antennas
and height on all bands -- really hope to hear some weak ones and dig
them out.  If I had a list of all the NLRS stations I hear off their 
sides in
contests, it would surprise a lot of folks.  So I'm looking very forward 
to
these activity hours.

  May I suggest changing the 2-3pm Sunday window?  Both the Packers and
Vikings have noon games on Sunday.  I suspect activity will be 
diminished during
that time.

   Also, since N ILL is included in this discussion, the Bears have a 
game that
starts @ 3:15pm on Sunday.

   I'd vote for either early morning Sunday or after 7pm Sunday evening.

  We've already been talking about this contest and the West/East 
activity times
over here.  If people do indeed look both ways and participate, it 
should be a
very active contest.

   73,
   Todd  KC9BQA  EN63ao

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W0ZQ at aol.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: [NLRS] September VHF Contest - W0ZQ plans and east/west 
activitytimes


>
>
> Hello NLRS land.
>
> With the September VHF contest only two weeks away,  its time for some
> chatter.   I plan to activate my home station in  EN34iu on 6m through 
> at least 3456
> MHz.   Who else will be around for  the contest ?
>
> Last year NLRS sent in 17 logs, CVVHF sent in 8, and the Badger 
> Contesters
> another 13.   Lets see if our plans for getting more WI & MN  synergy 
> going may
> grow those numbers this year.   Remember, no log is  too small to send 
> in and
> paper logs are OK (forms can be downloaded from the  ARRL website).
>
> Regarding our previous discussion for an east/west  activity "hour" I
> received only positive comments from QSO hunger contesters on  both 
> sides of the
> cheese line.  I forgot what I had originally  proposed in terms of the 
> actual
> times, but I think I had suggested one hour on  Saturday and a second 
> hour on
> Sunday as not everyone can make one time or the  other.   Since the 
> beginning of
> the contest is usually busy, as is the  end of the contest, how about 
> 8:00 to
> 9:00 pm on Saturday evening and again at  2:00 to 3:00 pm on Sunday 
> afternoon.
> During these time periods  Dakota Division stations look east while 
> WI, MI,
> and northern IL stations look  west.   Obviously people are not locked 
> into
> concrete with this  proposal as the occurrence of any 6m E's, aurora, 
> or tropo
> may throw a wrench  into the plan.
>
> So who's going to be on ?  Any rovers out & about  ?   Anyone needs to 
> borrow
> some rover antennas - just ask me.   Comments on the suggested 
> east/west
> activity times ?
>
> For those on the CVVHF and Badgers reflectors, please post this note 
> there
> for feedback & comments.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
>
>
>
>
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