[NLRS] Speaking of six meters - "Fall" 50 MHz Sprint THIS weekend

[Zack Widup]

I still haven't recovered from the UHF contest. I can see the logic behind
it - maybe there is a better chance of having some Es propagation in August
than in October. But with the September contest the weekend before and the
first weekend of the 10 GHz contest the weekend after, it's too much for me.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:16 PM, John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK <
hamk9jk at ameritech.net> wrote:

>
>
> Has anyone else noticed that the Southeast VHF Society's "Fall"
> Sprint for 50 MHz will be in the >>Summer<< this year?
>
> I know that I gave some feedback that holding it at the end of
> October seemed less than optimal and I am pretty sure that some
> others did, too.
>
> So, can you spare four hours this coming Saturday to dabble on
> 50 MHz? It seems sporadic-E has been very light recently (though
> maybe Matt's catch of EL39 is a good sign?).
>
> For us in the Central Daylight Time zone, the 'local' times are
> 3pm to 7pm, 2000 to 2400Z on Saturday, August 11. Traditional
> scoring so only 4-character Grid exchanges required (SVHFS has
> only adopted distance scoring for the Microwave/902 MHz & Up
> Fall Sprint).
>
> I will be "/R", but closer to home here in the Chicago area,
> so not likely that I'll reach anyone up in the Twin Cities area.
> I'd welcome a surprise (or several?), though.
>
> 73, JK
>
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