[NLRS] 222 & Up Distance Contest

[ka0ryt1]

Contest  plans + FT8  Info  de KA0RYT Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. HELLO, I am  planning on  doing  some antenna  work at the farm  Friday  and this  weekend  . Will  try to get the  DSFO-25-432 up in place of the  2m12 ..... I  have  Amp#2 out  at the farm and  will  replacing the  power supply  components...... should be  good for  1300 watts + also have a  new ODO 2 stage  preamp.  Now  the FT8 calling  frequency is  432.174 BUT FT8 needs some help doing the full grid exchange. .... To do FT8 for this contest  ( 222.174 , 432.174 , etc ) you need to  go into  WSJTX and then  select  : FILE , SETTINGS , ADVANCED , and the check EU VHF CONTEST  ...... After  that you'll have to  add  the full grid info under the GENERAL tab . I then went into TX MACROS ( still in the settings ) and added  CQ TEST KA0RYT  EN35CT  and  R EN35CT  ......  I ended up getting  this info  from the VHF Slack pages  . I  hope  to work a few on 432 SSB , CW or FT8 .73s , Ron KA0RYT EN35ct 
-------- Original message --------From: Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net> Date: 7/30/20  10:28 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net Subject: [NLRS] 222 & Up Distance Contest Its this weekend, 1 PM Saturday to 1 PM Sunday (24 hrs).  Don't plan to wait to get on until Sunday night !   The contest exchange is your six digit (not four digit) grid locator, for example EN34it.   Six digits are used for increased precision as to your location because the contest is based on distance.  Oh yea, its 222 and up.   Not seeing a lot of posted activity.  Check out Paul's 222MHz & Up Distance Contest activity spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rvE8977WNx7KWtkCpLWmmQS38923TLVFOuCZcFrkyII/edit#gid=1  and post your plans.  Note along the bottom of the spreadsheet that there is a tab for fixed stations and a tab for rovers.   Also note the Upper Midwest Spotting page for during the contest at www.w0uc.com/spots.htmlRight now the weather forecast for Saturday afternoon calls for 60% chance of rain while Sunday looks dry.73, JonW0ZQ______________________________________________________________NLRS mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nlrsHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:NLRS at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html