[PaQSO] Bands

[K3YD at aol.com]

A few thoughts about the use of VHF/UHF bands.

Last year ('04) I operated with the N3GWR M/M group.  Location was a rural 
hillside in SE Berks county.  This is at a location which allows UHF TV 
reception from Delaware, FM broadcast & VHF-TV out of Tidewater (Norfolk area), VA.  
We expected to have very good coverage of the counties of greater Phila, DE, 
MD, SNJ and perhaps VA.

We operated at the 100 watt level on 6, 2, and 440, in SSB/FM and had 6 or 7 
QSO's, total, on those 3 bands.  Our conclusion was that the effort to install 
the antennas was not rewarded.  Perhaps a major VHF contest station (KW, 
beams at 80', etc.) would have better results?

Allow the use of these bands?  Absolutely!  Expect much from them?  Not in 
our experience.  Your results may vary.

73,  Blair K3YD