The date for the January VHF contest is shown as "will generally be the third or fourth weekend in January" http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf I'm just curious is there a historical reason why there is
Has to do with NFL football schedule I believe The date for the January VHF contest is shown as "will generally be the third or fourth weekend in January" http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf January VHF<
The real question is why its not between the AFC / NFC championships and the Superbowl, like it used to be before the league added another week of football? Damn silly to not slide it a week to incr
Hi Everyone...It ought to be as close to the Quadrantids as possible. The Quads normally peak somewhere in Jan 3-5. That shower is a very short one, so if it could fall in the contest that would be g
The problem with that date is that it may be too close to the holidays for some. Some people travel far away with no radios and don't get back home till the week after the holidays are over. 73, Zack
Author: Dan via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 23:12:30 -0400
Foots nicely with the movement I've been trying to promote, namely swapping ARRL Jan VHF with the RTTY Roundup. Winter Es have been non-existent in the few Jan VHFs I've been in, but could be much be
Author: Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 08:23:46 -0400
" it could even share a weekend with CQ 160 CW." There are a large number of us weak signal types that participate in the various 160M contests. I do not think sharing a weekend with the CQ contest w
Author: Dan via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 11:36:38 -0500
Guess I need to clarify that this comment was intended to mean that the RTTY Roundup could share a weekend with CQ 160 CW. If we move the VHF test to early January it is 3-4 weeks away from the CW 16