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[SECC] Last Week's Claimed Scores; This Week's Contests

Subject: [SECC] Last Week's Claimed Scores; This Week's Contests
From: k4bai at att.net (John Laney)
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:10:55 -0400
On 6/6/2012 10:14 AM, wb4sq at yahoo.com wrote:
> John,
>
> Looking forward to the ARRL VHF contest this weekend.  Will only be on 6M and 
> part time at best with warnings to the xyl about needing contest time.  Any 
> help with what to expect or helpful tips?  I'll be running 200 watts into a 
> home brew 5 element quad @ 30 ft.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 6, 2012, at 10:10 AM, John Laney<k4bai at att.net>  wrote:
>
>> Greetings from the mountains of Western North Carolina.
>>
>> Last Week's Claimed Scores:
>>
>> 1.  NCCC RTTY Sprint Practice, 6/1/12
>> W4OC   26  23  598  0.5  SC  SECC  SO2R
>>
>> 2.  NCCC NS Sprint Ladder, 6/1/12
>> N4OGW  57  42  2,394  SOLP  0.5  AL  ACG   SO2R
>> K4BAI  48  39  1,872  SOLP  0.5  GA  SECC
>> W4OC   48  35  1,680  SOLP  0.5  SC  SECC  SO2R
>> W4NZ   43  38  1,634  SOLP  0.5  TN  TCG   SO2R
>>
>> 3. Alabama QSO Party
>> Call    CW Q  Ph Q  CW M  Ph M  Score    Category        Time   St
>> Club  Misc
>> AD8J/M   883    98    45    29  158,440  SOMob+DrvMixHP  12     AL  SECC
>> N4ZZ/M  1543     0    47     0  145,042  MOMob CW LP     12     AL  TCG
>>    Ops:  N4ZZ, KI4HVY, AD4EB
>> KN4Y/M   684     0    45     0  116,964  SOMob+DrvCW LP  12     AL
>> Sportsman's Paradisc ARC 15 co'S
>> N4KG     381   201    43    42   81,855  SOMix HP         9     AL  ACG
>> KX4X       0  1069     0    58   62,002  SO SSB HP       __     AL  ACG
>> KY5R       0  1066     0    56   59,696  SO SSB HP       10.5   AL  ACG
>> KC4HW    221     3    44     0   53,212  SO CW  LP        7     AL  ACG
>> K4SAV    476     0    53     0   50,456  SO CW  HP       11     AL  ACG
>> WX4MM      0   503     0    52   47,533  SO SSB LP       10     AL  ACG
>> K4ZGB/M  560     0    41     0   45,920  SOMob CW LP     12     AL  ACG
>> 15 Co's
>> K4ACG    157   246    37    44   45,360  SOMix  LP        9.5   AL  ACG
>> By WA1FCN
>> K4HAL    300    65    43    18   40,565  SOMix  HP        7     AL  ACG
>> KM4JA    273    61    42    24   40,062  SOMix  LP       11     AL  ACG
>> W4HOD    305     7    50     7   35,169  M/S Mix HP      10     AL  ACG
>> Ops: AA4YL, K4IQJ, K9MUG, KA4PKB
>> NV4B     194    97    41    31   34,920  SO Mix LP        5.36  AL  ACG
>> W4NBS    230    61    41    24   33,865  SOMix  LP        6.5   AL  ACG
>> N4PN     140    51    53    28   26,811  SOMix  HP       11     GA  SECC
>> KR4F     266     0    47     0   25,004  SO CW  LP        6.75  AL  ACG
>> N4NM     243     0    49     0   24,157  SO CW HP         4:30  AL  ACG
>> N4KH     185    40    40    15   22,550  SOMix  LP        _     AL  ACG
>> K3IE     192    13    41    11   20,644  SOMix  LP        5     AL  ACG
>> N4UC     239     0    40     0   19,120  SO CW  LP        7.5   AL  ACG
>> WQ5L/4   188     1    38     0   14,212  SO CW  LP        6     AL
>> W4UCZ    103     0    48     0    9,888  SO CW  LP       10     GA  SECC
>> KJ4LTA     0   192     0    43    8,256  SOSSB  LP        7     AL  ACG
>> KD8IGK     0   139     0    41    5,658  SOSSB  LP        6:12  AL  ACG
>> K1GU      50     0    19     0    4,350  SO CW  LP        2.4   TN  TCG
>> KU8E      48    15    25    12    4,107  SOMix  LP        2:45  GA  SECC
>> W4NZ      62     0    31     0    3,844  SO CW  HP        _     TN  TCG
>> K4AB       0   100     0    36    3,600  SOSSB  HP        0:37  AL  ACG
>> KN4QD     54    14    25    12    2,868  SOMix  LP        3     SC  SECC
>> NJ8J      46    19    25    13    2,470  SOMix  LP        6.5   GA  SECC
>> WX4MAP    34     0    17     0    1,156  SO CW  LP        0:32  AL  RCRC
>> K4AMA     22     2    16     2      828  SOMix  LP        2     SC  SECC
>> N4GG      18     0    14     0      504  SO CW  HP        _     GA  SECC
>>
>> This Week's Contests:
>>
>> 1.  NCCC RTTY Practice.  0130-0159Z Friday (Thurs nihgt local).  100W
>> maximum power.  One kHz QSY rule.  Exchange:  both calls, #, name, SPC.
>> Bands at least 20, 40, 80.  Watch for annoncement.
>>
>> 2. NCCC NS Sprint Ladder.  0230-0259Z Fridya (Thurs night local).  20,
>> 40, 80, 160M CW.  100W maximum power.  One kHz QSY rule.  Exchange:
>> both calls, #, name, SPC.  There are still some slow speed exchanges in
>> SNS 0200-0220Z on 20, 40 and 80M even though the announcements have stopped.
>>
>> 3.  DRCG Long Distance Contest, RTTY.  0000-0759Z Sat; 1600-2359Z Sat;
>> 0800-1600Z Sun.  80-10M RTTY.  Exchange:  RST + CQ Zone + 4 digit time
>> UTC.  Work each station once per band.
>>
>> 4.  Portugal Day Contest.  24 hours of Saturday UTC.  80-10M CW, SSB.
>> Exchange:  RS(T) + Serial # or CT District.  Work everyone.
>>
>> 5.  VK Shire Contest.  06Z Sat to 06Z Sun.  80-10M CW, SSB.  Exchange:
>> RS(T) + VK Shire or CQ Zone.
>>
>> 6.  Asia=Pacific Sprint SSB.  11-13Z Sat.  10, 15M SSB.  Exchange:  RST
>> + Serial #.  QSY rule.  Work only A-P area stations.
>>
>> 7.  GACW WWSA CW DX Contest.  15Z Sat to 15Z Sun.  80-10M CW.
>> Exchange:  RST + CQ Zone.  Work everyone, but 0 points for same country
>> QSOs.
>>
>> 8.  REF DDFM 6M Contest.  16Z Sat to 16Z Sun.  6M CW, SSB, FM.
>> Exchange:  RS(T) + serial # + 4 character grid square.
>>
>> 9.  ARRL June VHF QSO Party.  18Z Sat to 0259Z Mon.  6M and up all
>> modes.  Exchange:  4 character grid square.
>>
>> 10.  Straight Key Century Club Weekend Sprintathon.  24 hours of Sunday
>> UTC.  160-6M CW.  Use mechanical key.  Exchange:  RST + Name + SPC +
>> SKCC# or "none."  Look around 050 kHz on most bands.
>>
>> 11.  CWOps CWT Mini Tests. Three separate one-hour mini tests.
>> Wednesday.  13Z, 19Z and 03Z (Thursday UTC).  Exchange:  Name + CWOps #
>> or SPC,  160-10M CW.  Look around 028 kHz on each band.
>>
>> Hope everyone has a nice week and a lot of QSOs.
>>
>> 73, John, K4BAI.
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Hi Gary;  You should do very well up to 200 miles or so.  You will need 
to be pointed in the direction of your target stations.  When the band 
opens, it will be indeed a "magic" band.  Most of the time, the 
propagation is direct, but you may find some, particularly to the 
Caribbean can be worked backscatter with the beam in the opposite 
direction.  Work a few and then try running yourself.  It may take a few 
tries until you get a clear frequency.  On phone, you may find a good 
running frequency above 50.1 mHz.  On CW, you will find most activity 
between 50.080 and 50.100, but some stations, particularly DX stations, 
may be on CW above 50.1 mHz.  Rovers sometimes also work CW in the phone 
band.  Best not to try to work anything but DX between 50.1 and 50.125.  
If the band is just opening and you are called on 50.125 kHz, work just 
a few and then announce that you will be moving up to a certain 
frequency and leave the calling frequency clear.  When the band appears 
dead, you can monitor the frequencies from 50.0 to 50.080 for beacons.  
However, during a contest, they will be of less help since activity will 
normally be heard from contest stations whenever beacons from the same 
area can be heard.

You can work each station only once, regardless of mode.  So, no sense 
in calling someone you have worked on the other mode, since that would 
be a "dupe" and you may loose time while the other station ignores you.

If we get a typical Es opening, it may start to the northeast and swing 
around to the north, northwest, and then the west.  But, there is no 
guarantee that it will happen that way.  Sometimes, we will get Es only 
to South FL and/or the Caribbean.  Other times, we will get Es only to 
south TX, or to the Denver area, or to Ohio.  Sometimes, this is 
referred to as "spotlight" propagation.

When stations stop calling you, tune the bands for the strong stations 
you haven't already worked and then try to opposite mode.

A DVK and a memory keyer (or computer keying CW with "repeat" feature 
on) will be very helpful.  Any of these need the "repeat" feature when 
the band is dead.  When the band appears to be dead, I CQ with my beam 
to the nearest population area (Atlanta) and gradually swing it around 
to the West and South then back to the East.

Keep trying to make something happen!

Don't be surprised if the band is open long after sundown.  Sometimes, 
our best openings are after sundown.  I haven't had much luck in our 
mornings recently.

Some of this may be helpful to others who don't have vast experience on 
6M, so I will reply to the repeater.  Perhaps others can contribute 
tips.  How about tips on working DX during the June VHF QSO Party on six 
meters, Mike, K4PI?  Or Ron, W4WA?

If you have higher bands available, have them warmed up because you will 
be asked to QSY to other bands, particularly when Es is not open on six M.

Good luck to all.  I hope to work you all this weekend on 6M only, 
also.  73, John, K4BAI.

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