Jim,
I have been VHF contesting for a little over a decade now with primary
interest on 2m with a smidgen of 6m and 432. I know with my low power and
lack of bands I have little hope of winning anything big but I have found
that by concentrating on 2 meters I have been able get a North Florida 2 m
winner certificate from ARRL in every contest that I entered except three.
That's about 27 out of 30 winners. If I had QSYed to 6 meters during
openings I would not have been able to compete with the big guys and I would
have lost my advantage on. 2 meters.
My advice to the little guy is to concentrate on one band and make it as
good as you can. If 6 meters is your best band then fine.
David
KE4YYD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Worsham" <wa4kxy@bellsouth.net>
To: "'Zack Widup'" <w9sz@prairienet.org>; "'Paul N1BUG'"
<paul_n1bug@verizon.net>
Cc: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] FN55 N1BUG contest plans
> Yeah, but when 6 is open you will be talking to yourself with just 2 and
> 432
> since everyone will be on 6. I wouldn't even consider operating in a VHF
> contest without some 6 meter capability. I vote 6, 2 and 432 as the
> minimum. Add 222 if you can.
>
> 73
> Jim, W4KXY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Zack Widup
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:34 AM
> To: Paul N1BUG
> Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] FN55 N1BUG contest plans
>
>
> I would go with 144 and 432. 144 has always been the "meat and potatoes"
> band for me, with 432 a close second. I don't make too many random QSO's
> on
> 222 and in some contests 50 MHz is completely dead and my portable beam
> isn't large enough to overcome that.
>
> Good luck!
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Paul N1BUG wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm contemplating the future band line up here. I could drastically
>> downsize all the antennas in order to get 4 bands operational again.
>> Having operated with small antennas before, I know large ones are
>> preferred this far from the activity centers. Or I could juggle the
>> bands around. I'm curious... given ANY TWO bands out of
>> 50-144-222-432, which two would you most like to see regularly active
>> in contests from this grid? 222-432 would mean no liason on lower
>> bands...
>>
>> Good luck to all!
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul N1BUG FN55mf
>
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