The problem is we can't all operate on the same frequency lol. I know
that in the past we have chose a run frequency of 144.242 or .244 and of
course we end up moving a few khz one way or another depending on what
other people decide to do during the contest. And since we all share the
bands, this really doesn't become an issue for us. We try to take note
what other rovers claim as their RUN frequency as well before the contest
and then we try to look for them there. The reality of the situation is
this however, rovers unless in a really good high location are hunting and
pouncing a large portion of the time. We keep looking for the next
contact and are always turning our beams. When all else fails, we then
return back to our run frequency (or try to) and call CQ a bunch of times.
We also may be working up the bands even though we are on our run
frequency. Having a 2M IF for half the microwaves can tend to make it
difficult to operate on 2 meters unless coordinating a microwave contact.
In the end, we do the best we can and if we are lucky we've worked a few
of the rovers out there in a few of the grids we go to.
Not sure what our roving plans are going to be as of yet. Have a few
rover issues to concur this week, time/weather permitting and waiting to
see how the weather is going to turn out for us. Anyhow with any luck we
will be on the air and have a blast working you all this weekend.
73's,
Dave W3DIO
K3LFO/R team
http://www.k3lfo.org/
> FWIW- as a newbie, I've noted on my cheat sheet that rovers sometimes use
> 50.185 on 6M
> 144.240 on 2M
> and 144.260 for the coordination frequency for UHF contests.
>
> I'm all ears for other thoughts.
>
>
> Chet, N8RA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of James French
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 7:16 PM
> To: Steve Clifford
> Cc: VHF Contesting email
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Common rover frequency
>
>
> Suggested calling frequency for Michigan Microwavers/Rovers is 144.260
> Mhz.
>
>
> James W8ISS
> =====
>
>
> On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 18:09 -0500, Steve Clifford wrote:
>
>> Here is an idea I've been kicking around for these contests. Rovers
>> are not often crossing paths. It would seem to me that in the heat of a
>> contest with a lot of QSYing and moving that rovers could agree on using
>> a common frequency. If base stations just got used to looking for
> rovers at...
>> say... 144.245, I think we could all benefit. Base stations looking for
>> a specific rover sure wouldn't be disappointed if they found other roves
>> when they called. Rovers similarly wouldn't mind being found when a
>> base was looking for somebody else.
>>
>> So in an effort to see how this works, I'll be using 144.245 this
>> contest. Any time I am not doing a search and pounce, or QSY to other
>> bands, I'll be on or listening to 144.245. I encourage other rovers to
>> use this frequency. Let's see how a shared rover spot works.
>>
>> Steve
>> K4GUN/R
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