I'll second Paul's motion for the coastal route, with emphasis on 6 meters
double-hop sporadic-E. I don't need as many grids along the east coast as Paul
does, since he is way up there in the northwest corner of the country, but we
do have two in common -- FM13 and FM25. FM13, Kure Beach / Ft Fisher NC area,
gets activated from time to time, but I've never caught them at the right
time; even from here in NM, it's double-hop. FM25, Cape Hatteras NC, is
equipped with a nice 6m beacon on 50.062 MHz; I've heard it on several
occasions, but have never caught the beacon owner (K4MHZ) on the air at the
same time. Both these grids are fairly rare out here in the West.
Bill W5WVO
DM65 NM
Paul Kiesel wrote:
> Steve,
>
> If you're looking for persuasion, let me encourage you to do the
> "coastal run."
> It would please me, indeed, to work any one (more would make me jump
> for joy!) of FM13, FM15, FM25 and FM27.
>
> While we're talking about activating grids, I also need these grids
> in W4: EL79, EL84, EM62, EM87, EM91 and EM97. Working any of these
> grids would make me equally as happy!
>
> So, thanks for letting us get some input. Hope to working in the
> contest.
>
> 73,
> Paul, K7CW CN87
>
> --- On Thu, 3/19/09, Steve Clifford <k4gun.r@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Steve Clifford <k4gun.r@gmail.com>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] June VHF plans
> To: "VHF Contesting email" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 11:57 AM
>
> With all the recent discussions about rules, I thought I'd post a
> topic that
> gets back to actual operating. I'm trying to decide where to rove in
> June
> this year. Last year, I made a few mistakes with my operating and
> travel
> plans and while I still did well, I could have done better. My big
> mistake
> was to not take full advantage of the 6 meter E skip openings that
> lasted
> for most of the contest. I made a good number of 6 meter contacts, but
> spent too much time calling on 2 meters. I should have just did S&P
> until I
> worked all the stations and then set up to calling CQ myself.
>
> The recent January contest also opened my eyes to how well a Limited
> Rover
> can do with some elevation. Even without tropo skip and with low
> numbers of
> stations in January, I ran pile-ups from Skyline Drive. The number of
> Qs
> was MUCH better on 144, 222 and 432 than they ever had been. I had
> operated
> from the same spot before, but it wasn't until that day that it really
> showed a demonstrable difference with my other rover locations.
>
> This morning I was reading the latest QST where it discusses the most
> needed 6 meter grids. Being on the East coast, there isn't a lot of
> rare grids,
> but there are 4 that are fairly desirable. None are anywhere near any
> mountains or good elevations. A rove to these grids (FM13, 25, 26 and
> 27)
> would mean a contest without much chance of setting the world on fire
> on the
> higher bands.
>
> So I'm just trying to figure out the route that would be the most fun
> and at
> the same time, make the most of the effort. For those chasing the
> FFMA, I
> could be a real help with the coastal run. If the bands are open, I
> could
> spend most of my operating time on 6 meters and rack up some big
> mults. The
> lack of elevation wouldn't hurt me much. If the band is not open, it
> could
> be a very quiet and boring contest. I would regret not being up in
> the Blue
> Ridge or Pocono mountains.
>
> I'm just brainstorming right now. I'd like any suggestions or
> anecdotes
> from others on this.
>
> Steve
> K4GUN/R
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