Hello to all our friends in the VHF / WSJT world from the K5QE contest
team....
K5QE will be operating in the ARRL June VHF Contest and would really
appreciate any contacts that we can make via tropo, FSK441, or EME for
that "rare" grid. The contest begins 1800 UTC Saturday and ends 0300
UTC Monday (Jun 12th - 14th, 2010). For those of us still on local
time, that is 1PM CDST on Saturday to 10PM CDST Sunday night.
For those inside our normal tropo range, please look for us on
144.200MHz or 432.100Mhz. We will direct you to the other bands from
there. For those stations that are outside our normal range tropo
range, I invite you to try to work us on 6M and / or 2M using digital
meteor scatter. If you are EME capable, we will be operating EME on 2M
and 432.
IF 6M is NOT OPEN to Es, we will be operating meteor scatter on 6M using
FSK441 beginning at 0100Z Sunday morning(=8:00PM CDST Saturday night)
on a frequency of 50.265MHz and we will take First sequence. We will
call CQ on 50.260 UP5--but we will work all callers on 50.265MHz First
sequence. If we happen to find a station calling CQ, we will answer
them on their given frequency. This is a good opportunity for smaller
stations to get a DX contact on 6M, because the chances of an Es opening
late at night are not very good. Please give us a try on 6M meteor
scatter. We run 1KW output on 6M meteor scatter with fairly large
antennas. Please remember that the contest requires the exchange of
*GRIDS* not 26 or 27.
On 2M, we will start at 0100Z Sunday morning(=8PM CDST Sat night) with
FSK441 meteor scatter on a frequency of 144.142MHz and we will take
First sequence. We will call CQ UP2 on 144.140MHz, but we will be
working stations on 144.142MHz. If we find someone calling CQ
elsewhere, we will work that station on their frequency. Again, this is
a good chance for smaller stations to get some good 2M DX and a "rare"
grid during the contest. We get one too...a WIN-WIN situation!! We run
a stacked pair of 17el M2's at 160ft and 1KW output on 2M FSK. On 6M
and 2M, we will cease digital meteor scatter operations at 7AM
CST(=1300Z) on Sunday morning and revert to normal tropo type operations.
For stations that are EME capable, our moonrises and moonsets are very
poor for contesting this time. Our first moonrise is 11:35AM on
Saturday(CDST)--well before the contest starts at 1PM, so the moon is
well up during the day when we need to be working the rovers and tropo
operations. We will have to operate EME and terrestrial during the same
time frame. We will just have to do the best we can. If we see an EME
caller on 2M, we will stop and work that caller as soon as possible. If
we hear a CW caller, we will immediately switch to CW. Because our moon
times are so poor, we may not be able to call CQ on EME as much as I
would like, but we will do our best. Even if you don't see us calling
CQ on EME, you can call us on 144.142MHz. If we see you, we will
respond as soon as possible.
We have a second moonrise at 1220Z(=07:20 AM CDST on Sun). We will be
on EME whenever the moon is up here. Again, we may have to intermix EME
with terrestrial operations, but we will make every effort to work
anyone that calls us. We intend to do a lot of EME operations on
Sunday, so if you are EME capable on 2M or 432, please try to work us.
We feel that Sunday will be our best time for EME operations, so please
look for us on Sunday from 1220Z onward.
Remember that stations with a single long yagi and QRO may be able to
work us on their rising moon using WSJT / JT65b. For stations way East
of us, this may not work as the moon may be too high before it rises
here. However, for everyone else, there is a good chance that we can
work. Stations in the Central US and out West get the increased gain
from their rising moon, so give us a try. In years past, we easily
worked stations in CN87 that just had a single yagi pointed at the
horizon, so it can be done. If you live East of us, try to work us on
your setting moon. We run 8 x 2M18XXX with the custom EME elements and
1250W output(1500W output if it is a rare one.....HI). Pictures of the
EME antenna are on my web site. It is a really FB antenna and we would
love to work you in the contest.......all new multipliers gratefully
apprecitated.
This year, we also have a 432 EME station up and running. The antenna
is 16 x 28el M2, all Horizontal, with 1100W output. We will be
operating on 432.042MHz taking Second Sequence. If you have a single
long yagi and QRO, we should be able to work on your rising moon if you
are located in the Central or Western US. Please look for us on 432 and
work us if you can. It will be a new grid for us and a new initial and
a new grid for you. What a deal!!
Because we are a Multi-Multi station, we will be watching the PingJockey
logger whenever we are running meteor scatter. However, we are not
allowed to "self spot"--so you can talk to us, we just can't talk back.
When we are on EME, we will be watching the N0UK EME logger and the
ON4KST chat. If you see us or work us, please spot us on PingJockey,
the N0UK EME reflector, or on ON4KST chat. If you are not in the
contest, you can post freely to the loggers.
Thank you in advance for spending some time to work us in the contest.
73 Marshall K5QE, EM31cj
www.k5qe.com
East Texas
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