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[VHFcontesting] Spotting and the 432 Sprint

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Subject: [VHFcontesting] Spotting and the 432 Sprint
From: Phil Theis <phil@k3tuf.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:20:29 -0400
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There was some really good spotting going on last night in the sprint. What I found was it gave good indication of where to point the antennas. Then the chat page on ON4KST allowed me to fine tune who to point and tune to. We have a ways to go with the spotting and the software, but this is a great start. The fundamentals are there.
Here were my comments to 3830:

Lots of fun last night. The Sprint gave us a great platform to experiment with spotting and assistance that is now part of all of our contests. The spot window was populated most of the night. It gave witness to who was on and as to where I should point antennas. The ON4KST chat page then allowed fine tuning of direction, frequency and time to complete some contacts that otherwise would not be completed. (Sprints are different that full contests) Conditions were varied. When I attempted my normal contact to EM95 with W4DEX I could hardly hear him; but 15 minutes later he was louder than normal. I managed to complete with K9MRI at 485 miles yet not with K1DY at 482 miles. There was strong variation in signal strength throughout the evening. So lots of fun.
73,
Phil K3TUF
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