Hey Jim,
For random qsos I have had the best luck with periodic cw on the .200 call
freq-too many variables otherwise for people without band scopes. I usually
go somewhere between.180 and .200 if I pre-announce on on4kst chat. I will
be on mornings and evenings from EN00 on 2 and 6m.
73,
Ben KB0ZOM
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> 3. Good frequencies for 2m CW & SSB? (Jim Smith)
> 4. Re: Good frequencies for 2m CW & SSB? (Ed Kucharski)
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> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:19:01 -0500
> From: Paul N1BUG FN55mf <paul@n1bug.com>
> To: "NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net" <newsvhf@mailman.qth.net>,
> "vhfcontesting@contesting.com" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Not QRV January contest
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> It's no secret my love of VHF contesting has diminished greatly over the
> last few years for a variety of reasons. Bottom line, it's not the fun
> it used to be. However, I do usually try to make an appearance and at
> least work some "neighbors" and friends!
>
> This time I will not be on. On the morning of January 3, shortly after
> giving K3SK a new state on 2 meters, my shack PC suddenly shut down. I
> was able to reboot it only after several hours of work and then
> intermittently and it wouldn't stay running long. This was not
> altogether unexpected, as it had been showing signs of hardware problems
> for a while. It all started with an ugly power failure that somehow
> fried one CPU core! It ran OK for a while after that on 5 cores but then
> started getting erratic.
>
> The only short or medium term solution was to move my bench PC to the
> ham shack. Having just the one computer, located in the shack, is
> inconvenient in many ways but it does have the advantage of reducing
> electricity costs significantly if I am on the air much. That should
> allow me to be on the air more than I have been for the past few years.
> And it will force me to be in the shack more, probably not a bad thing.
>
> The transition has not been entirely smooth. I have a USB sound
> interface that works only after one to several power cycles of the
> device. It is always recognized by the operating system and applications
> but there is no audio in or out until eventually a hard restart gets it
> sorted out. This is a strange one. More importantly, due to another
> hardware problem I cannot band switch to 144, 222 or 432. I could build
> a manual switch as a temporary workaround but I have so much work left
> to do with this whole computer swap I have just kept driving toward a
> long term solution that restores 100% of former functionality. I have
> hardware on the way that should get band switching back to normal but it
> won't be here until next week.
>
> Financial barriers aside, it would be far less stressful to have a tower
> fall over!
>
> Have fun, and I will (hopefully!) be on for the next one!
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG FN55mf
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:52:32 -0700
> From: wa8wzg@wa8wzg.net
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] N7GP/R Jan VHF contest plans this weekend
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> To All...
> Due a Saturday conflict...
>
> I will be starting SUNDAY morning ,,in DM31 At 1400 UTC,, on 50.265
> MSK144, me 1st CM on and also FT8 around 2000 Hz. I will be there until
> at least 1800 UTC.
> I will also be on SSB ,and CW and FM all bands 6 meter thru 10 GHz from
> DM31. Digital modes on 6, 2, and 432 only..
>
> Then I will move to DM32, DM33, DM43 and DM42.
> I will be rotating around those grids for rest of contest.
> I will have all bands 6 meters thru 10 GHz ,,
> Digital modes on 6, 2, and 432 only..
> Cw, SSB and FM on ALL bands,,
>
> I will be on Rover Slack... also email and text.
>
> And cell# is 419-370-8802....so please get with me for ANY skeds or if
> you want to try a contact..
> Good luck to everyone..
> Hope to work MANY of you ,,
> Tom
> N7GP/R
> ex WA8WZG
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 08:30:54 -0600
> From: Jim Smith <ars.kk0u@gmail.com>
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Good frequencies for 2m CW & SSB?
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> Finally, after 30+ years of being a ham, I get to dip my toe into the VHF
> contest beyond 6m.
>
> I have an old, and somewhat flaky, IC-275H coupled with a 14-element yagi
> to get on the contest this weekend (from EM48to). The flaky bit of the old
> rig is that frequency control is *not* available from the VCO knob (I'm
> guessing the phototransistors are cooked), and neither N1MM+ nor DXLog can
> get the radio to recognized frequency input with the computer keypad.
>
> The UP/DWN buttons on the mic work though, ;)
>
> So, I'm programming some frequencies into the memories of this rig. I've
> got
> - 144.175 CW
> - 144.200 SSB
> Any other common watering holes I should program in?
>
> This is my first foray into 2m CW/SSB, so I'm a complete newbie here.
>
> Thanks for any tips/tricks you can supply.
>
> 73, Jim KK0U
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:41:47 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ed Kucharski <k3dne@comcast.net>
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Good frequencies for 2m CW & SSB?
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> Jim: The 2m FT8 frequency is at 144.174. You may experience some QRM on
> 144.175 CW (depending on FT8 activity in your area).
> GL.
> 73
> Ed K3DNE
> EM94
>
> > On 01/19/2024 9:30 AM EST Jim Smith <ars.kk0u@gmail.com mailto:
> ars.kk0u@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Finally, after 30+ years of being a ham, I get to dip my toe into the VHF
> > contest beyond 6m.
> >
> > I have an old, and somewhat flaky, IC-275H coupled with a 14-element yagi
> > to get on the contest this weekend (from EM48to). The flaky bit of the
> old
> > rig is that frequency control is *not* available from the VCO knob (I'm
> > guessing the phototransistors are cooked), and neither N1MM+ nor DXLog
> can
> > get the radio to recognized frequency input with the computer keypad.
> >
> > The UP/DWN buttons on the mic work though, ;)
> >
> > So, I'm programming some frequencies into the memories of this rig. I've
> > got
> > - 144.175 CW
> > - 144.200 SSB
> > Any other common watering holes I should program in?
> >
> > This is my first foray into 2m CW/SSB, so I'm a complete newbie here.
> >
> > Thanks for any tips/tricks you can supply.
> >
> > 73, Jim KK0U
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:36:57 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Buddy Morgan <beamar@aol.com>
> To: "vhfcontesting@contesting.com" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Good frequencies for 2m CW & SSB?
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> I have never heard any CW on 144.175. It is awful close to the FT8
> frequency of 144.174. This might not be a good choice.
> Buddy WB4OMG EL 98
>
> On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 09:32:22 AM EST, Jim Smith <
> ars.kk0u@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Finally, after 30+ years of being a ham, I get to dip my toe into the VHF
> contest beyond 6m.
>
> I have an old, and somewhat flaky, IC-275H coupled with a 14-element yagi
> to get on the contest this weekend (from EM48to).? The flaky bit of the old
> rig is that frequency control is *not* available from the VCO knob (I'm
> guessing the phototransistors are cooked), and neither N1MM+ nor DXLog can
> get the radio to recognized frequency input with the computer keypad.
>
> The UP/DWN buttons on the mic work though,? ;)
>
> So, I'm programming some frequencies into the memories of this rig.? I've
> got
> - 144.175 CW
> - 144.200 SSB
> Any other common watering holes I should program in?
>
> This is my first foray into 2m CW/SSB, so I'm a complete newbie here.
>
> Thanks for any tips/tricks you can supply.
>
> 73, Jim KK0U
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