OK Folks,
Start getting the equipment checked out…
CQ WW VHF Contest
Begins: 1800 UTC Saturday, July 18, 2009
Ends: 2100 UTC Sunday, July 19, 2009
VA3QV/p will be participating in the Hilltopper Catagory from FN 25 if the weather is nice and VA3QV will be participating from home if the weather in FN25 is nasty…
The “Hilltopper Setup” will be my FT 817 along with a 6m dipole which will be horizontal polarized and a 6m ribbon JPole which will be vertically polarised. Both antennas although they are designed for 6m work just as well on 2m and using the dual antenna inputs on the FT817 will allow me to quickly switch between antennas for the best signals I can get with 5w of power.
If the WX is not so good I will be at home using my FT 847 with my 2m Horizontal Loop and my 6m rigid dipole which will also be horizontal.
To be honest I am hoping for nice WX as I don’t have the time to operate for the full time allowed for the contest so operating for the 6 hr hilltopper would be much easier but either way I will have fun…
If I am lucky enough for good WX I hope to be operating from this location:
The best operating location is behind the baseball diamonds which is also the highest point of land in the area and by strange coincidence there is also a picnic table close by along with a tree for an antenna support…
Given the fact that its a VHF (2m and 6m) contest and my antennas are not the best for whatever catagory I enter this time the ONLY GOALS are to make as many contacts as I can and also have lots of fun.
I am figuring (hoping) on about 4 to 6 squares if 6m is not open (two or three locally on each band) but the count could change drastically if the magic band is true to its name….
More on the choices after I look at the mid week guess (forcast) from the weather department…
73bob
Tags: amateur radio, CQ WW VHF Contest, VHF Contest, Yaesu FT 817, Yaesu FT 847
