I didn't spend too much time on this contest. Work or Church responsibilities took me away for much of this contest. I still managed to have a good time and work a few stations.I didn't have a 6 Meter Antenna so I bought a couple of non-expensive supplies and spent 10 minutes measuring two lengths of wire and building a very quick 6 Meter Dipole Antenna and placed it about 8 feet off the ground.
I used a Dual Band J-Pole Antenna for 2 Meters and above.
I worked all stations on 6 Meters Single Side Band, 2 Meters FM, and 70 cm FM (Simplex).
I worked one International station from Mexico on 6 Meters. I almost made two Canada Contacts.
During the FM Sprint, all contacts were in Grid DM79 except one. I worked one station in El Paso County south toward Colorado Springs in Grid DM78.
No Repeaters were allowed. We could not use 146.52 mhz for the Sprint Contest.
For you non-hams, just to give you an idea of the Frequency Range:
CB Radio is 27 MHZ (in the HF Band), FM Radio is 104 MHZ.
VHF and UHF is in the old Analog TV and FM Radio Range.
Anything above 50 Megahertz is usually a lot shorter distance than typical HF Radio Contests which typically allow frequent contacts around the globe. I worked Mexico, and South Dakota, even Connecticut on 50 Mhz.
Websites:
- http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf-qso-party
- http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/contestdetails.php?ref=43
- http://www.qsl.net/k0yb/Colorado_FM_Sprint.html
- http://www.k0nr.com/rwitte/vhf_grids.html
The second full weekend in June. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, runs through 0259 UTC Monday (June 12-14, 2010).
Course Objectives:
To work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees x 1 degree grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz.
My Grid Square is DM79
VHF Band and Frequencies:
All authorized frequencies above 50 MHz (6 Meters).
I worked 6 Meters (50 Mhz SSB), 2 Meters (144 Mhz FM), and 70 CM (440 Mhz FM)
Stations Worked (Including the Colorado FM Sprint) 8 Hours:
46 Contacts Total (Stations listed twice were worked on two different bands)
KC7CPM Log for ARRL June VHF QSO Party
Band, Phone, Date, Time (UTC), Station, Grid
6 Meters SSB Begin
50 PH 2010-06-13 0100 K0AWU EN37
50 PH 2010-06-13 0117 K4LY EM85
50 PH 2010-06-13 0220 W0UC EN44
50 PH 2010-06-13 0225 N0EO EN37
50 PH 2010-06-13 0237 NG4C FM16
50 PH 2010-06-13 0242 K0KP EN36
50 PH 2010-06-13 0314 KD0GCC DM79
50 PH 2010-06-13 0332 N0POH DM79
50 PH 2010-06-13 0334 KB0YH DM79
50 PH 2010-06-13 0339 KK0Q DM79
50 PH 2010-06-13 1815 K5GZR EM20
Begin FM Sprint
144 PH 2010-06-13 1819 WA4FMA DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 1833 KD0IKC DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 1831 K0YY DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 1844 N0PSJ DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 1846 KD0FQB DM79
440 PH 2010-06-13 1840 K0YY DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 1850 KD0RIP DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 1910 WA0GEH DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 2140 KD0BLZ DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 2017 W6TMV DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 2019 AB0US DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 2024 KC0PQY DM79
440 PH 2010-06-13 2035 WA4FMA DM79
440 PH 2010-06-13 2037 KD0BLZ DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 2046 KA0NZZ DM79
144 PH 2010-06-13 2057 K0JJW DM78
440 PH 2010-06-13 2100 W6TMV DM79
END FM Sprint
Begin 6 Meters SSB
50 PH 2010-06-13 2147 K5QE EM31
50 PH 2010-06-13 2231 N6EQ DM14
50 PH 2010-06-13 2237 W4IY FM08
50 PH 2010-06-13 2248 W9BNO DM79
50 PH 2010-06-13 2257 W0EEA DM79
50 PH 2010-06-13 2313 WA6HXD DM12
50 PH 2010-06-13 2328 KN5O EM40
50 PH 2010-06-13 2333 K5WBX EM41
50 PH 2010-06-13 2347 W6OAL DM79
50 PH 2010-06-13 2354 KB5AAB EM51
50 PH 2010-06-13 2356 N5HMH EM32
50 PH 2010-06-14 0002 N4UPX EM50
50 PH 2010-06-14 0005 AE5T EM32
50 PH 2010-06-14 0015 KE5JXC EL39
50 PH 2010-06-14 0019 K5TR EM00
50 PH 2010-06-14 0038 W5ZL EM10
50 PH 2010-06-14 0052 XE2WWW EL06 (Mexico)
Grid Squares in Colorado
