[Mich VHF UHF Society] C6ATA in the ARRL June VHF Contest

jeffrey.wheelersr at gmail.com jeffrey.wheelersr at gmail.com
Mon Jun 5 15:59:08 CDT 2017


Good luck Team C6ATA.  Tnx for the info Dave and have a great contest.  A 
quick reminder to all VHF contestants to put MSK144 into contest mode; File, 
Settings, Advanced, Contest mode checked.  This will reduce the exchange to 
just grids and not reports. Also recommended settings of 15 seconds and auto 
sequence would be encouraged for 2m meters.  I suspect some stations may run 
the faster 10 or even 5 seconds on 6m during E openings.  6m is off to a 
great start and if things stay that way it looks to be a great contest this 
year. I plan on operating both 6 and 2m this year and will be looking 
forward to working you on both bands.  Safe travels and good luck.

Best 73 Jeff W7JW
EN82 Michigan

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Pruett
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2017 3:33 PM
To: MiVUS at mivus.org
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] C6ATA in the ARRL June VHF Contest

The ARRL June VHF Contest is a week away (June 10-11, 2017). A small
team of four operators, including one MIVUS member will be part of that
operation using the callsign C6ATA from Eleuthra Island in the Bahamas
as an unlimited multi-operator entry which will be active on 50, 144,
222, 432 and 1296 MHz during the contest.  The team believes that this
will be the first time 222 MHz has been activated from C6A, and the
first ever terrestrial activity on 1296 MHz.

There will be activity before and after the contest on both VHF and HF
by the operating team under various callsigns.  QSL C6ACC via K8CC,
C6ALY via K6KLY, C6AMG via WB4OMG and C6ATA via NN7AZ or LOTW.

2m will run MSK144 often, and we hope to have 6m QRV on JT65/MSK144.  We
expect to be on the ON4KST chat pages and PingJockey as long as the
island Internet service stays on line. The operation will be in grid
square FL15wc, but watch out for some rover operation in rare FL14 - one
or more ops may just head out for a bit.

The 2M station will focus on MSK144 for meteor scatter QSOs on or near
144.144 MHz from 10Z-14Z Sunday morning and during the last 15m minutes
of each hour (eg., xx45 - xx59) during the contest. Otherwise it will be
on or near 144.188 for terrestrial QSOs, unless otherwise announced on
the ON4KST or Pingjockey sites.  It may be possible (depending on the
reliability of cellular service) to text the 2M op at 734-276-5822 to
arrange skeds.  The 1400 mile typical maximum range for meteor scatter
QSOs with C6ATA extends all the way from Eleuthra to southeast
Michigan.  Keep in mind that there is a minor meteor shower (the
Aquilids) which occurs during the contest.

C6ATA will be operating from an excellent QTH with clear, over water
shots to all of the USA.  It will have good antennas and equipment, with
operators seriously operating the contest.

The C6ATA team is looking forward to working many of you during the
contest.

73,

Kenny, K2KW/C6ATA
Dave, K8CC/C6ACC
Russ, K6KLY/C6ALY
Buddy, WB4OMG/C6AMG




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