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

David Pruett k8cc at comcast.net
Mon Jun 5 22:32:29 CDT 2017


Jeff,

Thanks for your note.

Our 6M setup will be 700W and a 7L yagi about 65' above the water.  Our 2M setup will be 250W and a 13L yagi about 55' above the water.

I look forward to working you.

73, Dave

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> On Jun 5, 2017, at 4:59 PM, <jeffrey.wheelersr at gmail.com> <jeffrey.wheelersr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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