Greg,
You might want to consider using the WSJT modes for the contest. They
work very well with scatter mode propagation, i.e., meteor scatter,
ionospheric scatter and can fill the void when other propagation modes
are not available. The new ISCAT mode decodes well into the noise and is
very effective at times when signals are too weak for SSB or CW.
The JT6M and FSK441 modes are used primarily for meteor burst
communications - FSK441 is the faster of the two modes and works well on
2 meters where the "pings" only last a fraction of a second. The calling
frequencies are: 50260.0 and 144.140.
Check out the links below and good luck in the contest.
WSJT - http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjt.html
Pingjockey - http://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk
Tony -K2MO
On 7/10/2010 7:38 AM, GregCT wrote:
Hello and Good morning to all,
Just looking for a little advise and guidance here. Next weekend is
the CQ WW VHF Contest, I'm looking forward to setting out and playing
in the contest and I'm thinking of attempting some digital contacts
along with the usual SSB to up the score a bit. I've been having alot
of fun with PSK31 mostly on HF with a spattering of other modes mixed
in but PSK being the most prevelant. I think I would most likely see
some PSK activity on 6m, but don't really know what to expect or look
for as far as modes on the 2m side of things. Would someone operate
PSK on that band or one of the other modes? I'm running HRD with DM780.
My personal best score in the contest was in 2006 when I earned 1st
place Rover for the New England Division with 8142 points. Due to work
and family commitments, I was not able to enter again until last year,
which also earned me 1st place New England again. I'm hoping that by
adding the weak signal digital modes to the mix that I may "Defend" my
title in this year's contest but also beat my personal best score and
possible make it into the mix of the competition at the National
level. My hopes are high, but i'm not sure if the effort of lugging
the laptop along and keeping it powered up will be worth the result..
Any thoughts, ideas, comments that can you can send my way are
appreciated, both 'for' and 'against'... and Thank you in advance for
all that have any input/help advice to contribute
73
Greg
N1KPW
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