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September VHF Contest (September 14-16, 2024)

  • 14 Sep 2024
  • 12:00 PM
  • 15 Sep 2024
  • 9:00 PM
  • VHF BANDS

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Registration is closed

Dates: The second full weekend in September (September 14-16, 2024)

Contest Period: Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 0259 UTC Monday.

Notice: Participants in the FM Only category can now count contacts made on 902 MHz and 1.2 GHz toward their scores. Previously, only contacts on the four lowest VHF bands (50, 144, 222 and 432 MHz) counted toward participants' scores in this category.

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It has become a very popular event here in Calgary as we have four grids within the city.

Look for activity starting at noon on Saturday through till 9pm Sunday night on Contest Frequencies: FM  52.525  146.55  223.5  446.00    904.500   1294.5  SSB 50.125   144.2  222.1   432.1  1296.1

We have the  IC 7300 IC 9700 and three other transceivers in the BasicPlus  cabinet  to give us FM coverage on 6  2 meters 1.25 meters and 70 cm 33CM 23CM  bands

For antenna we have  
Dominator 6M   5/8 wave 50-54 MHz vertical
we will have Comet KP20 900 MHz VERTICAL
on a temporary mast if we wished to add that band.


 Any one want to operate  from the station?  contact station team.


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