This being a transatlantic SOTA event, are we supposed not to contact the same continent hams?
I mean if I see spotted somebody in Europe (myself too located in Europe) should I contact him/her or not?
May be a dumb question but better clarifying it!
Joan, the main aim of these Trans-Atlantic events is to get people in the EU on at the same time as people in the USA. i.e. get people in the USA up hills earlier and encourage EU hams to stay on the hills later so that say DL-W6 S2S contacts are possible.
You should aim to work everyone you can hearā¦ thatās my plan for these events.
Yes, work as many as you can wherever they are. Calling CQ will hopefully bring in Stateside chasers as well as S2S contacts. There will probably be chasers active from Brazil and elsewhere.
With propagation the way it is at the moment, I donāt think 10 metres is likely to deliver and 20 metres will be the āmoney bandā (if one can find a spot between the contesters).
I plan to take the 2-element trapped two-band (20m/10m) wire beam, probably switched to West most of the time.
73 Ed DD5LP.
I never had much luck working T-A on 20m but then I probably didnāt try for long - and I wouldnāt want to on a contest Saturday. When 10m is out to lunch Iāve found 12m and 17m good for T-A.
Iāll use my Chameleon MPAS Lite vertical on Saturday - especially if this stormy weather continues - for 30m-10m, a good all-rounder which the KX2 internal ATU manages to make good enough
Hi Paul,
As Richardās Link shows - several however the one that will affect me the most is likely to be the Serbian one.
There are contests every weekend of the year, so we just have to put up with them. In theory (for SSB) above 14300 āshouldā be free of contest stations but of course, those forced off their normal frequencies lower down the band will be up in this section of the band.
With an ongoing storm at the moment here and SNOW storms expected through tomorrow - Iām not going to be able to take part after all. This is disappointing as it seems this weekend has become the āportable Opsā weekend with several events happening either tomorrow or tomorrow and Sunday.
To all of you who are able to take part - good luck in the event.
73 Ed.