June VHF Contest 6.11.11

Dave N2TEB
Andrew K2FR

Hike up Mt Beacon in Beacon NY, grid FN31AL

At 1600ish feet of elevation, we setup a 3 element 6m beam, 4 element 2m beam, 7 element 70cm beam and worked all 3 bands with my FT-857.

We managed 44 contacts in the 1.5 hours of operating.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• K2FR
• N2TEB
• VHF
• Contest
• June
• 6meters
• 2meters
• 70cm
• Mountaintop
• Yaesu
• Ham
• radio
• Contesting
• 100watts
• Amateur

[Moonchild7474]

Enjoyed your video...how many watts were you running on 6m? Great range on 6...73s...KK4FKS

[KC2UOO]

@Moonchild7474 we were running the full 100 watts the radio had to give.

[inachu]

I guess CQ is the equiv of breaker breaker CB talk?

[KC2UOO]

@inachu yup pretty much, its a Hey anyone out there..

[bmxracernc]

what brand antenna is that?

[KC2UOO]

@bmxracernc

The 70cm and 2m are both Arrow Antenna's.

The 6m beam is unknown, But its a fairly old backpacking beam thats pretty light weight.

[sgi1972]

awesome, great to see your enthusiasm

[KC5PIE]

I was considering a Yaseu 857d for my next rig and the vhf performance of your rig sealed the deal! I wanted 100 watts on the HF bands with all mode capability on 6m, 2m, and 440... NICE rig!

73 de KC5PIE

[tmarinos]

Great video guys. Really enjoyed watching! Well done.

73

VK5MTM.

[rv3dhc]

Nice job , guys. Congratulations on your DXs 800+ & 1000+ miles in VHF contest.

thanks for video. 73 from Moscow RU