W2SZ/1 - MGEF

Mount Greylock Expeditionairy Farce unofficial report

Well, after an excellent effort on our part this weekend from Mt. Greylock in Mass., it appears that we won the September VHF contest. I don't have the specific numbers, but I believe our score was about 0.75 million (band conditions were lousy) with our closest competition, W3ZZ, at 0.68 million.

For those who don't know about what we do in a vhf contest, ask me some time :). Here is the summary of what we run for equipment and approximate power levels:

50 Mhz : "Kilowatt and four yagis"

144 Mhz : "1.5 Kilowatts and four yagis"

220 Mhz : "1.5 Kilowatts and four yagis"

432 Mhz : "Kilowatt and four yagis"

903 Mhz : "300 W and a 6 foot dish"

1296 Mhz: "100 W and a 6 foot dish"

2304 Mhz: "25 W (?) and a 6 foot dish"

3456 Mhz: "25 W (?) and a 6 foot dish"

5760 Mhz: "5 W (?) and a 6 foot dish"

10368 Mhz: "50 W and a 6 foot dish, 100 mW and a 3 foot dish (FM)"

24xxx MHZ: "50 mW and a 2 foot dish (FM)"

all this stuff gets put on 9 40-50 foot towers that get put up and taken down over a 4 day period! See the home page done by Joel for a color GIF of the operation.

Sound interesting? Get involved !

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-Lance Lascari, WS2B, Official MGEF recruiter

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