{"id":22217,"date":"2024-07-26T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/?p=22217"},"modified":"2024-07-26T00:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T04:41:02","slug":"via-the-arrl-get-on-the-air-during-vhf-contest-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/2024\/07\/26\/via-the-arrl-get-on-the-air-during-vhf-contest-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Via the ARRL: Get On the Air During VHF Contest Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VHF contesting season is in full swing! Summer weather brings with it enhanced propagation. With good conditions, stations hundreds of miles away can be worked via tropospheric ducting, E-skip, and perhaps even meteor scatter. If you have an HF rig that includes 6 meters or VHF\/UHF capability, you\u2019ve got just the tools you need to take advantage of these enhancements! US amateurs of all license classes may participate in these events, so they are a great way for Technician Class hams to compete in contests.<\/p>\n<p>There are several upcoming VHF+ contests coming up. The 2024\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cqww-vhf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CQ World Wide VHF Contest<\/a>\u00a0is this weekend, beginning at 1800 UTC on Saturday, July 20 and concluding at 2100 UTC on Sunday, July 21. Participants can operate on the 6- and 2- meter bands.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the VHF Fall Sprints, the 6-meter Sprint, will be held from 1800 \u2013 2200\u00a0 UTC on Saturday, August 20. The sprints continue in September with single-band events on 144, 222, and 432 MHz. The final sprint, held on the first weekend of October, includes all bands 902 MHz and above. For rules, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packratvhf.com\/sprints\/2024_Fall_Sprint_Rules_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.packratvhf.com\/sprints\/2024_Fall_Sprint_Rules_Final.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more &#8211; via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/get-on-the-air-during-vhf-contest-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/get-on-the-air-during-vhf-contest-season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VHF contesting season is in full swing! Summer weather brings with it enhanced propagation. With&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_16139062_16139062":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[77,638],"tags":[201,43,1481,850,27,1072,19,17],"class_list":["post-22217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arrl","category-contesting","tag-6m","tag-arrl","tag-contest","tag-cqww","tag-news","tag-sprint","tag-uhf","tag-vhf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22235,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22217\/revisions\/22235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}