Winterheat 2023

[N4JKD]

Winterheat 2023

Anyone familiar with this? I had seen it shared on a local ham club FB page not long ago. It looks to be a contest for over 50 MHz, which allows techs to take part in it. FM simplex and on digital modes. More information is shared in the website.

 

[vagrant]

Never heard of it and I enjoy 50 MHz and up contests. Additionally, the lack of a designated digital freq for 6 m and 33 cm is odd.

Perhaps one watering hole is best for each band for analog. The same for digital, just one freq for each band. There was a suggestion in another thread about using 147.510 as a shared digital simplex freq which seems good to me. Is that freq a “no go” by some coordinating bodies? Also, why is P25 not listed as an option?

 

[N4JKD]

Never heard of it and I enjoy 50 MHz and up contests. Additionally, the lack of a designated digital freq for 6 m and 33 cm is odd.

Perhaps one watering hole is best for each band for analog. The same for digital, just one freq for each band. There was a suggestion in another thread about using 147.510 as a shared digital simplex freq which seems good to me. Is that freq a “no go” by some coordinating bodies? Also, why is P25 not listed as an option?

Not really sure. Probably because there are more people on DMR, YSF and D-Star. I have never talked to anyone who uses P25.

 

[freqhopping]

I participated last year sort of. Never made a contact. In my area on VHF hardly anybody bothers with anything other than some evenings repeater nets. Hell, I even made the traffic net aware of the event and still no activity.