TY - CONF
AU - James French
AB - There are 5 major vhf contests and two seasonal VHF and above sprints a year that could be used to provide data across a wide spectrum of frequencies and time frame (the whole year). In each of these events, there are operators that go out and operate in different grids squares, known as "rovers", which would give more data points to either prove or disprove weather, time of year, and other factors of propagation. Proposal is to gather this data and study to see if operating actually does benefit depending on the time of the year, weather, location, and amount of power used.
BT - HamSCI Workshop 2026
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CY - Newington, CT
DA - 03/2026
LA - eng
N2 - There are 5 major vhf contests and two seasonal VHF and above sprints a year that could be used to provide data across a wide spectrum of frequencies and time frame (the whole year). In each of these events, there are operators that go out and operate in different grids squares, known as "rovers", which would give more data points to either prove or disprove weather, time of year, and other factors of propagation. Proposal is to gather this data and study to see if operating actually does benefit depending on the time of the year, weather, location, and amount of power used.
PB - HamSCI
PP - Newington, CT
PY - 2026
T2 - HamSCI Workshop 2026
TI - VHF contests as a propagation study tool
ER -