The Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest is held each year by the Ohio ARES Group of the ARRL’s Ohio Section. The purpose of the Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest is to improve station and antenna capabilities and to test coverage areas on “VHF” simplex frequencies. These may be very important in times of emergency, when repeaters have failed, and simplex is the only method of emergency communication.
The “VHF” simplex contest is:
Saturday, January 12, 2019 from 1000 EST to 1600EST
The contest is held on the 6m, 2m, and 70cm bands. The full rules for the contest can be found here.
Known planned operators will be posted below. E-mail contest )AT( ww8tf.club to be listed here.
| County | Locale | Callsign | Frequencies | Operators | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll | Augusta Twp. EN90lr | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 3:50pm. (Schedule dependent!) See Details |
| Columbiana | near East Rochester EN90ls | K8GQB | 6m, 2m, 70cm | Various | |
| Columbiana | Butler Twp. EN90mv | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 3:00pm. See Details |
| Coshocton | EN90ch | KC8PUW | 2m, 6m | Will, KC8PUW | 2m and 6m from 10am until 3-4pm. 6m calling freqs and digital on 50.290 often |
| Cuyahoga | Brecksville EN91eh | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 10:00am. See Details |
| Darke | EN70ra | WA8RUO | 6m, 2m | Charlie WA8RUO | 10:00am to 2pm-4pm depending Using "field expedient" antennas to simulate deployment conditions. |
| Defiance | EN71rg | WD8JVV | 6m SSB, 2m SSB | Edward WB8JVV | 50.125 MHz, 144.200 MHz |
| Delaware | EN80kg | W8ERD | 6m SSB & FM, 2m FM, 70cm FM | Robert W8ERD | 50.125 SSB 200W Steppir beam 52.525 FM ditto 146.49 and 46 FM 100W collinear 446.0 FM 25W collinear |
| Delaware | Radnor EN80kj | N8BHL | Stan N8BHL | ||
| Franklin | Columbus EM89kw | W8OMR | Matt KD8TTE | ||
| Greene | BARC Clubhouse, Bellbrook, OH EM79xp | W8GCA | 6m, 2m, 70cm | various | FM and digital on standard simplex freqs, also SSB on 6m & 2m |
| Hamilton | EM79rd | KE8COY | Justin KE8COY & Dan KE8AWT | ||
| Hamilton | Anderson Twp EM79tb | KE8KBO | Clyde KE8KBO | ||
| Mahoning | Goshen Twp. EN90mw | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 2:18pm. See Details |
| Knox | EN80vi | N8LRG | N8LRG | ||
| Medina | Wadsworth EN91da | W8TB | 6m, 2m, 7cm | Jeff W8TB | |
| Medina | Hinkley EN91df | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 11:23am See Details |
| Preble | Eaton EM79qr | K8YR | 400' high antenna, 2m FM on published freqs + 147.51 and simplex on 145.470, also SSB on 144.2 | Gary Hollenbaugh, ARES EC | 10:00am to 4pm |
| Preble | Eaton EM28qw | KI0CT | 6m, 2m and 70cm | Jim KI0CT | 100w on 6m, 50w on 2 and 70 |
| Portage | Atwater EN91ja | KD8VT | 6m, 2m, 70cm | James KD8VT | vertical polarization fixed station |
| Portage | Suffield EN91ha | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 12:37pm. See Details |
| Seneca | Tiffin | WB8REI | 6m on 52.525, 2m on 146.49 | Jeff WB8REI | 10AM to 12PM |
| Shelby | Shelby County | K8ZUK | 2m, 70cm | various | Portable communications trailer around Shelby County. FM voice and also MT63-2KL |
| Shelby | Shelby Co. EMA/EOC Building | K8EMA | 2m, 70cm | various | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM as K8EMA. FM voice and also MT63-2KL |
| Stark | Hartville EN90hx | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 1:17pm. See Details |
| Summit | Richfield EN91eg | WW8TF/Rover | 2m, 70cm, 6m | John N8CD Jason N8JDM | 10:40am. See Details |
| Summit | Twinsburg | KC2MLX | Timothy KC2MLX |