VHF PLUS

Looking ahead, the 2020 VHF+ calendar offers a wide range of operating activities, social events, and conferences over the course of the year. The year kicks off with the Quadrantids meteor shower peaking in early January, followed a few weeks later by the ARRL January VHF Contest on the 18^th and 19^th. In general, the winter months are not the best time of year for sporadic-E (E_s) or tropo so looking to the moon can result in a welcome increase in activity as the DUBUS 144- and 432-MHz EME Contests are scheduled for the weekend of February 8^th and 9^th, followed by the DUBUS 3.4-GHz EME Contest March 7^th and 8^th.

Three regional conferences will be held in April: The N.E.W.S. Group will hold its annual conference mid-month, the Northern Lights Radio Society Aurora Conference is slated for Saturday the 25 near Minneapolis, and the Southeastern VHF Society Conference in Gainesville, Georgia is also the weekend of April 25. The CSVHF Society will, the 222-MHz Sprint will be held Tuesday April 14 and a week and a day later the 432-MHz Sprint will take place. The ping jockeys will be busy during the predicted peak of the Lyrids meteor shower on April 21 into the 22.