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144 MHz Meteorscatter Sprint Contest 2019 +++
Logs for the contest can be send until September 15th 23:59 UTC. Details and contest rules can be found
here .
The 2020 edition of the contest will be held from August 11th 2020 15.00 UTC until August 13th 2020 14.59 UTC. This timeframe will cover the maximum of the shower which will occur on August 12th 2020 between 13.00 UTC - 16.00 UTC. It will also cover an earlier pre-maximum on August 12 2020 around 10.00 UTC.
The MSK144 calling frequency 144.360 has showed that, as long there is no general agreement, the use of 30 second TX/RX periods is strongly advised. The use of 15 second TX/RX periods has shown to lead to unnecessary interference and irritations between stations. The same with the use of wrong periods. Stations in PA/ON/DL/HB9/OE9 usually TX second periods by local agreement and do not follow the normal MS-rules (north- / westbound stations 1st; east- / southbound 2nd) due to the high density of stations. It's inefficient as long there is no general agreement as we do have for FSK441 on 144.370. If you want to arrange skeds with 15 second TX/RX periods it is advised to choose frequencies well away from the calling frequencies.
