Guides

Short, practical guides to making VHF, UHF and microwave contacts that need a sked.

• How to arrange a sked: what to agree before a VHF, UHF or microwave contact

  Frequency, mode, time, who transmits first, beam heading and reports: a checklist for arranging a sked on 2 m, 70 cm, 23 cm and microwaves.

• Meteor scatter skeds with MSK144: periods, frequencies and the best times

  How to arrange and run a meteor scatter sked on 2 m and 6 m with MSK144: distances, periods, who transmits first, when meteors are best, and the main meteor showers.

• Sporadic-E on 6 m, 4 m and 2 m: when it happens and how to catch an opening

  When sporadic-E opens 6 m, 4 m and 2 m in Europe, which distances it covers, how to read the Es MUF, and how to catch an opening.

• EME (moonbounce) skeds: moon windows, Q65, Doppler and what to agree

  How to arrange an EME (earth–moon–earth) sked: common moon window, mode and period, Doppler, who transmits first, and what a complete contact needs.