The
WB0DGF Antenna Site
Michigan
VHF-UHF
Operating Aids and Resources
(updated 15 Dec 14)
VHF-UHF Grid Maps
VHF-UHF Michigan Grid
DXpeditions and Rare Grids
144 MHz Grid Activity
(Michigan) - worked in green
- EN46 - mostly Wisconsin, a little Minnesota and a little Michigan
- - -
- EN55 - Iron Mountain and Kingsford MI
- EN56 - KA8FFM (Iron River)
- EN57 - N8IMU, W8ZZM or W8YY (Houghton)
- EN58 - Isle Royal National Park
- - -
- EN61 - KU8Y (Berrian Center)
- EN62 - K8NFT
(Holland), N8UYC (Holland)
- EN63 - W8IO (Spring Lake), N8YKC (Muskegon), WA8YLZ
(Custer)
- EN64 - W8VHF (Ludington), N8PVT (Manistee),
- EN65 - KD8KW (Garden), W8LON (Norway), WA4HEI (Manistique)
- EN66 - N8PUM, K8ET (Ishpeming)
- EN67 - mostly Lake Superior except Copper Harbor and the tip of the Keweenaw Penninsula
- - -
- EN71 - KB8U (Hillsdale), N8JGG (Sturgis)
- EN72 - K8UHF,
K8RS
(near Lansing), KF8QL,
W8UGM
(near Grand Rapids), KZ6ZZ (Jackson)
- EN73 - KC8YOE (Cedar Springs), K8EB (Marne), K8RI
(Midland), N8HNS (Belmont), N8ZVB (Walker), KF6A
- EN74 - N8CGY (Houghton Lake), W8MIL (Cadillac), KX8XX
(Tustin), K2YAZ (Glen Arbor)
- EN75 - W8WA (Central Lake), N8UR (Beaver Island-June)
- EN76 - east central U.P and some Canada
- - -
- EN81 - mostly Ohio; Dundee, Monroe, Temperance and Frenchtown Township in Michigan
- EN82 - N8WNA
(Royal Oak), K8JA (Sterling Heights)
- EN83 - W8OJE (Flint), K8MM (Davison), KG8OC, WI8A, KA8FHW
- EN84 - K8SPE (Hale), KF8MY , N8CJK
- EN85 - KX8D, N8JML (Hawks), K8CIT, K8NFT (cabin)
- EN86 - K8JH grid expeditions (2013 and 2014)
VHF-UHF
Organizations and News
VHF-UHF Beacons
Michigan 50 MHz beacons:
Michigan 144 MHz beacons:
- N8PUM/B
EN66al Ishpeming, MI 144.278 10 watts
13 el Yagi North (NTMS)
- K8MM/B EN83fa Davison, MI 144.295 10 watts into homebrew squalo (K8MM)
- KB8JI/B EN64we Scottville, MI 144.287
3 el Yagi SE (NTMS)
- KB8GC/B EN74hd Tustin, MI
144.291 50 watts stacked squalos (NTMS)
- WI8Z/B EN84ca Standish, MI 144.282 5
watts to colinear at 30' (WZ1V)
- WB2LHP/B EN74gq Traverse City, MI
144.285 1 watt to vertical (WZ1V)
- W8VHF/B EN64sa Ludington, MI 144.287
1 watt to 4 element Yagi at 24 feet aimed SSW (WZ1V)
Michigan 432 MHz beacons:
144 MHz NETS (BOLD have been
verified by me)
- Swidewinders around Michigan Net - Sunday 9:30 pm EST - 144.155
MHz (K8NFT - EN62xt)
- Southern Ohio Net - Monday
8:30pm EST - 144.252 MHz (K8TQK - EM89je)
- Guelph, Ontario Net -
Monday,
Wed 9 pm EST - 144.245 MHz (VE3XTM - EN93)
- Rochester, NY Net - Monday 9 pm
EST - 144.260 MHz
- Michigan Splatter Stik Net - Tues, Thurs - 20:30
- 144.210 MHz (KB8GOY) ???
- Kalamazoo 2 meter USB Net - Tuesday 7 pm local - 144.222
MHz (K8BKB) ???
- Kalamazoo 2 meter AM Net - Tuesday 8 pm local - 144.222 MHz
(WJ8L)
- WISCONSIN 144.240 Wed
night NET - WB9LYH EN54 8 pm Central (9 pm Eastern) 1 hour earlier
after Nov 6 -NE-E-SE-S-SW-W-NW-N
- CHICAGO 144.220 Thursday
night Q5 NET
- N9JBW EN61 7 pm Central (8 pm Eastern)
- CHICAGO-OHIO 144.215 Friday night NET - KD8IME EN71
7 pm Central (8 pm Eastern)
50 MHz NETS (centered on
Michigan, BOLD have been verified by me)
- Grand Rapids 6 meter AM Net - Sunday 8 am local - 50.400 MHz
- Kalamazoo 6 meter AM Net - Sunday 8 pm local - 50.400 MHz
(K8BKB)
- Kalamazoo 6 meter USB Net - Tuesday 9:00 pm local - 50.140
MHz (K8BKB)
- Kalamazoo 6 meter AM Net -Tuesday 9:30 pm local - 50.400
MHz (K8BKB)
- Great Lakes 6 meter USB Net - Saturday 8 pm local - 50.170
MHz (northern Ohio)
- Cadillac 6 meter USB Net - Daily 7 pm local - 50.200 (rag
chewing)
Comments
are welcome!
contact
Roger: email to WB0DGF @ ARRL.NET
or
rgcox2
(at) gmail.com
Roger Cox - Spring Lake, MI
