2024 VHF and Up Spring Sprints

The Central States VHF Society is proud to sponsor and announce the dates and times for the 2024 running of the VHF and up Spring Sprints!

144 MHz: Monday, 4/01/24 from 7 – 11 PM local, Exchange: 4 char grid
222 MHz: Tuesday, 4/16/24 from 7 – 11 PM local, Exchange: 4 char grid
432 MHz: Wednesday, 4/24/24 from 7 – 11 PM local, Exchange: 4 char grid
Microwave, 902 MHz and up: Saturday, 5/04/24 from 8 AM – 2 PM local, Exchange: 6 char grid
50 MHz: Saturday, 5/11/24 from 2300Z until 0300Z Sunday, 5/12/24, Exchange: 4 char grid

Classes:  Stations will be classified as either Single Op or Rover. A portable or mobile station that operates from only one grid is considered a Single Op station.  A Rover must operate from at least 2 grid squares. All legal modes are welcome!

More information and rules are posted at:

https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/home

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Join us on the Sunday Night 2 meter SSB Net

8:30 PM Sunday Nights on 144.155 MHz

Open to all amateurs.

Informal Net.

W8IO (Grand Haven) and KF8QL (Grand Rapids) are net controls.

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The Michigan VHF-UHF Society is now NE8I !

On May 10, 2019 the FCC granted the MIVUS Lloyd’s call, NE8I.

We could not request the call earlier, as Lloyd was an only child, and never married or had children, so we had to wait for the 2 years to go by, and then we were in competition with others for the call. But the memorial call is now ours.

Saturday, April 8, 2017 the VHF-UHF world lost a true friend of the hobby, Lloyd Ellsworth, NE8I. If you ever met Lloyd, he was a friend for life. And if you ever talked to Lloyd, he would impart his decades of knowledge to you with a smile. He was amazingly tireless in his push to get people on the upper frequencies. Below are some of the pictures of Lloyd, including earlier QSL cards.

Thank you to Dave, KF8QL and Dan, K9EA (formally K9UVJ) for the pictures.

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Email List Server

If you would like to join the Michigan VHF-UHF Society email list, please go to:

https://groups.io/g/mivus  and copy  mivus+subscribe@groups.io

and send an email to that address.

To view the list servers archives, please go to:

https://groups.io/g/mivus/messages

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