ARRL 2025 September VHF Contest

AA2SD/R and KE5NJ/R Pack Rat Rovers Team Up for the September VHF Contest in the Poconos.

Pocono Mountains AA2SD/R Rover -  Jan VHF Contest 2025  -  Plan to point your antennas to Jim Thorpe Grid FN20DU located at the FlagStaff Mountain and Big Big Pocono State Park Grid FN21HC. We are pleased to report that “Chris KE5NJ/R Rover” and “Scott AA2SD/R Rover” will be setting up at (2) different overlooks at the start of the Sept VHF Contest. Chris will be strategically located at the 100 Mile Overlook located at Penns Flag Staff Mountain, and Scott will be located at Big Pocono State Park. “ The busiest time of the contest is the first 4 hours and we plan to be both operating in separate grids with good elevation to maximize contacts” says Scott D AA2SD/R. You can join our text list, for (1) msg from each location below.

Saturday Day (1) (operate from 2PM-6 PM)

• KE5NJ/R Rover Chris GRID FN20DU ( Available with 6-144-222-70-903-1296)

• AA2D/R Rover Scott GRID FN21HC (Available with 6-144-222-70-903-1296-2.3-3.4)

• Evening operation will have both Rovers in FN20DU - with FT8 and Bands above

• Starting frequencies will be 50.128 and 144.208 +/- based on conditions

Sunday Day (2)  (operate from 8 AM-1PM  Grid Circling FN10XW and FN11WA FN20DU

• Both Rovers will be on the road to Grid Circle in 2 Grids and move back to FN20DU

• Evening operation will have both Rovers in FN20DU - with FT8 and Bands above

• Starting frequencies will be 50.128 and 144.208 +/- based on conditions

How To Track and Find the Rovers?

We will be utilizing the W3SZ App to allow you track our movement during the contest please use the links below. Please use the important links below

W3SZ Map for tracking https://w3sz.com/map.php

AA2SD/R Web Site with Updates https://www.aa2sd.com/arrl-2025-september-vhf-contest

Join text here https://eztxt.net/2jYm9L

ARRL 2025 VHF Contest September 13-15th 2025

Objective: For amateurs in the US and Canada (and their possessions) to work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees x 1 degree Maidenhead grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Stations outside the US & Canada (and their possessions) may only work stations in the US (and its possessions) and Canada.

Dates: The second full weekend in September (September 13-15, 2025)

Contest Period: Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 0259 UTC Monday.

Notice: Participants in the FM Only category can now count contacts made on 902 MHz and 1.2 GHz toward their scores. Previously, only contacts on the four lowest VHF bands (50, 144, 222 and 432 MHz) counted toward participants' scores in this category.

Click Here for Complete ARRL September VHF Contest Rules (PDF)

For contest information contact contests@arrl.org or (860) 594-0232

All legal modes are permitted. For Cabrillo file mode definitions, Digital modes should be represented as "DG" (for all things digital), SSB Phone as "PH", FM voice as "FM", and CW as "CW".

Stations in KH0-9, KL7 & KP1-KP5, CY9 and CY0 count as W/VE stations and can be worked by DX stations for contest credit.

Log Submission Deadline

Logs are due within TEN (10) days after the event is over. Logs may be submitted either online or via mail, but electronic Cabrillo logs are the preferred method. Electronic logs must be submitted via our web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org/

Logs that have been submitted electronically are listed on the Logs Received page. Click the contest name to see a list of submitted logs sorted by call sign and club name.

Online Log Submission - Cabrillo formatted logs must be uploaded via our web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org.

Submitting Paper Logs By Mail - Be sure to mail your completed Summary Sheet and Log Sheets postmarked before the log submission deadlines.

Paper Entry Forms:

September VHF Summary Sheet

VHF/UHF Log Sheet

Send completed Summary Sheets and logs to:

ARRL - September VHF Contest, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111