SUMMERTHUNDER INFO:

SUMMERTHUNDER is a month long VHF/UHF simplex event held every July.

While the main purpose of the event is for participants to make as many contacts as possible during the event. Many additional benefits arise from this event to include:

• Gauge the performance and range of their radio equipment.
• Make adjustments to their equipment for better performance.
• Experiment with new antenna designs or techniques.
• Understand how their equipment performs under a variety of propagation variables.

Since this is a month long event it gives the participants more time to make adjustments and experiment which typically cannot be done with events that are short in duration.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• All participants must be registered with the automated logging system for contacts to be credited
• All contacts must be made on the designated amateur radio frequencies. (see below)
• Contacts must be via FM voice and can be either analog or digital (DMR, Fusion, D-Star).
• All contacts must be made during the event period. (00:01UTC July 1 to 23:59UTC July 31)
• Stations may only make contact with each other once per day on each designated frequency.
• DMR, C4FM and D-STAR Simplex Frequencies are simply recommendations. Since some areas have pre-designated digital voice simplex frequencies, they may use those frequencies as long as no external repeaters or other infrastructure is used. Simply select the frequency/mode that closely matches your method.