The stacked foil technique was used in combination with gamma-ray spec
troscopy to obtain excitation functions for the production of differen
t nuclei using natural vanadium as target and 85 MeV alpha-particles a
nd 46.5 MeV deuterons as projectiles. The data are compared with theor
etical predictions provided by an equilibrium and pre-equilibrium reac
tion model. In most cases the theoretical predictions seriously under-
estimated the measured cross sections.