50 MHz Spring Sprint
Call: K9JK/R
Operator(s): K9JK
Station: C0ROVEROLLA
Class: Rover LP
QTH: IL-6 Grids
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 51 Mults = 27 Total Score = 1,377
Club:
Comments:
Op time includes driving along 42 degrees N latitude from west of 90 degrees W
longitude to east of 88 degrees W longitude to operate from SIX Grid Squares
(EN42, EN41, EN51, EN52, EN61 and EN62) during the contest time.
It was a seasonal Saturday evening across northern Illinois, maybe even a
little above average temps and some brief sporadic E to the southeast made
an appearance.
Mults total is based on 'classic' Rover scoring; count mults separately
from each grid-4 visited and add them up. Five unique grids worked.
Breakdown by Grid-4s I visited:
Grid Qs Ms
EN42 1 1
EN41 4 2
EN51 15 9
EN52 9 6
EN61 10 4
EN62 12 5
Tot. 51 27 = 1377
Total DX - 7514 km
The number of different calls in my log was up over previous Spring 50 MHz
Sprints, with 20 total - 15 from IL, 2 from FL and 1 ea. from AL, IA and WI.
Visiting SIX Grids added a LOT of driving and I didn't expect to complete
QSOs with any station from all six of them but Bob2, K2DRH, came through on
that (Thanks Bob2!).
The big contributors to to my path length total were KD4ESV at 1730 km at
0040Z, just edged out by K4MM at 1826 km about 10 minutes later. I also
heard WB4OMG and W5PR but wasn't able to link up with them (and I see that
Chuck had a pretty good run according to his 3830scores posting). Next
longest path was WA3GWK at 1281 km, about a half hour after my QSO with
Sam. These three QSOs accounted for over 60% of my total of path lengths.
Some notable 'local' paths were to WS9V at 278 km (Good 'ears' Skip!),
W9FF at 212 km (Good 'ears' also, Roger), two Qs with K2DRH at 189 and 190
km and one with K9PPY at 166km (Thanks Jim). Three other paths topped 100
km, two QSOs with WA0VUS (Thanks Nick) and one more with K2DRH. Four more
QSO path lengths were in the high double-digits (>80 km/>50 miles) -
Thanks
W9EWZ and W9ZIH for two each. Thirty more Qs had paths between 10 and 70 km
and 6 Qs had paths less than 10 km.
THEN there was the 'crowd' that gathered, waiting for me as I completed my
'crossing' of EN51/52 from west to east. I had hoped to be back into EN61
or EN62 by 0230Z but didn't make it until 0240Z. Thanks to the 'crowd',
I was able to complete ten QSOs from EN61 and an additional 12 QSOs from
EN62 before the 0300Z end time of the contest.
Thanks also to ALL who were on, active and participated in the 2017 50 MHz
Spring Sprint. Continued thanks to Kent, KA2KQM, and Mike, WB8BZK, for their
work as the Spring Sprint hosting team and to the Central States VHF Society
for their sponsorship of the Spring Sprint series. Thanks also to Bruce,
WA7BNM, for providing the 3830scores web page and for supporting both the
Spring AND Fall VHF & Up Sprint events.
73, JK
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
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