ARRL September VHF Contest - 2022
Call: K4HQK
Operator(s): K4HQK
Station: K4HQK
Class: Single Op-All Modes LP
QTH: Alexandria, VA
Operating Time (hrs): 5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 43 13
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 43 13 Total Score = 559
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Unlike the September contest one year ago, 6 meters was--Can we say
it--"even deader"? We were just not getting much help from the E
layer. Not sure what was providing QSOs beyond line of sight unless it was thin
Es. My "DX" to the south was EM96 (Charlotte, NC--312 miles). To the
north, FN33 (Essex, VT--441 miles). Westward, the WV state line. At one point
two Ontario stations popped up but they quickly disappeared before I could call
them. That was the only "DX" I saw.
It was tedious watching the same call signs CQing over and over, myself
included, so I budgeted my time frugally across the weekend, only 5 hours in
all. The band never came to life even briefly at my QTH.
Optimistically I had registered as an "all mode" station, and for the
first half hour of the contest I worked three local stations on SSB. That was
the last time I heard SSB, and never any CW. It was almost all digital--FT8--but
no FT4 ever, despite several checks. As a result, my QSO total was one-half what
I worked one year ago.
John K4HQK
Alexandria, VA
Station: Icom7410 at 100w; Cushcraft 3-el Yagi on 25' tower atop 110' hill.
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