Here are my preliminary results from the June VHF QSO Party. Thanks a ton
to my hosts, Wayne and Helen King. They made it great.
Call: N2WK
Operator: NJ2L
Grid: FN03
Section: WNY
Band QSOs Grids
50 232 111
144 168 43
222 48 23
432 71 26
903 26 16
1296 29 17
2304 9 7
3456 5 5
5760 4 3
10 G 5 2
Laser 2 1
Totals 599 254 ==> 229,362 (preliminary)
Very few rovers took to the the field in this neck of the woods--
especially on the microwave bands. Only W2HPF was reliable. I missed many
grids and Qs that are just plain easy from N2WK on the higher bands. Had a
lot of trouble getting anything going on six--it was quite a dilemma. I
*had* to stay on six a lot to work the grids, but the openings were so
widespread that stations in single-hop range didn't have any clear
frequencies for listening (at least that I was able to find). Meanwhile,
I was losing lots of Qs on 2 meters and the other bands. Activity was well
spread out on six. I had my best results CQing on 50.099 CW on Sunday
morning. Otherwise six was a battle--even with 1500 W and a good Yagi at
70 feet or so. There wasn't any enhancement on the higher bands, and
conditions to the east were particularly poor above 2 meters on Sunday
evening.
I had a very good time. We'll see how it stacks up.
--73, Rus
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Rus Healy, NJ2L
nj2l@mdsroc.com
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