ARRL June VHF QSO Party
Call: K9AKS
Operator(s): K9AKS
Station: K9AKS
Class: Single Op Port QRP
QTH: EM77
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 62 40
2: 20 14
222: 9 9
432: 11 10
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 122 73 Total Score = 8,906
Club:
Comments:
I won't join the chorus with lengthy comments on how bad the conditions were.
Let's just say that not all contests can have above average conditions. I took
my little portable QRP operation to central Kentucky where I operated from
Radio Ridge. Nice site, but nothing to work during most of the contest. I was
demoralized on Saturday evening, having only worked the few big guns who could
hear me on the higher bands, plus a couple of 6 meter E QSos. Then Sunday
morning brought in a few more on the highs before about 9 local time. Then 6
opened to western Oklahoma! For at least a half hour KB0HH was the only signal
on the band and sixty over nine. About 10:30 local the opening broadened to
parts of North Texas, Okla, Kansas, and Colorado. For the next two hours I
worked just about everybody I could hear in that region. Then a little after
noon local an incredible severe thunderstorm hit and stayed for over two hours.
I was sure the antennas (on a guyed 20-foot pole) would come down, but they
didn't. However, it would have made little difference in my score had they
blown down. Once back on the air in mid aftenoon, 6 was still open to the same
area and I worked only a couple of new ones. After that there was almost
nothing new to work on any bands. I left the hill before the contest ended.
Thanks to all who were able to pull out my weak signals, and a big thanks to
K4FT and W5MX who led me to the site, and spent some time helping me
commiserate about the lousy conditions. I have been operating VHF contests from
portable locations for 54 years. Will I do it again? Probably.
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