ARRL VHF SWEEPSTAKES -- 2011
Call: W9SZ
Category: Single Operator Portable
Power: QRP
Band: All Band
Mode: Mixed Mode
State: IL
BAND QSO QSO PTS GRIDS
50 0 0 0
144 22 22 14
222 13 26 11
432 13 26 11
903 3 12 3
1.2 5 20 5
2.3 2 16 2
3.4 1 8 1
5.7 0 0 0
10G 1 8 1
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Totals 60 138 48 = 6,624
Club Affiliation: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
Interesting contest. I managed to get through about 13 hours of
operation on my favorite hilltop in mid-January without turning into
an icicle. There was about two inches of snow on the top of the hill.
Weather wasn't too bad; temperatures were in the mid-20's during both
days and got down to about 10 degrees on Saturday before I went QRT
for sleep. It snowed on Saturday but the wind was in the range of 5 to
10 mph and not a threat to the antennas.
Murphy pretty much stayed away this year except for the motel where I
stayed on Saturday night but that's a whole other story.
Microwave QSO's were scarce in this one but I expected that. Best DX
was either N4QWZ in EM66 or W0UC in EN44. Conditions were mostly poor
with occasional short-lived openings. I heard W4ZRZ on 222 on Saturday
night but by the time I got the beam pointed at him he was gone. Quite
a few other stations disappeared before I could get the beam on them.
I also heard a station in EN34 but was unable to work. The 902 and
1296 QSO's were very difficult but worked out. I also managed to work
K2DRH on 3456 who estimated he had a few milliwatts arriving at the
antenna.
I only worked one Rover. I don't know if there were any others out in
the Chicago area but I didn't hear anyone else working any others,
either.
I went QRT just before the Bears-Packers game started on Sunday
because I figured there wouldn't be anyone to work while that was
going on!
Thanks for the QSO's!
73, Zack W9SZ
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