ARRL September VHF QSO Party
Call: W9SZ
Operator(s): W9SZ
Station: W9SZ
Class: Single Op Port QRP
QTH: Illinois
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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2: 37 19
222: 23 16
432: 24 14
903: 10 8
1.2: 12 8
2.3: 6 6
3.4: 6 5
5.7: 4 4
10G: 4 3
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Total: 126 83 Total Score = 22,991
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
Fun contest! Murphy only visited once; just after I got my last antenna set
up
it started raining. Had a downpour for about 15 minutes but nothing critical
got wet. Weather was great for rest of contest. My favorite hill in EN50rl
did
well for me this weekend.
We had a little bit of aurora on 144 MHz on Saturday afternoon. I made a
couple
Au QSO's and heard many other people via aurora, including VE3EZ, who
couldn't
hear me. 10 watts has its limitations.
There was a fair amount of microwave activity compared to previous years. My
high point in the contest was probably working K2YAZ on all bands through
3456
(a 330 mile path). Thanks to W9SNR/R for all the QSO's mostly through 10 GHz
from four
grids, and to K9JK/R for all the grids as he traveled up I-57.
Also thanks to K2DRH for the sweep through 3456 MHz.
And thanks to the farmer for letting me set up my antennas in his bean
field! I tried to minimize the number of plants I stomped down.
There were two stations I would have also liked to work. One was only active
for a short time and the other never seemed to point his beams my way.
Neither heard me. Both would've been multiple band QSO's, probably into the
microwave bands. Oh well ... maybe next time.
73, Zack W9SZ
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