My XYL and I went to a art fair on Saturday morning and got back home early
in the afternoon. I sat down to rest up for a few minutes before preparing
for the sprint, and fell asleep. 30 minutes into the sprint I work up -
woops!
I hurried to get everything hooked up, and I think I was able to QSO most of
the locals. Band conditions were absolutely flat, with the exception of a
lot of short meteor burns. This was my first experience with meteors, and
unfortunately I was not able to complete several attempted meteor trail
contacts. The good news is that I was able to confirm six meteor DX
contacts on the longer burns:
KA2LIM FN12 639 miles, NY
K1IED FN31 860 miles, CT
K1WHS FN43 927 miles, ME
W2FU FN13 601 miles, NY
W6GMT EN37 329 miles, MN
WD0T DN94 553 miles, SD
Thanks also go to K9JK/R ( roving the Chicago area ) for providing four
grids - that really added to the overall score for many participants in the
sprint.
Best "local" DX was W0WOI ( Iowa ) at 262 miles, followed by W9FF (
Illinois ) at 190 miles.
Worked N0AKC ( Wisconsin ) at 169 miles just one minute before the contest
ended.
Band QSOs Pts Grd
Total 22 22 15
Score : 330
Thanks to all for being there, and hope to work you all in the September VHF
contest.
73
Lloyd - N9LB EN52 ( Wisconsin )
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