There certainly has been more activity in this contest in past years than
in this one (at least in my area). It's kind of hard to say, because I
operated from a hill with a lot of towers on it and there was some sort of
a digital signal source close to 432 MHz that was so strong it desensed my
receiver (not a ham station in the ham band). I did manage 5 QSO's in 4
grids. I quit at 10 pm local time because the wind had picked up and it was
raining. I didn't mind the rain but was afraid the wind was going to take
down my antenna.
I heard several stations who could not hear me, but I was only running
about 10 watts. I wish they'd set the QRP level for this contest at 10
watts like in the ARRL contests, because I configured my station for that,
and I had to enter in the low power category. Not that it mattered much.
Looking over past logs, I saw many stations I didn't hear last night.
73, Zack W9SZ in EN50
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi gang, I got to my normal FN55 site just after the start of the contest.
> ran a sked with K3TUF in FN11 and heard nothing.. Conditions seemed pretty
> flat. By 9PM I worked 9 stations in 4 grids (FN30, FN31, FN42, FN43), then
> at 9 had a sked with WB2RVX in FM29. I actually heard (both) calls from
> Mike, but it was pretty clear he didn't hear me.. this was around 9:08
> local. I quickly shut down and rushed down to FN54 and got reset just
> before 10.. There really was NO ONE left on the band,.. that I could hear
> anyway.. I knew K1TEO would eventually get on some time after 10 because he
> told me that before the contest. So I hung out and then worked Jeff in FN31
> for my only QSO from my second grid and that was it. I shut down around
> 10:30 with nothing more heard and lots of CQ's. .. So here's a problem for
> me as a rover.. In order to be classified as a rover I have to activate 2
> grids minimum.. I assume that means I need to make at least one QSO from
> each of 2 or more grids. Assumin
> g SOME travel time between grids (in my case about 40 minutes) and if
> everyone shuts down before 10 because of lack of activity, it really makes
> operating as a rover difficult. It kind of makes a 4 hour contest 2 hours
> long even though I was willing to operate the whole 4. I know,... it's a
> work night.. Anyway I had fun and thanks to those who pointed this way and
> those who told others to point this way. Best DX NY2NY in FN30.. Not sure
> of the score, does that matter?, hi!
>
> Bill, K1DY in Maine
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