6M only single-op, high power from EN75. 119 QSOs, 88 grids for claimed score
of 10,472, all FT8 and MSK144. Mediocre conditions, no strong openings or
strong signals, and SSB wouldn't have allowed more than a couple of contacts.
On Jul 20, 2020, 12:00 PM, at 12:00 PM, vhfcontesting-request@contesting.com
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> 1. FW: CQWW VHF N8RA SOSB/2 LP (Chet S)
> 2. CQ WW VHF results (Ron Klimas WZ1V)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:56:03 -0400
>From: "Chet S" <chetsubaccount@snet.net>
>To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>, <yccc@groups.io>
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] FW: CQWW VHF N8RA SOSB/2 LP
>Message-ID: <012401d65e38$ed50e6d0$c7f2b470$@snet.net>
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> CQ Worldwide VHF Contest - 2020
>
>Call: N8RA
>Operator(s): N8RA
>Station: N8RA
>
>Class: SOSB/2 LP
>QTH: FN31TL
>Operating Time (hrs): 6
>
>Summary:
> Band QSOs Mults
>-------------------
> 2: 71 29
>-------------------
>Total: 71 29 Total Score = 4,118
>
>Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
>
>Comments: Limited time and NRG- just played with FT8.
>The rest of the story:
>
>It is amazing what one forgets when away from the radio for a while.
>I forgot how to set the PTT handshake setting between N1MM+ and WSJT-X.
>Why
>did this need to be reset anyway- it worked before? N1MM+ forgot how to
>retain my transceiver offset freq if I went into it to change a PTT
>delay
>setting. Sorry to the stations that I duped when N1MM+ thought I was
>then
>back on 28 MHz instead of 144 MHz.
>
>My MYL was in an intense 11AM thru 8PM online convention from Tuesday
>thru
>Saturday. As her chief technology tech, I stayed on call to get her
>thru the
>live videos and Zoom breakout rooms. (Uh-oh? Am I allowed to use the
>word
>"chief"? Will the football team name vigilantes get after me and topple
>my
>towers?)
>
>The 2M repeater next door to me is now operating. Its tower is 230 feet
>from
>mine, and its transmit antenna is about 40' higher. I have an Elecraft
>2M
>transverter to an Orion IF radio and have noticed my noise floor (on
>the
>s-meter) to increase by 1-2 s-units when the repeater is on. That
>increase
>does not seem to change if my AGC is on or not. What does that mean??
>The
>dB noise level in WSJT-X also does not seem affected. Why is that?? But
>I
>can hear a change in the speaker. Given limited time for this event, I
>was
>curious to see primarily what effect this would have on my 2M
>operating. I
>was on FT8 the entire weekend trying to notice a change when the
>repeater
>was on. This was inconclusive since that repeater was not very active
>this
>weekend.
>
>Conditions seemed average with some instant bright spots here and
>there.
>
>At one point there were a couple of W4 decodes from 900 miles away, but
>they
>were gone in a flash. 2M e-skip?
>
>Some "locals" called CQ with strong signals, but never came back to my
>answer. The strength of one KC1 in a nearby grid would vary between +5
>dB
>and -27dB sequence to sequence. Never did work him (her? them?) after
>many
>many tries throughout the days.
>
>AA4ZZ was calling CQ with no takers Sunday afternoon with a reasonable
>signal but my humble 150-200 watts could not get their attention. All
>part
>of the game.Maybe next time.
>
>Having two antennas with an A-B-both switch again worked well, but I
>think I
>need to go clean the relay contacts on the tower box since I hot
>switched it
>a few times in the rush to answer someone and give them the most
>signal.
>
>As always in retrospect: it was a fun contest!
>
>73,
>Chet, N8RA
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:51:47 -0400
>From: "Ron Klimas WZ1V" <wz1v@sbcglobal.net>
>To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] CQ WW VHF results
>Message-ID: <20200720.135147.479.2@RON>
>Content-Type: text/plain
>
>CQ Worldwide VHF Contest - 2020
>
>Call: WZ1V
>Operator(s): WZ1V
>Station: WZ1V
>Class: SOAB HP
>QTH: FN31RH
>Operating Time (hrs): 16
>
>Summary:
>Band QSOs Mults
>-------------------
>6: 191 77
>2: 112 31
>-------------------
>Total: 303 108 Total Score = 44,820
>
>Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
>
>Comments:
>Fun weekend with coastal tropo on 2M and Es both days on 6.
>Best DX's on 2 EM96, EN90, FN46, FN74. Only ran 300W on 2M.
>6M only worked a few on double-hop, mostly single-hop Es,
>with some Caribbean on Sunday, TNX for the QSO's.
>73 Ron WZ1V
>
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