CQ Worldwide VHF Contest
Call: N1PRW
Operator(s): N1PRW
Station: N1PRW
Class: Hilltopper QRP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 0.8
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6:
2: 6 3
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Total: 6 3 Total Score = 36
Club:
Comments:
A first stab at contesting. I've assembled an affordable, portable QRP station
with a bare FT-817 and my old Cushcraft 3-ele 2m Yagi on a PVC pole.
I didn't give myself enough time to operate, having other work obligations and
activities for the weekend. I reached the summit and set up my station at 1945
UTC Sunday, not so good for a contest ending at 2100 UTC!
Weather was humid with high temps in the mid-80s and overcast skies. While the
summit had been spared from a line of severe storms that continued to Boston, a
second line was approaching from the distant west. I had hopes that I'd finish
before they arrived.
I set up and operated one band, 2m, and worked 6 stations fairly quickly, all
Cape Cod, R.I. and Conn. within 100 miles of Mount Wachusett. 50 minutes into
operating, a thunderstorm threatened the summit so the station got tossed into
the trunk and I left the summit to wait out the bad weather. The weather
cleared but the contest was over.
Not bad for such a short period, though I wished I had given myself 3 or 4
hours on the summit to work more squares. Next time I'll add a 6m dipole to
work everyone who asked for a 6m QSO that I wasn't equipped to give.
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