ARRL June VHF QSO Party
Call: KM7W
Operator(s): KL9A
Station: KM7W
Class: Single Op Port LP
QTH: DN67
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 284 99
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 284 99 Total Score = 28,116
Club: Worldwide Young Contesters
Comments:
Always wanted to activate a rare one. DN67 is plenty rare, had a state park
campground, a giant reservoir (FISHING), and power available at the campsite.
It was even easy to talk my wife into the 9 hour drive and a weekend of
listening to me on the radio!
Before the contest I only worked a few guys, most notably a FL station. I had
high hopes for the contest.
K0KP/b and N0LL/b were in just about 24 hours a day the entire trip. At one
point K0KP/b was a solid S7 and I CQ'd my brains out, but everyone must have
been asleep.
A total of 23 q's the ENTIRE first day of the contest. Not for lack of trying!
I sat in the chair the entire contest, except for a few hours to sleep about
midnight to 4am. Probably heard 50 different stations on MS. A few of them
got my call, but we just weren't quick enough to get the Q.
Woke up at 4am to a loud K9NS CQing on 50.125. About 30 minutes later he went
in the log. The band popped to W9 a few hours later, and it was off to the
races. Worked a single W1 (K1TOL) and only 2 people in FN grids. Again, not
for lack of trying! Never got anything past a single hop otherwise.
Lots of fun, just wish the band had been better for me out in the sticks. I
could hear the Seattle area guys running the heck out of W1/2/3 on Sunday. Try
as I might, it just wasn't gonna work for me 750 miles farther east. Never got
a good opening into the LA area either. I was hoping for some big runz to get
the QSO total up! I heard an XE in DM30 for about 8 seconds also.
50.125 is used wayyyyyyy too much.
Nice to work N0QXW/R! I never thought I'd work DN66. Hopefully he gave out
some rare ones to everyone.
This VHF stuff is cool, just wish I would have taken 2m with me. Thanks for
the Q's! QSL via AC7DX.
-Chris KL9A
FT897 and 6M5X at 30 feet
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