ARRL September VHF QSO Party
Call: N1PRW
Operator(s): N1PRW
Station: N1PRW
Class: Single Op Port QRP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 9.25
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 14 5
2: 12 5
222: 1 1
432: 5 3
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 32 14 Total Score = 532
Club:
Comments:
QRP operation from Andover, Mass. Weather was clear, dry and 70F.
Station Equipment:
- Yaesu FT-817ND, 5 Watts
- Icom IC-3AT
- 1/2 wavelength 6m dipole, homemade
- Elk 2M/440L5 portable log periodic antenna
- AEA 2m 1/2 wave whip
- 12V gel-cell battery
Frustrating effort with minor equipment problems and stone cold dead bands. No
enhancements. 6m felt like UHF. Lowest QSO/hr and none outside of New England.
Ran down my batteries calling CQ. A new length of coax to the 6m dipole had
loose connectors and the 12V gel-cell died sooner than expected.
Made one 223.5 FM Q with the 3AT. Also made a 100-mile 2m Q with a 1/2-wave
vertical whip before I put up the Elk. That shouldn't have worked but it was
interesting that it did and that it was one of my most distant Qs.
The station now fits on a bicycle plus a knapsack as a portable VHF QRP kit.
73, Alexander N1PRW
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