ARRL January VHF Contest
Call: N4BRF
Operator(s): WA2VNV
Station: N4BRF
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EL96vk
Operating Time (hrs): 11
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 15 6
2: 23 9
222: 1 1
432: 13 7
903:
1.2: 5 3
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 57 26 Total Score = 2,236
Club: Boca Raton Amateur Radio Assoc
Comments:
Conditions were flat to poor. Less stations on the air than usual due to severe
T GeorgeStorms/Tornados in northern/central Florida & southern Georgia over
the contest weekend. Also football playoff games didn't help either.
6 meters Es only opened briefly (5 minutes) to mid-west Sunday evening and only
worked AD0PY in EM47.
This year I added a 1296 station using an SG Labs transverter & TR751A with
2-3 Watts output to a pair of Comet 16 Element Yagis at ~60 ft fed with 75 ft of
7/8 hardline. No mast preamp. The 2-3 Watts made it to 3 grids & 5 Q's, with
best to WB4OMG in EL98ad at a distance of 257 kM (160 miles). That was pretty
impressive with small power. Very happy with SG Labs transverter that cost
~$200 from Bulgaria. All station equipment held up except when the laptop
logging computer battery died and it shut itself down even thou it was plugged
in. I had to remove the battery and resume operation after a computer restart.
Thanks to the rovers out there in the wild for their efforts. Too bad I just
missed K4SME/r in EL86, that would have been an easy additional rare grid on
all 4 bands, I did get him in EL96. I did quit around 7 PM Sunday night as
activity was nil and the storms were approaching. CU in the spring sprints.
73's WA2VNV
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