ARRL 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest
Call: K1RZ
Operator(s): K1RZ
Station: K1RZ
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FM19JH
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Band QSOs
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222: 51
432: 63
903: 30
1.2: 35
2.3: 21
3.4: 7
5.7: 3
10G: 11
24G:
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Total: 221 Total Score = 150,844
Club: Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club
Team:
Comments:
THE 222 AND UP DISTANCE CONTEST FORMAT WAS LONG AWAITED AND WORTH THE WAIT. I
REALLY ENJOYED THE SCORE BY DISTANCE PROCESS. THE ONLY THING THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN CHANGED WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CONTEST WEEKEND. IF IT HAD BEEN A WEEK
EARLIER WE WOULD HAVE HAD SOME PHENOMENAL CONDITIONS WITH LOTS MORE
OPERATORS ON FOR A MUCH LONGER DURATION, AND WE WOULD HAVE ALL HAD A LOT
MORE CONTACTS. BUT, ALAS, THAT WAS NOT TO BE. NEEDLESS TO SAY CONDITIONS IN
THE MID-ATLANTIC WERE ABYSMAL. A STORM FRONT MOVED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
AND SWEPT AWAY A WEEKS WORTH OF REALLY GOOD, "AUGUST HEAT" TYPE
UHF-MICROWAVE
CONDITIONS.
LESSONS LEARNED. IN MY SELF, AND BY THE ADMISSION OF MANY OTHER CLOSE
ASSOCIATES, I KNOW I FOR ONE HAVE TO GO BACK TO CALLING LOTS OF CQ'S. THE NEW
ASSISTED RULES ARE GOOD TO ASSURE THAT TWO RANDOMLY POINTED ANTENNAS ARE
POINTED AT EACH OTHER. BUT THE DOWNSIDE NOTED BY SEVERAL IS THAT THERE ARE
NOT ENOUGH RF SIGNALS ON THE BANDS ANYMORE TO FIND CONTACTS UNLESS YOU HAVE
CELL COVERAGE OR INTERNET / ON4KST, AND ON SOME OF THE BEST MOUNTAINTOPS WHERE
THE ROVERS GO, OFTEN THERE IS NO CELL COVERAGE. ROVERS HAVE FOUND IN SOME
CASES WHERE THEY COULD NOT CALL OR TEXT, AND THEREFORE HAD NO INTERNET. AND
WERE THEN OUT OF BUSINESS WITH NO QSO'S TO SHOW FOR THERE TIME, ENERGY AND GAS
MONEY. I FOR ONE VOW TO GO BACK TO MAKING AN EVEN SPLIT OF CQ'ING AND
TEXT-ING/ON4KST-ING.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT ON, AND PARTICULARLY THANKS TO THE ROVERS -
W2RMA/R,
KD3PD/R, VE3CRU/R, N9ZL/R, KF2MR/R, NN3Q/R and WB2SIH/R. SO FUN TO HAVE
ROVERS SHOW UP IN THE NEXT GRID TO SEE IF YOU CAN WORK THEM AGAIN. SEE
YOU ALL NEXT YEAR ON FIRST WEEKEND IN AUGUST FOR THE 222 AND UP DISTANCE
CONTEST. 73, DAVE K1RZ FM19JH
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