ARRL September VHF Contest
Call: AE0EE/R
Operator(s): AE0EE
Station: AE0EE/R
Class: Limited Rover LP
QTH: MN
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 12 5
2: 28 5
222: 22 4
432: 23 5
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 85 23 Total Score = 2,990
Club: Northern Lights Radio Society
Comments:
Grids: EN24, EN25, EN34, EN35
Mostly an FM rover in a pack with W0ZF/R and K0BBC/R, but did make some
contacts on various weak-signal modes. Power was a bit of an issue, as I only
had one 10-Ah battery to power the weak-signal rig on Saturday and the laptop
battery only gives two hours of uptime. Mostly used a dual-band handheld and a
222 FM handheld, either with a mag-mount antenna or a small (dual-band arrow or
WA5VJB cheap yagi) hand-held antenna.
On 6 m, I was able to use a Moxon, but forgot the tripod at home. Fortunately
it was a nice day and I could lash the PVC mast to the car door and wedge it
well enough to keep unanticipated rotating to a minimum. With the battery,
though, I wasn't able to put more than about 20 W into it. I was happy to hear
from W0VTT twice, handing out a pair of new grids to him. Congratulations,
Mike!
A few times I used the hand-held arrow antenna for weak signal on 2 meters or
432. This was an adventure because I had to hold the antenna properly
polarized and pointed with one hand and still operate the mic, which was on a
short cord attached to the radio in the back of the sedan. The straight key
was a little bit more forgiving, but not much.
On Sunday I was happy to hear several FM-only stations on in Bloomington, as
well as several non-Bloomington-club stations working them. Our 30-minute FM
focus times (4:00-4:30 both afternoons, 8:30-9:00 Sunday morning) seem to be
effective.
Thanks to everyone who got on the air!
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