ARRL September VHF Contest - 2019
Call: K1DY
Operator(s): K1DY
Station: K1DY
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FN54jq
Operating Time (hrs): 5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 19 11
2: 25 14
222: 6 5
432: 7 5
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 57 35 Total Score = 2,450
Club:
Comments:
operated at the start of the contest for a few hours and then here and there on
Saturday night and Sunday. operated FT-8 on both 6 and 2 and it certainly helped
me work some weak stations (new grids) that I would have otherwise been unable
to work. Downside, of course, is getting stuck on FT-8 and increased difficulty
moving up the bands. Hard to say how it all washes out, but my guess is that if
FT-8 didn't exist (i.e. everyone had to be on SSB [FM] and CW) with the same
band conditions my score would have been the same or a little better.. More QSO
points and maybe the same number of grids.. Of course I only operated 5 hours.
BUT, if this is the trend, I am pretty happy that in my downsizing of the
station (in my old age.. hah hah, I have been VHF contesting for over 60
years!), I decided to concentrate on the lower 4 eventually with power and
forego 903 and up. What I really take away from the general move to FT-8 at the
expense of the higher bands, is that contesting just isn't that much fun for me
any more. I really like actually talking (if even briefly) to old ham friends
that I don't see much any more.. or, as someone said, just hearing that dit dit
at the end of a CW contact.
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