222 MHz Spring Sprint - 2020
Call: KR1ST
Operator(s): KR1ST
Station: KR1ST
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FN21
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 22 Mults = 12 Total Score = 264
Club: Mt Airy VHF Radio Club
Comments:
Rig: IC-7300 w/ DEMI L222-28HP & Mirage brick
Pwr: 100W
Ant: M2 222-10EZ
Running low power makes it hard to get people's attention from this location.
Folks hardly ever (understandably) turn their beams my way. This is the only
band I still need to get a 500W-kW SSPA for. Perhaps more aluminium as well, but
I hear better than people can hear me. Just like for the 2m Sprint, I did not
use any internet assistance. That's probably not the best strategy if you want
to score big, but sometimes I prefer to use the radio to make contacts. :) There
were some brief tropo openings and there was also a fair amount of aircraft
scatter. Working FT8 was a challenge because of multipath reflections. Most
signals looked just like smudges on the waterfall and it was hard to get decodes
even when signals were pretty strong. I actually worked most stations on FT8
while not pointed at them. I worked W8ZN while my antenna was aimed 65 degrees
away from him.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun and I'm glad I was able to double last year's number
of QSO's, and I worked 5 more grids.
Thanks for all the Q's!
73,
--Alex KR1ST
Band Mode QSOs Grd
222 FT8 16 9
222 USB 6 3
Total Both 22 12
Score: 264
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