ARRL VHF QSO PARTY -- June 2001
Call: W9SZ State: IL
Grid Square: EN50xf Category: Single Operator Portable
BAND QSO QSO PTS GRIDS
144 11 11 10
222 6 12 6
432 8 16 8
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Totals 25 39 24 = 936
Equipment Description: Homebrew transverters with HTX-100 as IF rig,
5-10
watts out. Homebrew 6-el longboom Yagi (Elephant Gun) for 144 MHz.
Homebrew 8-el Elephant Gun Yagi for 222. 15-el NBS Yagi for 432.
Club Affiliation: Society of Midwest Contesters
I was only able to get on for this contest on Sunday afternoon/evening.
Murphy struck just after I got my antennas set up when high winds on the
hilltop took them down. My 50 MHz yagi and 903 and 1296 MHz loopers
were
damaged to the point I couldn't use them in the contest. I managed to
repair
the 6-meter beam today and think I can recover the loop yagis. I
managed
to get the 144, 222 and 432 antennas into useable shape after an hour of
bending during the contest.
Conditions were not great; I actually had better signals on 222 and 432
than I did on 144. I usually made a QSO on 144 and then went up the
bands
if the other station had them. Maybe I should've stuck on 432 and worked
my way down?
73, Zack W9SZ
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