1993 September VHF QSO Party: Mount Greylock Expeditionary Force, W2SZ/1
Band Q's P/Q P's Grids
6m 393 * 1 = 393 83
2m 592 * 1 = 592 73
222 141 * 2 = 282 39
432 288 * 2 = 576 42
903 60 * 3 = 180 21
1.2G 96 * 3 = 288 24
2.3G 48 * 4 = 192 21
3.4G 34 * 4 = 136 13
5.7G 21 * 4 = 84 8
10G 37 * 4 = 148 9
24G 16 * 4 = 64 7
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1726 2935 * 340 = 997,900 (preliminary claimed score)
Nasty weather Friday and Saturday delayed set-up: 6 meters was first on the
air, only five minutes late. Fred Lass, K2TR, still managed to clock a 60+
first hour, despite mediocre conditions. ("The band sucks," he said.) But,
from the top of Mt. Greylock, even sucky conditions give good DX.
The contest became interesting Sunday evening when Aurora struck -- worked
from VE1 through the Midwest. 144.100 to 144.250 was wall-to-wall with CW
hisses, most 3+ kHz wide. Not much SSB Aurora activity. Aurora contacts
were also made on 6m, 222 and 432. The Aurora also spawned some E-skip
which allowed 6m to work into Texas. The pale-green sheets of the Auroral
display were clearly visible from West through North-East azimuths after the
contest. . . . Unusual for 6m to have more grids in September than 2m.
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