+1 , +1
On Thu, 13 Jan 2022, Zack Widup wrote:
>My results in the January contest in 2021 were so poor that I'm not going
>out this year. I have traditionally been a QRP Portable. I like to operate
>from a hilltop about 45 miles from home. In past years I have made over 100
>QSO's in this contest. Last year I set up antennas for 9 bands and only
>made 13 QSO.s I was very disappointed. It seemed most of the activity was
>on FT8, and I was not and am not set up to run any digital modes as a
>portable station. It's just not worth it to spend an hour freezing my tail
>off putting up antennas for 9 or 10 bands. only making a dozen QSO's and
>then tearing it all down again.
>
>I'm hoping for decent weather in the summer VHF+ contests.
>
>73, Zack W9SZ
>
>On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 4:53 AM N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at the forecast for the weekend. Bitter cold and windy. That
>> is going to stir up the power line noise and if it's too bad I may just
>> bag this contest. The fun of VHF contests has been trending downward
>> anyway to the point that every contest I ask myself why I am doing it.
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul N1BUG
>> FN55mf
73
Jonesy -- DM87/rover and others
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