ARRL June VHF QSO Party
Call: K8CC
Operator(s): K8CC, K9TM, WX3M
Station: K8CC
Class: Limited Multi-Op HP
QTH: EN82
Operating Time (hrs): 28
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 435 115
2: 278 51
222: 62 33
432: 120 37
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 895 236 Total Score = 254,172
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Equipment:
50 IC746Pro, 8877, 7L @ 95', 5L @ 40', KB6KQ Loops @ 50'/70'
144 IC746Pro, 2002A, 13/13 @ 100', 4Ls N, SE, SW @ 75'
222 IC756, 8877, 16L @ 70'
432 FT847, 100W, 424B @ 80'
The first day was a lot of fun staying busy on 50 MHz, but 2nd day was slow.
Very painful to watch all of the spots from W4/W5 and NOT ONE SIGNAL ON THE BAND
for long stretches. Fun working west coast late into the Saturday evening.
Chased N0JK/VP9 all weekend without a peep heard, then he calls us Sunday
evening!
Big disappointment in that our new IC746Pro would not drive the new AntennaWorks
8877 amp on 144 MHz. As soon as the radio would go into transmit, the ALC would
peg and not settle back for 3-4 seconds (during which time no RF was output).
It would do this even with no drive, and/or with the amplifier keyed separately.
Anyone with ideas on the cause for this please drop me a note. We set up our
previous FT-1000MP/DEMI xvtr with the 8877 which worked fine until the xvtr blew
up for reasons as yet undiagnosed. OTOH, the IC746Pro worked perfectly with our
old Henry 2002A for the rest of the contest.
Other exciting moments:
- Successful scatter skeds with Jeff, K1TEO on 50 and 144. Just traditional
methods (SSB/CW) - none of that new-fangled WSJT stuff :-)
- W2SZ at S8 answering my 222 MHz CQ with ten minutes to go, and completing QSOs
for three new mults in last few minutes.
- Hearing other fellow MRRC members making QSOs on VHF/UHF for first time.
Hope to see everyone in September!
73,
Dave/K8CC
QSO AND RATE BREAKDOWNS
UTC 50 144 222 432 rate total
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18Z 46 9 1 3 59 59
19Z 33 21 3 11 68 127
20Z 52 17 4 6 79 206
21Z 43 26 4 8 81 287
22Z 25 15 4 8 52 339
23Z 36 8 1 4 49 388
00Z 23 1 0 0 24 412
01Z 13 8 1 5 27 439
02Z 11 17 5 6 39 478
03Z 43 22 2 9 76 554
04Z 13 15 0 4 32 586
05Z 5 11 1 5 22 608
06Z 0 0 0 0 0 608
07Z 0 0 0 0 0 608
08Z 0 0 0 0 0 608
09Z 0 0 0 0 0 608
10Z 0 0 0 0 0 608
11Z 5 5 2 4 16 624
12Z 7 8 5 4 24 648
13Z 5 10 1 4 20 668
14Z 9 7 3 3 22 690
15Z 13 6 2 5 26 716
16Z 5 10 4 4 23 739
17Z 1 7 3 5 16 755
18Z 4 3 2 2 11 766
19Z 1 2 0 0 3 769
20Z 0 3 1 1 5 774
21Z 4 4 0 2 10 784
22Z 4 9 1 1 15 799
23Z 12 7 2 4 25 824
00Z 9 8 2 4 23 847
01Z 5 9 2 3 19 866
02Z 8 10 6 5 29 895
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tot 435 278 62 120 ---- 895
GRIDS WORKED TEN OR MORE TIMES
EN82 132
EN91 73
EM79 36
EN71 34
EN81 33
EN80 38
EN70 28
EN90 27
EL98 23
EN72 21
EN61 20
EN60 18
EL96 17
FN02 17
EN73 16
FN00 15
EL29 13
EN74 13
EM89 13
EN52 12
EN53 12
FM19 12
FN12 13
EM10 11
EN83 11
EN92 11
EN93 11
EL09 10
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