ARRL June VHF QSO Party
Call: K9MU
Operator(s): K9MU
Station: W0AIH
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EN44hr
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 1107 229
2: 107 36
222: 29 13
432: 51 17
903: 2 1
1.2: 5 2
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 1301 298 Total Score = 415,710
Club: Chippewa Valley VHF
Comments:
What a blast! I was fortunate to operate from the W0AIH/W0UC contest shack again
this year. W0AIH and I have been slowly fixing antennae and replacing coax over
the past couple of summers. Despite our work, the system as a whole
deteriorated since last summer. Only two antennae on 6M were working and the
432 and 222 stack rotors did not indicate headings. I tried to troubleshoot the
problems at the start of the contest but soon abandoned those activities when I
discovered there was Es to work!
I heard KC0IYT/R and KC9GIQ on 432 at 1800z so I quickly nabbed them and took
them to 2M. I then switched to 6M and found a somewhat clear frequency at
50.171.3. I called CQ a couple times and instantly had a small pile-up. I had
10 Qâ??s in the first 3 minutes. The two antennae I used were the 8 element @
40 feet and a 6 element fixed to the SW. I turned the 8 element SE and
alternated between yagis during CQâ??s. I was running CA, WA, and ID stations
from one yagi while working east coast stuff on the other. I felt loud and
continued to run stations The west coast stuff petered out and at 1900z the
band shifted from the SE to the E. The band sounded like 20M during a WPX SSB
contest, just how I like it. It was tough keeping my run frequency as high
power guys kept jumping on near me. I would sometimes crank my microphone gain
to the max and give a long CQ. It is amazing how this helped clear the
frequency up. Signals were so strong that I ran most of my pile-ups with the
20dB attenuator on. At 2013z, I had my max 10 QSO rate of 314 Qâ??s/hour (6
Qâ??s a minute) and my 100 QSO rate was around 230 Qâ??s an hour.
I was monitoring 2M while running my pile and heard some commotion at 2213z. I
switch my main rig to 2M and heard some EN34 guys working W1â??s. I quickly
swung my yagi around to the east and worked 12 Qâ??s from W1, W2, and VE2.
K1WHS was 30 over! The 20-minute opening supplied some awesome mults but really
hurt my rate. I stuck to my motto, â??If youâ??re not CQâ??ing, youâ??re not
winningâ?? and jumped back on 6M. I was already over 500 QSOâ??s on 6M and was
shooting for 200 more. K2DRH, N9ISN, and N0AKC would occasionally jump in and
we would exchange QSO totals. Both were right behind my heels. This pushed me
to contest even harder. Rates were continually above 100 Qâ??s an hour up until
around 0100z when the band started to fade. I was at 900 Qâ??s by the end of the
night. Would 1000 Qâ??s be possible?
Sunday was never quite like Saturday. 6M opened early at 1300z to the NNE. The
VE2YAT/B in FO40 was in for most of them morning. I worked new stations in VE1,
VE2, VE9, VY2, and northern W1. K7BV/1 and W1JJ operating portable from FN64 as
W1VHF were especially loud! At 1600z, the band shifted from the NNE to the S
and SE. Signals were loud from those directions but there were few new stations
to work. At 1640z, I worked WB4ZXK EM66 for QSO #1000! Since new stations we
few and far between, I hit the â??high bandsâ?? hard on Sunday afternoon. My
902 and 1296 systems were not working properly. The only QSO from out of EN44
was with K2DRH on 1296. Bobâ??s system is amazing! 6 meters reamined open for
most of Sunday night. K5AM, WA7JTM, W5LCC, and AA7A were S9 up until the end of
the contest. When the clocked ticked 0300Z, I had an incredible 1107 QSOâ??s and
229 grids on 6m. I crushed my previous high and was the first Single Op to break
the 1K Q barrier! Simply amazing!
Grid maps and pictures: http://k9mu.com/june2006/
My signal in FN25 recorded by VE3GIB:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~gazibo/june%20vhf%202006/k9mu.mp3
6M QSO/Mults per Hour
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HOUR QSOâ??s/Mults
18 89/47
19 105/31
20 149/12
21 115/12
22 66/4 (2M Es)
23 124/27
0 131/14
1 47/16
2 47/16
3 12/3
4 6/2
5 5/2
6 .
7 .
8 .
9 .
10 .
11 1/1
12 5/1
13 5/3
14 17/5
15 25/3
16 70/11
17 30/6
18 7/2
19 2/1
20 4/3
21 5/0
22 7/2
23 8/1
0 13/2
1 3/0
2 10/2
2M Es QSO's
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2214 N1BUG FN55
2225 KQ1V FN43
2225 WA2AUY FN23
2228 K1MUJ FN31
2228 AF1T FN43
2228 W1FKF FN42
2228 K1OYB FN43
2229 KC2BCJ FN34
2230 W1GUP FN54
2232 VE2HAR FN35
2237 W2SSF FN54
2237 K1WHS FN43
Thanks for all the QSO's! See you all in September!
Justin K9MU
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