ARRL June VHF QSO Party
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Ohio/EN91
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 217 119
2: 32 18
222: 13 11
432: 17 11
903:
1.2: 1 1
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 280 160 Total Score = 49,920
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Before the contest I made several posts to area clubs promoting the VHF test as
the absolutely best weekend of the year to try six meters. I hope people did
not turn on their radios on Saturday, think I was nuts, and never returned on
Sunday.
Saturday was boring, only a couple of brief but not very loud openings to FL
where the guys were so inundated with callers that it was hard getting through.
So I decided with a clear conscience to take off for a 65 mile bike ride on
Sunday morning. After the ride, a shower, and a nap it was 21Z until got on.
What a difference! I don't think I've ever heard six open to so many places at
the same time. As noted by other southerners, the opening was covering only the
upper half of the USA and nearby Canada, other than a reasonable number of guys
in AZ.
Good CW activity on six. Not much activity or conditions on the higher bands.
Missed a number of nearby grids on the high bands. Not a single qso in FN01 80
miles east of here. Missed usually easy FN00 on two meters and above as W3SO
had antenna problems and was six meters only.
A great Sunday evening, with activity up to the end,including four new mults in
the last 10 minutes (W3CCX in FN21 on 2/222/432 and FN41 on six).
Hope we can get another opening even close to this one for the CQ VHF contest
in July. I may do a low key rove in EN90/FN00/FN01 for that one.
73 - Jim K8MR
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