CQ Worldwide VHF Contest
Call: VE9AA
Operator(s): VE9AA
Station: VE9AA
Class: SOSB/6 HP
QTH: FN66
Operating Time (hrs): 3:20
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 76 45
2:
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Total: 76 45 Total Score = 3,420
Club: Maritime Contest Club
Comments:
This was gonna be a 2 band LP effort to save electricity, amp switching and
extra heat in the shack.
Put my 17B2 up the other day in hopes of making some serious Q's on 2m this
w/e. CQ'd 1000 times on 2m in all directions for half the first day, then just
shut the 2m rig off without so much as a single QSO.
Turned the amp on and went SB/6m HP instead.
Spent the entire first day without packet, then a buddy asked me about it and
reminded me I could use it. DOH ! (read the rules, Mike!!!) I really doubt it
would've helped. I am 99.999% sure I made zero use of it for a QSO I put in
the log, other than to see other folks were having prop, while we were not.
Late Saturday I lost all mic audio right in the middle of basically the only
opening towards W4/W5...turned out to be a menu setting that likes to change on
it's own (rfi?) Had worked a few guys on phone, so the rest were all done on CW
until day 2....
N1MM sez 3:20hrs, but seemed more like 30 hours and 20 mins as radio was barely
shut off for the few hours that I slept.
Made 2 or 3 DX contacts, 2 or 3 MS contacts, 2 or 3 "local" contacts
and the smattering of the rest came in at very very marginal Es openings.
Stations would literally be at the noise floor for long periods (10-15 mins)
and if I was lucky I could get their attention.
Looking back, it seems like southern W1's had some whizz bang openings while we
had very little.
STILL - - - I did have fun.
N4WW was in for a long while and in fact, when I turned in @ 1:30am local, was
still the only thing on the band. K5VWW snuck in a dbl hop QSO from the low EL
grids and EA8 off the back for a peek-a-boo QSO.
Tomorrow I am sure the band will be wide open again !
73 es thanks !
Mike FN66, IC-7410, 6el CC, SB-226
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