ARRL January VHF Contest
Call: KK6MC/R
Operator(s): KK6MC
Station: KK6MC/R
Class: Rover LP
QTH: Rover
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 47 9
2: 57 13
222: 31 10
432: 58 12
903: 7 3
1.2: 24 6
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 224 54 Total Score = 21,924
Club: New Mexico VHF Society
Comments:
It was a good rove, enhanced quite a bit by the heavy SOTA and rover activity in
AZ. This is my highest ever score in a January contest by a lot, and much higher
than I would expect without Es, of which I heard none. After years of being the
only rover in AZ it is nice to have two others around to work.
After scraping 2 inches of snow off the Rover on Friday I headed out to El Paso
where I stayed overnight so I would be fresh to start the contest on Saturday. I
operated from the west side of the Transmountain Highway in DM61. There were
lots of locals on and I also managed a QSO to Tucson. It was there my deep
cyclebattery failed. I jerry rigged something together and continued operating.
I continued on to DM62 and worked a few NM stations as well as Tucson. I then
headed out to DM52 where I split operations between the NM and AZ sides of the
border. Nice QSOes to AZ and NM stations. It was getting late by then, So I went
on to Phoenix, arriving about midnight.
In the morning I got a late start as I went an bought a battery so that I could
use the computer to log. I headed out to the Maricopa convergence and found that
although I had followed previous year’s procedures and gotten approval to
operate when I called the Ak Chin Community on Friday, they denied me permission
when I was there on Sunday, which cost me an additional hour of lost operating
and more importantly, 2 grids. When I got on from DM33, about 1800Z, the SOTA
activity had peaked but I still managed more than 50 QSOes from that location
and then another 50 or so from DM43 when I moved acros the alfalfa field to
operate there. It was a great pleasure to have so much activity and on so many
bands after years of literally begging for QSOes in my roves to AZ. Thanks
everyone!
I then headed up I-17, operating from DM34 near the Aqua Fria national monument
with a good path to Phoenix and still lots of people to work. I ended up the
contest at a scenic overlook just below the Llowell Obsservatory in Flagstaff,
DM45. I had good QSOes with Tucson, Phoenix, Gallup NM, and, at a distance of
325 miles, with W5UHF in Santa Fe, NM. Due to the eclipse, the very small scenic
overlook was packed with cars, spilling over to the narrow roadway. These were
not astronomical observers, but rather partiers and among them there was loud
music with too loud bass, beer drinking, herbal experimentation, and judging by
the steamed up windows, more than a few makeout sessions. After a frenzied run
up the bands with N7GP/r, I pulled the plug when the contest ended and missed
out on a few more QSOes.
After a beer and a steak, I headed off to bed.
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