ARRL June VHF Contest - 2019
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5TR
Station: K5TR
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: EM00
Operating Time (hrs):
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 240 101
2: 88 38
222: 30 17
432: 49 18
903: 9 5
1.2: 10 6
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G: 1 1
24G:
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Total: 427 186 Total Score = 100,998
Club: Roadrunners Microwave Group
Comments:
Conditions this year on 6 meters were some of the poorest in recent
memory here in Texas. I sort of got things setup to get on digital on
both radios and that mostly worked. I pushed hard on 2 meter MSK and
got a number of distant grids on that band. I did some MSK and some
FT8 on 6 meters but likely left a lot of contacts on FT8 on the table
since I just was not willing to spend much time there when the band
was open since rates on SSB and CW can be so much better. Maybe I
need to do that to post a larger score but it turns into a digital
contest and is just not as much fun for me when I know the rates would
be so much faster on SSB. But maybe this is what the VHF contest will
become.
At one point I dialed across the CW band to find a weak WA1T calling
CQ. I was not hearing much of anything else on the band - but that
put FN43 in the log and just up from him was K1TR in FN42. These were
a suprise since they are both at that diffcult distance that is
between 1 and 2 hops. I have heard this before. I am not sure what
explains hearing that distance but nothing in the one hop range.
I did try to add a new band this year (2304) but in the end it did not
seem to be transmitting as neither K5AND or K5TRA could hear me. I
will work on that system and get it going better for next year. And
W5DMB and I will take it out in the rover in September I am sure.
I had a good time on 2 meter MSK. I worked some new grids on 2 meters.
All of you that have your FT8 computers hooked up to your radios
should give MSK a try on 6 and 2 meters. You can work things when the
band is dead and you can work out to 1000+ miles on 2 meters fairly
eaisly. Even with 50-100 watts and a small yagi. Six meter contacts
are even eaiser.
Please give it a try - you can do it any day of the week. Check out
http://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk/
and find someone to run a sked with you can see what it is all about.
It is great fun!
Callsign Used : K5TR
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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6CW 10 10 10 4
6DIG 49 46 46 34
6SSB 188 184 184 63
2CW 1 1 1 0
2DIG 22 22 22 17
2SSB 66 65 65 21
222SSB 30 30 60 17
432CW 2 2 4 0
432SSB 47 47 94 18
902SSB 9 9 27 5
1GHSSB 10 10 30 6
10GSSB 1 1 0 1
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Totals 435 427 543 186
Final Score = 100998 points.
The station:
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/blanco/k5tr_station.html
50Mhz - Elecraft K3 - 2x 3-500z (1200 watts)
7 element yagi at 75'
7 element yagi at 30'
7 element yagi at 25' fixed Northeast
7 element yagi at 30' fixed Northwest
144Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV144 - W6PO 8877 (1000 watts)
17B2 17 element yagi at 35'
FO12 12 element yagi at 60' Fixed NW (stuck)
DB224 for FM contacts
222Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV222 - Larcan amp (1000 watts)
Cushcraft 15 ele yagi at 30'
432Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV432 - W6PQL amp (1000 watts)
2 high stack M2 432-9WL 28 element yagis at about 40'
DB-420 dipole array for FM
902Mhz - Elecraft K3 - DEMI transverter - 50 watt amp
- 16 element loop yagi at 30'
1296Mhz - Elecraft K3 - DEMI transverter - 30 watt amp
24 element loop yagi at 30'
10GHZ - Elecraft K3 -> 144 mhz UT5JCW transverter -> DEMI transverter -
3 watts
2 ft dish 30'
( 144, 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 10GHz are all using the same K3)
HOUR 6 2 222 432 902 1296 10G TOTAL ACCUM
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18 13 10 3 8 2 3 1 40 40
19 7 7 4 4 0 0 0 23 63
20 2 5 5 4 0 0 0 19 82
21 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 22 104
22 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 110
23 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 120
0 3 5 1 4 1 0 0 20 140
1 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 12 152
2 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 168
3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 177
4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 187
5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 189
6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 194
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 195
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195
11 0 8 1 4 0 0 0 17 212
12 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 9 221
13 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 230
14 20 8 3 5 2 2 0 41 271
15 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 327
16 29 1 1 1 1 1 0 37 364
17 27 2 2 2 1 1 0 37 401
18 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 409
19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 411
20 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 417
21 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 423
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 423
23 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 427
TOTAL 240 88 30 49 9 10 1
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