ARRL June VHF Contest - 2020
Call: K4HQK
Operator(s): K4HQK
Station: K4HQK
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Alexandria, VA
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 98 49
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 98 49 Total Score = 4,802
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Actually had 102 QSOs but 4 were duplicated across modes. Did not have N1MM
lashed to WSJT-X (instructions befuddled me), so had to integrate the two
separate logs through my regular logging program, Ham Radio Deluxe, from which I
generated a Cabrillo file.
Plenty of activity among FT8 users, although making contacts wasn't so easy with
low power (65w from a sick IC-7410 into a 3-el Yagi up 20'). But there was a
fair amount of CW and SSB activity, a relief those modes haven't been totally
replaced by digital.
Six meters this time of year rarely disappoints and this one was no exception.
Saturday afternoon around 2000 UTC saw a bit of multihop E-skip to Europe.
Worked several, including a G and a GI, but couldn't log them because they were
in regular mode. I was set, of course, in "NA VHF" contest mode. Sure
hated to lose that Northern Ireland QSO.
Sunday started slowly and then a pipeline opened to the Midwest for most of the
day--but no EU or other DX locations. Late afternoon the paths faded. After
dark, however, a new one opened to Florida and Cuba. Worked one station in
Havana. Then, as FT8 activity began to fade, I switched to CW and worked a few
more in the Southeast U.S. before going QRT.
Once again I was reminded how tricky 6 meters can be--or, you might say,
"sporting."
73,
John K4HQK
Alexandria
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