ARRL September VHF Contest - 2020
Call: K4HQK
Operator(s): K4HQK
Station: K4HQK
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Alexandria, VA
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 107 22
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 107 22 Total Score = 2,354
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Six meters only. Lots of activity from the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions,
but very little to none from the NW, W, SW or S regions. At least, that was my
experience with a 3-el Yagi up 25' and an IC-7410 with a sick final putting out
only 60w. That said, and despite heavy competition, I still worked 95% of all I
saw on the WSJT-X screen.
That includes two rovers (K8GP/R and K0BAK/R) in two different grids each. No
other rovers were heard. All the grids worked were in FM or FN territory, the
farthest being KV1J operating from Oxford county, Maine--620 miles away. I also
worked stations from FN30 to FN43. What propagation facilitated that? Was there
a patch of sporadic E between here and New England?
Once again, despite a few CW and SSB QSOs at the opening gun, this was an FT8
event. I did work two FT4 stations early in the day Saturday (one none other
than N1JT) but despite numerous checks throughout the contest, I never heard
another FT4—or for that matter, CW or SSB signal.
My FT8 rate was excruciatingly slow (10.2/hour) and dropped to about 6.8 toward
the end Sunday night with very few new ones left to work. Watched a lot of paint
drying ;-)
Still, I enjoyed this contest because we have so many amateurs in this region
who bring it to life. And there were very few this time who had not set WSJT-X
for “NA VHF Contest,” which made it all go more smoothly. So all in all, I
can truthfully say I’m looking forward to the next VHF contest—really!
73 from John/K4HQK
Alexandria, Virginia
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