ARRL June VHF Contest - 2022
Call: KR1ST
Operator(s): KR1ST
Station: KR1ST
Class: Single Op-All Modes HP
QTH: FN21fk
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 317 154
2: 62 31
222: 7 6
432: 10 6
903:
1.2: 4 4
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 400 201 Total Score = 85,425
Club: Mt Airy VHF Radio Club
Comments:
Rig: IC-7300
IC-9700
Amp: Gemini HF-1k (50)
Gemini 2 1.2k (144)
Beko HLV-1000 (222)
Gemini 70 1k (432)
Gemini 23 (1296)
Ant: M2 6M3 (50)
M2 2M9SSB (144)
M2 222-10EZ (222)
M2 432-6WL (432)
Wimo SHF-2367 (1296)
This was mostly a semi casual effort. Given the conditions I should have done
much better. But as usual, I go for maximum fun as I see these VHF+ contest
mostly as activity generating events. Maximum fun for me means actual QSOs,
experiments, working folks mountain top portable, taking the time to talk to
folks about what is going on, and no chat pages nor Slack. Sure, that doesn't
make for high QSO rates, but does wonders for my sanity and perhaps will inspire
someone to try their hand at weak signal operations by having an actual
conversation with them.
Of course 6m was the band to be on, and VUCC in a weekend was a distinct
possibility this time around, much like in 2020. On Saturday I worked a few EU
stations, but mostly US, following a familiar pattern starting to FL and then
moving West, including some double hop Es. On Sunday there was a nice opening to
southwest when suddenly EU started popping in. I swung the beam around and
worked mostly EU on FT8, but also many on FT4. It was great to be able to
include the Ukraine in the log. FT4 could easily become my fave mode on VHF as
it resembles the speed of RTTY. Much less boring and frustrating than FT8. It
seems to me that many more folks were on FT4 in 2020 than this time around (176
vs. 92 Q's). FT4 much more reliable on short openings and fast changing
conditions. A nice surprise was an opening, I assume tropo, on 2m to TX on
Sunday afternoon. The propagation path was laser sharp. All the stations I
worked were within 2 degrees from each other.
It was great talking to old friends, make new ones, and generate some RF on the
bands I enjoy the most. Thank you everyone for the Q's. I hope to work you again
in the CQWW VHF in July.
73,
--Alex KR1ST
68% digtal
32% analog
21 Countries
Contest: ARRLVHFJUN
Band Mode QSOs Pts Grd Pt/Q
50 FT4 92 92 37 1.0
50 FT8 125 125 65 1.0
50 USB 100 100 52 1.0
144 FM 2 2 0 1.0
144 FT8 52 52 28 1.0
144 USB 8 8 3 1.0
222 FM 1 2 1 2.0
222 FT8 1 2 1 2.0
222 USB 5 10 4 2.0
420 FM 1 2 0 2.0
420 USB 9 18 6 2.0
1240 CW 1 3 1 3.0
1240 FT8 1 3 1 3.0
1240 USB 2 6 2 3.0
Total Both 400 425 201 1.1
Score: 85,425
1 Mult = 2.0 Q's
DXCC:
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Canary Islands
Croatia
Cuba
Denmark
England
Germany
France
Italy
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Poland
Portugal
Scotland
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
United States
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