Hello contesters,
I very much enjoyed this June VHF QSO Party, Though it did have it's ups
and downs.
I had a 1 hour late start due to water in my {N} to {N} barrel connector
causing a hard to determine SWR problem on 144MHz....
I had a very poor 50 MHz antenna and didn't concentrate on that band very
much,though Saturday Es was very good....
Saturday conditions seemed to be up from last year on 144MHz , there
seemed to be less activity on 144MHZ though due to the widespread 6 meter
opening....
Any enhancement that was present on Saturday on 2 meters seemed to disappear
by Sunday, in fact the band seemed quite flat by midday Sun. and lasted to
the end of the contest...
Here is the breakdown: KG4BMH EM76 SOLP
QSO Mults
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50 MHz 10 9
144MHz 98 41
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Total : 5,400 pts............
Rig :
Ft-100d
6m: 100 Watts, 80Meter Loop MFJ 969 tuner............
2m: Mirage Brick @ 160 Watts , Cushcraft DX-120 { 20 Ele. Collinear Array}
@ 35' , ARR SP144vdg GasFet Preamp, DCI Bandpass Filter..............
73 Everyone
DE KG4BMH EM76
Jason Wilborn.........................................................
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