Hi Terry,
Well you cleaned my clock. Once again I am killed by no activity to my
East and northeast. I worked only two grids there, FN54 and VE1WLC. In the
other direction I worked out to FN03 in the west. FN35 was the only
northern grid worked, but I had a pipeline down the coast. Best DX was EM80
81, 85, 95 and 94 along with FM04. I ended up with 169 Qs and around 36
grids. The log is up in the shack yet. You beat me with more grids. I took a
little time to try some 1296 skeds during the sprint. I stayed pretty much
on 144.180 and think that I lost QSOs by being too far away from the calling
frequency. I heard stations near .200 that never found me on 144.180. After
awhile, I started trolling around 144.200 to find new stations. It was a
madhouse, but there were new stations there, and not on 144.180. It sure
was a fun night. I brought a single adult beverage along, and popped it at
about 10 PM for a nice treat.
After the sprint I went to 432 and worked K4SME and N2CEI on that band.
It is not often that I work Florida on 432 tropo.They were just as good on
432 as I heard them on 144, maybe better. Tried a few Qs on 1296 too. I
QRTed at about midnight.
I am still bummed by that guy in FN54 (the next grid) who worked you,
but never called me only 5 kHz away. He must be a true DXer!!
Dave K1WHS
----- Original Message -----
From: <w8zn@comcast.net>
To: "Ron Klimas WZ1V" <wz1v@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <packrats@mailman.qth.net>; <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>;
<newsvhf@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] 144 Sprint
> Yea, us poor folks in the RF hole heard you guys working Florida!!!
>
> Despite lsing 20 minutes at the start due to a transverter issue, I
> managed 160 Q's and 42 grids. See you all next week on 222.
>
> 73,
>
> Terry
>
>
> Worked 117/28 in 2.5 hrs using 500 Watts to a broken 11 el yagi, best
>
> dx N2CEI EM80 965 miles, thanks Steve!.
>
> -73, Ron WZ1V FN31mp
>
>
>
> At 07:00 AM 9/22/2009, Phil Theis wrote:
>
>>Wow, the band was active last night. Furthest grids; EM79, EN92, FN54
>
>>and FM15. I missed the FN73.
>
>>Only on for two hours, wish I could have stayed the night.
>
>>90 q's in 24 grids.
>
>>Thanks for the contacts and thanks to the sponsors.
>
>>Phil K3TUF
>
>
>
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