ARRL June VHF Contest
Call: KR1ST
Operator(s): KR1ST
Station: KR1ST
Class: SO 3Band LP
QTH: FN21fk, EPA
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
6: 267 103
2: 39 16
-------------------
Total: 306 119 Total Score = 36,414
Club:
Comments:
Rigs: IC-7300 (6m), IC-275H (2m)
Pwr: 100W on 6 and 2m
Ants: 3 elements 6m yagi M2 6M3 @28ft
9 elements 2m yagi M2 2M9SSB @32ft
2m ground plane @24ft for FM
Elev: 1900+ ft
I almost tripled my score from last year due to antenna improvements
(going from
loops to yagis), station improvements, and the great openings on 6
meters on
both Saturday and Sunday. I had planned on adding an 18 elements yagi
for 432,
but changed my mind because it wouldn't be worth the investment if 6
meters
would open up, as it did. Perhaps later.
I always have mixed feelings about 6 meters opening up big during a VHF
contest.
The contest basically turns into yet another HF contest with a different
exchange. Don't get me wrong, it's fun when it does, but the magic band
can take
out some of the magic that makes a VHF contest what it is to me: working
stations on different bands with increasing challenges when you go
higher in
frequency. I did concentrate on operating mostly SSB on 6 meters and
resorted to
FT8 if not many new stations were to be worked for a while.
Two firsts for me: meteor scatter on 6m, and FM on 2m. Below is a
band-mode
breakout.
Thanks for all the QSO's, the rovers for their hard work activating many
grids,
and the ARRL for sponsoring the contest.
73,
--Alex KR1ST (FN21fk)
Band-Mode breakout:
Band Mode QSOs Pts Grd Pt/Q
50 FT8 109 109 28 1.0
50 MSK1 2 2 2 1.0
50 USB 156 156 73 1.0
144 FM 1 1 0 1.0
144 FT8 2 2 1 1.0
144 USB 36 36 15 1.0
_______________________________________________
VHFcontesting mailing list
VHFcontesting@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
|