> Main take away for me: Andrea and Ria scored 40k more than us as the
> limited K2EZ rover than we did as RU and we were operating in the same
> area. There's clearly a lot of room for us to continue to push that record
> higher. Our next big outing should have 2 or 3 more bands, and we have
> improved antennas on the microwaves since June.
> 
>  I now have a 3 week old baby at home so the next few contests are going to
> be minimal efforts for me. Chris is going out as K1SIG for semi-big
> efforts, I'll be making short couple-hour efforts under my call. We'll be
> improving the rover over the next yearish and will be back better than
> ever. Division wins and records are fun and all - we can see those big #1
> scores within reach though. Watch out, we're coming!

I'm not sure whether I'll be going out as limited or unlimited for this
next contest - it depends on if that transverter arrives in time.  If
limited, I should be able to manage a September record.  If unlimited,
the record is currently held by W1RT with 85k.  That is certainly out of
my reach.

But yeah, this September's efforts will be back to the stop-and-shoot
style.  I've got these beams, I might as well use them.  It'll hurt the
score but it'll be fun to get up on some summits and use the stuff.

We sure do have plenty of room for improvement still.  Obviously more
bands will help with the score, and I'm planning on upgrading my 222
transverter to more power at some point in the next year.  After that, I
think we're just going to have to get smarter on our route and also have
some propagation luck.  I don't really know what else there is we could
be doing.

-- 
Chris Lumens - KG6CIH
Hike * MTB * XC Ski * Haskell
Research - Experimentation - Testing - More Testing
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