I had a free weekend and decided to put an effort into this weekend VHF
contest.As in years past, it's a 50/50 chance of getting through the weekend
due to winter icing.The big difference is I only now have 6 meters instead of a
10 band system.Certainly makes life easier going into my later years.Saturday
late afternoon, the band erratically open to the south, and Sunday late
afternoonto the mid-west. Pre contest I set a goal of 50 grids for the
weekend.I knew I would have to work a decent amount of stations using meteors
with MSK144.I was disappointed in the meteor activity, although those worked
certainly helped my totals.Most of my contacts were done on FT8, other than the
beginning of the contest.I do have one complaint to the VHF communityWhen the
band opens for an hour or two, get off of FT8. Several times I moved to SSB
duringsmall openings, and never saw a signal. I can work 3 stations on SSB, vs.
the timeit takes to make one FT8 contact. It's a great mode, but certainly
slower than SSB.Within the last week, I down loaded V2.1.2.Over the weekend,
some contacts were lost, due to compatibility.
I did learn to click RRR which would be read by the other ops program, so we
couldcomplete the contact. I'm sure those who gave up from repetitive
transmissions, thoughtI was an idiot.Thanks for the fun. Stay warm on the next
few weeks of bitter weatherThanks for the Q'sHerb K2LNSUsing the old call
WA2FGK FN2150 mhz Single op HP
QSO's 261 Grids 64 = 16,700
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