[3830] ARRL UHF W0ZQ Rover LP

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Call: W0ZQ
Operator(s): W0ZQ
Station: W0ZQ

Class: Rover LP
QTH: MN
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  222:   53    11
  432:   65    13
  903:   27     5
  1.2:   49    12
  2.3:   27     6
  3.4:   25     5
  5.7:   17     2
  10G:   20     5
  24G:           
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Total:  283    59  Total Score = 123,948

Club: Northern Lights Radio Society

Comments:

Unfortunately my big news was the local weather and propagation .... both poor. 
Our region is suffering through a moderate drought this summer but Ma Nature
decided to dump 2" of rain on W0ZQ/R on Sat. while I was in far SE corner of
MN. It rained all day, sometimes hard. Despite the very difficult roving
conditions I was able to work K0AWU (EN37), the Twin Cities crew, K9CVC (EN44),
KB9TLV (EN45), K2DRH (EN41), and KM0T (EN13) along with a few of the other
rovermania rovers.  However, with the low pressure system overhead and the rain
coming down, propagation was just darn poor.  Sunday was cloudy and started off
with a light mist falling .... at least it wasnt raining.  Local activity was
good, but propagation was still very poor as I heard very little out past about
250 km.  I looked for K2DRH at each stop but nothing was heard on these "longer"
paths.  The usual booming signals from KM0T were S2.  In summary, it was a very
wet affair for me this year, sometimes a struggle, but always a hoot to be out
and about in the rover.  For next year, Rovermania V, I have already put in a
request for some good propagation ..... we are due.   73, Jon


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