[3830] ARRL Sep VHF W3DHJ/R Rover LP

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                    ARRL September VHF QSO Party

Call: W3DHJ/R
Operator(s): W3DHJ
Station: W3DHJ/R

Class: Rover LP
QTH: CO: DM77-78-87-88
Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  26      9
    2:  55      9
  222:           
  432:           
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  81     22  Total Score = 1,782

Club: 

Comments:

RoverLog QSOs by Activated Grid:
Grid	QSOs	
DM78	15	
DM87	29	
DM88	15
DM77	22	

RoverLog Score Summary, Using new rover rules:
Band	QSOs	Value	QSOPts	Mults
50	26	1	26	9
144	55	1	55	9

Grids activated: 		4

Totals:	81		81	22	

               Claimed Score: 1782

My rover web page:  http://jonz.net/W3DHJ/vhfrover.html 

I had a late Saturday 6M opening into DM64-73-74-75-85 which REALLY
helped.  However, there weren't many operators on the air in those grids
during the opening.  College football, do you suppose?

All that work and I only get 9 grid multipliers on 6M and another 9 on
2M.  It sure felt like I did better than that, but the logs don't lie.

High/Low-Lights:

Using the N8XJK 12 Volt Boost Regulator.  http://www.tgelectronics.org/
That sucker is FANTASTIC!   IJFW!   Recommended.

Working some new fellers that I had not worked before.  And, working
several fellers that were site- and/or antenna-challenged on either 6M
or 2M.  GREAT SPIRIT, that!

I had power problems late on Saturday.  Shortly after moving from DM87
to DM77 (grid #3 for the day), I suffered an intermittent, but
persistent, LARGE voltage drop on the 12VDC running to the gear.  I
aborted Saturday's operation early -- making only 10 contacts from DM77
and NO contacts from DM78.

So, Sunday morning -- instead of rovering -- I re-did the dedicated
12VDC lines from the battery posts into the passenger compartment.  A
visual inspection showed nothing, and the physical dis-assembly and
re-assembly of the battery post connectors, the spade connectors on the
battery post connectors, and the in-line, blade-style fuse holders
revealed no problems.

But, something I (re)did fixed it, because I had no problems for the final
nine hours I put in on Sunday.

I did get desperate several times and moved to 146.46/.49/.55/.58 and
called "CQ" -- and I won't ever let that occur again.  The results were
zilch and I doubt if anyone there would know what a "CQ" was....  HI!HI!

I did not get the memo that announced that everybody was going to quit
the contest 1 1/2 hours early.  My last contact was with N0LL at 0128Z.
I heard no other sigs after that -- maybe some ESP scatter on 6m.


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