[3830] ARRL Jan VHF W2LC Single Op QRP

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                    ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

Call: W2LC
Operator(s): W2LC
Station: W2LC

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: FN13
Operating Time (hrs): 2

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:   2     1
    2:   6     4
  222:          
  432:          
  903:          
  1.2:          
  2.3:          
  3.4:          
  5.7:          
  10G:          
  24G:          
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Total:   8     5  Total Score = 40

Club: Rochester VHF Group

Comments:

I was up in Potsdam NY during the contest visiting, it was a balmy 5 degrees
when I got there.  Potsdam got down to -28F this weekend.  Like K2QO said,
that's cold. Upstate NY, cold and snowy, gotta love it!  It was -18 here at
home this morning.

I was planning on putting on FN25, FN24, FN23, FN14 and FN13 but only heard a
couple weak stations on the air from any of the northern grids.  So I operated
when I got home late Sunday. No QSOs from up north. 

The VHF contest has really died out.  Used to be you could work 100+ QSO's from
the Rochester NY area alone. And where are all those new licensee's?

Everytime I called a W1 it seemed like they immediately turned their antennas
towards NJ.  There are W2's in upstate NY you know!  Getting the 3's to point
north seems difficult too.

One k1 told me I was the only FN13 they had on any band!  There are a lot of
hams in FN13 too, but no longer operating the VHF contest I guess.

So I'll try the northern grids again in June, I visit Potsdam NY often.

73 Scott W2LC


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