[3830] ARRL Jan VHF N3UM Single Op LP

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                    ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

Call: N3UM
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: N3UM

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 11.7

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:   49    14
    2:   55    15
  222:           
  432:           
  903:           
  1.2:    7     2
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  111    31  Total Score = 4,092

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Tropo was at best mediocre this year, often with rapid 
deep QSB.  Activity level was also mediocre.  Several ops 
spoke of being distracted by football on TV.  I've noticed 
that this happens mostly when there's no E skip and 
tropo is not great: ops get on for 15 minutes and quit when 
they find little excitement.  For me the excitement this year 
 was making 7 QSOs in 2 grids on 1296 MHz, after finally 
getting my homebrew transverter working properly.  
At 4 points per QSO, the 1296 results let me eke out 
a claimed score 3 points better than I got in 2009, despite 
getting 30 fewer QSOs this year.  No hope of matching 
last years' score, nearly 1K points higher due to good 
tropo and an excellent activity level, even though I had 
only 6 and 2 meters last year, no 1296.  Many thanks to 
the 7 good PVRC friends who managed to read my 
home-made 1296 MHz signals: you know who you are!


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