[3830] ARRL Jan VHF W5PR Single Op HP

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                    ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

Call: W5PR
Operator(s): W5PR
Station: W5PR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 19.7

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  563   146
    2:           
  222:           
  432:           
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  563   146  Total Score = 82,198

Club: Texas DX Society

Comments:

Totally a 6 meter effort. I have not yet put back up the 2m and 440 yagis after
the hurricane damage. Saturday had some great openings (two hours over 100, see
rate sheet below) and Sunday was extremely slow, however, Sunday had some good
DX.  I neglected cqing on Sunday to look for DX. I had worked ZF and 9Y on
Saturday on my high 7 el antenna. On Sunday, I turned the lower, but larger,
new 9 element toward the south and the floodgates opened! I set up the monitor
scope so I could watch 50.110 while I cq'd higher for contest qso's. TI8AA was
worked at 1736, then YS1AG and TG9AJR at 1906 and 1913. I could hear the TG9
for hours calling on 50.120. HR1/K2LCT at 2031 and XE3N at 2114, then nothing
was heard or worked until 2144. The band seemed dead so I ventured a "CQ DX"
and got a huge response. Six YVs and three FMs in 12 minutes from 2144 to 2156!
After that I found another TI at 2253, another TG9 at 0054 and then pulled the
switch early at 0200 due to the slow rate.  There was an opening to Florida,
finally starting at about 2200 that helped fill in some missing grids.  I need
a low antenna!  I hope to erect a 30' tower before the June contest for a 6m,
6el rotary quad now on the ground next to the shack.

 QSO/Grid by hour and band

 Hour      50M    Total     Cumm    OffTime

D1-1900Z  81/24   81/24     81/24  
D1-2000Z 148/27  148/27    229/51  
D1-2100Z 111/30  111/30    340/81  
D1-2200Z  43/14   43/14    383/95  
D1-2300Z  55/14   55/14    438/109 
D2-0000Z  33/7    33/7     471/116 
D2-0100Z  17/5    17/5     488/121 
D2-0200Z   1/0     1/0     489/121    50
D2-0300Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-0400Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-0500Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-0600Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-0700Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-0800Z  --+--    0/0     489/121    60
D2-0900Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-1000Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-1100Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-1200Z    -      0/0     489/121    60
D2-1300Z   5/0     5/0     494/121    31
D2-1400Z   5/2     5/2     499/123 
D2-1500Z   1/1     1/1     500/124    57
D2-1600Z   4/1     4/1     504/125 
D2-1700Z   3/2     3/2     507/127    37
D2-1800Z   3/0     3/0     510/127    40
D2-1900Z   6/2     6/2     516/129 
D2-2000Z   1/1     1/1     517/130    52
D2-2100Z  11/7    11/7     528/137    42
D2-2200Z  23/4    23/4     551/141 
D2-2300Z   2/1     2/1     553/142    35
D3-0000Z   2/0     2/0     555/142    50
D3-0100Z   7/3     7/3     562/145 
D3-0200Z   1/1     1/1     563/146 

Total:   563/146

Chuck, W5PR


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