[3830] ARRL Jan VHF W3SO Limited Multi-Op HP

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                    ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

Call: W3SO
Operator(s): WA3TTS, WR3Z, W3BTX, W3IDT, W3TM, W3YOZ, K4VV
Station: W3SO

Class: Limited Multi-Op HP
QTH: WPA
Operating Time (hrs): 23

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  158    40
    2:  202    48
  222:   86    35
  432:  111    36
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  557   159  Total Score = 119,886

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Ugh! Our lowest January score in over a decade from the W3SO (FN00)
mountain-top.  Incredible frequency dependent (power line?) noise wiped out 6
meters all weekend.  Several other WPA stations have commented on the noise, so
it appears to have been rather wide-spread, perhaps due to the cold (it was 12F
Sunday night) and very high winds.

At least a dozen or so stations worked on 144, 222, and 432, could not be heard
on 50.  A brief Es opening on Saturday, around 20:00Z yielded DM93, EM18, and
EM31, and again on Sunday (Monday, 00:30Z) produced EM50, EM60, and EM70.

Thanks to all who put up with our constant requests for repeats.


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