[3830] ARRL Jan VHF N6ZE/ROVER Limited Rover LP

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                    ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

Call: N6ZE/ROVER
Operator(s): N6ZE KJ6VZC
Station: N6ZE/ROVER

Class: Limited Rover LP
QTH: SW Division
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:   22     4
    2:   44     6
  222:   12     2
  432:   24     4
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  102    16  Total Score = 2,772

Club: 

Comments:

:  N6ZE/Rover entered the ARRL Jan ’13 VHF Contest as a Limited Rover entry
with 100w/.25wave whip (6m); 50w/.25 wave whip & 5 el of a 2M 7 yagi (2m) ; 25w
FM/.5 wave whip (135 Cm); and 10w/whip & 8 elements of an M>2 yagi (70Cm). Pete,
N6ZE, & “Woodie”, KJ6VZC, were the ops.N6ZE/R made 102 QSO on 4 bands and
drove 505 miles to make QSOs from grids DM04, CM94, CM95, DM03, DM13, & DM14
during the contest period. We enjoyed great sunny weather with temperatures as
high as 80F throughout the contest, although the San Fernando Valley, Conejo
Valley, Oxnard Plain, & Malibu had substantial gusty Santa Winds: This was
documented ahead of time on the Hepburn Tropo Forecast website which showed
absolutely no tropo enhancement in that part of California. Our driving route
was from Ventura to Santa Barbara to Lompoc to Nipomo and return on Saturday.
One highlight on Saturday was having an “eyeball QSO” with Mike, W6WE, in
Nipomo. On Sunday, we drove from Thousand Oaks to Malibu via Kanan Rd over the
Santa Monica Mts. to an elevated site next to the LAX airport to Palos Verdes
to Carson to Diamond Bar to Pasadena to Simi Valley’s “Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library & Museum” and back to Thousand Oaks by 6 PM.  One
station stated that he was in the new “3 band”  category. All 223 MHz QSOs
were made on FM. No 6m contacts were made on FM and ‘a few’ FM QSOs were
made on 2 meters & 70 Cm. Best contest comment, when asked for QSOs on other
bands, one contester replied that in addition to 6m, he could provide us with
QSOs on HF. Activity levels were very low due to football playoffs, an HF
Contest, power line noise, plus ??? Despite having a Jan. VHF article published
in a local club newsletter & postings at a couple of other area clubs, I did not
notice an increase in new participants in the Ventura Co (CA) area.


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