[3830] ARRL June VHF NV4B/5 Single Op Port QRP

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                    ARRL June VHF QSO Party

Call: NV4B/5
Operator(s): NV4B
Station: NV4B/5

Class: Single Op Port QRP
QTH: MS (EM54vs)
Operating Time (hrs): 6:08

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  54     39
    2:   7      6
  222:           
  432:   4      4
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  65     49  Total Score = 3,381

Club: 

Comments:

I returned to Mississippi's highest point, Woodall Mountain (elevation: a
whopping 806 feet) for another SOQRP portable effort.

I operated from 1800-2200Z Saturday.  Things were slow Saturday afternoon with
just a few local stations making it into the log.  I returned Sunday at 1400Z
and found 6m open to Florida.  There were several brief openings in various
directions Sunday, but none were all that spectacular.  A number of QSOs were
boosted by what seemed like meteor scatter, but with less than 5 watts at my
disposal, it was difficult for me to take advantage of the brief enhancements. 
After conditions took a dive mid-afternoon, I hung on to make a few 2m and 432
MHz QSOs before pulling the plug at 2215Z.

I was really pleased to actually make QSOs with the WA5VJB design
"Cheap" wood boom 6-element Yagi I built for 432.  It's always fun
building something from scratch and making it work!  It was good for four
grids, but I might have done even better had I not had a strangely-high noise
level on 432 only.

I regretted not having 222 ready in time for this year's contest, although some
of the local 222 ops I expected to hear did not seem to be on the air this
weekend anyway.  Perhaps Father's Day resulted in slightly lower
participation.

Thanks to all those whom I worked for being patient with my QRP signal.  A
number of QSOs were quite challenging, and of course, some were unfortunately
lost to QSB.  It was still a lot of fun, though.  

Radio:  Yaesu FT-817ND
Antennas:  2 el 6m; 4 el 2m; 6 el 432


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