[3830] ARRL Sep VHF K9GY/R Limited Rover LP

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                    ARRL September VHF QSO Party

Call: K9GY/R
Operator(s): K9GY
Station: K9GY/R

Class: Limited Rover LP
QTH: MI, IN, IL
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:   46    10
    2:   64    16
  222:   25    10
  432:   32    12
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  167    51  Total Score = 11,424

Club: Society of Midwest Contesters

Comments:

Three grids activated:  
1) EN62rb St Joseph, MI shoreline 74 Qs in about 4.5 hours
2) EN61fm Munster, IN 42 Qs in 2 hours (bees were bad here)
3) EN51xr Greene Valley Forest Preserve 51 Qs in 2 hours 

Yaesu FT-857D (6/2/432) 
Yaesu FT-817 (#1) and Elecraft 220 transverter 
Yaesu FT-817 (#2) Used Sunday for 432

On Saturday I noticed that the FT-857D output on 432 was 10 watts when it
should be 20. Decided on Sunday to use the #2 FT-817 exclusively for 432.
Although had to swap the microphone back and forth between 220 and 432, hah! 

6m:  Hamstick (two) put together for dipole
2m:  4L Arrow (portable version - works great!) 
220: 6L WA5VJB cheap yagi 
432: 6L WA5VJB cheap yagi 

Need to have the VHF community work on moving off 144.200 for QSOs! Announce on
144.200 that you are up the band calling CQ. I had one veteran rover tell me I
was QRMing his QSO on 144.200! Hello... move off 144.200 for the QSO! Really
tired of one 2m frequency being the 20 meters of VHF when the rest of the band
is HARDLY used! Let's SPREAD out people!

About 4.5 total hours of driving (somewhere between 250-300 miles?). Nice to
meet W9ZV and N9GH during stop at EN51XR. 

>From the repair department: check out why FT-817 / Elecraft 220 xvtr doesn't
work on CW now....especially before the 222 sprint! 

Rover Over, 
Eric K9GY/rover 

CQ CONTEST!


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