[3830] ARRL Jan VHF N4BRF(WA2VNV) Single Op LP

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ARRL January VHF Contest

Call: N4BRF
Operator(s): WA2VNV
Station: N4BRF

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EL96vk
Operating Time (hrs): 11

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  15      6
    2:  23      9
  222:   1      1
  432:  13      7
  903:           
  1.2:   5      3
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  57     26  Total Score = 2,236

Club: Boca Raton Amateur Radio Assoc

Comments:

Conditions were flat to poor. Less stations on the air than usual due to severe
T GeorgeStorms/Tornados in northern/central Florida & southern Georgia over
the contest weekend. Also football playoff games didn't help either.
6 meters Es only opened briefly (5 minutes) to mid-west Sunday evening and only
worked AD0PY in EM47. 
This year I added a 1296 station using an SG Labs transverter & TR751A with
2-3 Watts output to a pair of Comet 16 Element Yagis at ~60 ft fed with 75 ft of
7/8 hardline. No mast preamp. The 2-3 Watts made it to 3 grids & 5 Q's, with
best to WB4OMG in EL98ad at a distance of 257 kM (160 miles). That was pretty
impressive with small power. Very happy with SG Labs transverter that cost
~$200 from Bulgaria. All station equipment held up except when the laptop
logging computer battery died and it shut itself down even thou it was plugged
in. I had to remove the battery and resume operation after a computer restart.
Thanks to the rovers out there in the wild for their efforts. Too bad I just
missed K4SME/r in EL86, that would have been an easy additional rare grid on
all 4 bands, I did get him in EL96. I did quit around 7 PM Sunday night as
activity was nil and the storms were approaching. CU in the spring sprints.
73's WA2VNV


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