[3830] ARRL June VHF K8GU Single Op HP

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ARRL June VHF Contest

Call: K8GU
Operator(s): K8GU
Station: K8GU

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  42     22
    2:  34     17
  222:   0      0
  432:   6      4
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  82     43  Total Score = 3,784

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Several operating periods sprinkled throughout the contest, 40% CW and 60% SSB,
no digital.  My oldest child (age 5) roared out of bed at 0550 LT on Sunday,
eliminating that usually fruitful window for tropo. 

When I worked WA4Q at 2351 UT Sunday night at a range of 1000 km, I thought we
might be going to get some 2m Es, but I had to cut the grass!  I daydreamed of
that on the mower and finished the back yard with headlights!  I'll be reading
the other summaries for 2m Es reports but I'm sure I would have heard about it
by now...

I had the ON4KST R2 144/432 chat rolling but posted sparingly and with no use. 
It was handy to connect with a couple of stations, though.  

Equipment:

6: Elecraft K3/100 + KPA500 amplifier + Homebrew 2-el Yagi at 27 feet
2: Elecraft K3/100 + K144XV internal transverter + Mirage B3016 (~100 W) +
vertical stack of M2 2M9SSB (each 9 el on 14.5-foot boom) at 35 over 24 feet
432: Elecraft K3/100 + Microwave Modules MM432 + Mirage D1010 (~50 W) +
Directive Systems DSFO432-15RS (15 el on a 8-foot boom)

This was the first contest with 432 actually working since I returned the
loaner FT-736R to it's owner (thanks, Brian).  There's some more tweaking to be
done there.

Thanks for the QSOs and 73,

--Ethan, K8GU.


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