[3830] ARRL June VHF W3IP Single Op HP

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                    ARRL June VHF Contest

Call: W3IP
Operator(s): W3IP
Station: W3IP

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FM19
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Remote Operation

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  365   126
    2:   77    27
  222:   28    14
  432:   45    18
  903:   10     5
  1.2:   12     6
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  537   196  Total Score = 128,184

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Found 10 Florida stations on 6 meter e skip on Saturday afternoon. That was it
until Sunday morning at 1322Z when the e-skip machine started up for the day.
The mostly single hop propagation lasted until  0113Z Sunday evening. That great
Sunday propagation and time spent on 6 meters significantly reduced my QSO
totals on the higher bands. Could not hold a SSB frequency during the peak of
the Sunday e-skip opening  with 350 watts and relatively low antennas. CW came
to the rescue, I was able to keep a good rate running on CW. I heard some grids
only on SSB, and some only on FT8, so I had to break away from the CW runs to
search and pounce every hour or so. Worked 14 new grids on 6 meters, including
K4T in EL84. Thanks guys for getting that one on the air! 

My plan to use a tower mounted PLUTO SDR and a homebrew power amp on 2304, 3456,
and 5763 came to a last minute halt due to software problems with SDRAngel. Has
anyone gotten a PLUTO to work at full power out on SSB/CW?

73, Mike, W3IP


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