[3830] ARRL Jan VHF W0ETT Single Op HP

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                    ARRL January VHF Contest

Call: W0ETT
Operator(s): W0ETT
Station: W0ETT

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: co
Operating Time (hrs): 3

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  15      7
    2:   7      3
  222:           
  432:   1      1
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  23     11  Total Score = 264

Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado

Comments:

Very quiet VHF contest if you are only using the traditional ham modes of SSB
and CW.  Put an hour on Saturday and worked 3 stations, and was active most of
Sunday but no big surge of VHF ops or QSOs.  Most intersting contacts were with
the SOTA guys on mountain tops: WG0AT and K0NR; Rover AB0YM, and WD0BQM in DN81
on CW for nice DX QSO on 2m.  

Used to work about 60- 70 QSOs in the January VHF test but reportedly many VHF
ops have shifted over to FT8 or upgraded and gone to HF.  I stopped roving to
"rare" grids when QSO count dropped dramatically a year or two ago,
and gave away my rover antennas.  Hope the contest administrators come up with a
plan to encourage more traditional SSB and CW QSOs instead of just letting VHF
tests become FT8 contests all on one frequency.

73 Ken, W0ETT
rig:  IC756pro3 and 6m amp 450w to 7 el M2 at 65'
IC 910 with 100w on 2m 2' to 9 el m2 at 52' and 50w on 432


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