[3830] ARRL Jan VHF W1DYJ SO 3Band LP

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                    ARRL January VHF Contest

Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ

Class: SO 3Band LP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 5.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
    6:  58     17
    2:  15      3
  222:           
  432:   8      3
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
-------------------
Total:  81     23  Total Score = 2,047

Club: North East Weak Signal Group

Comments:

Saturday was the NAQP SSB, so I didn't start here until Sunday
morning.  And my 2M yagi had an elevated SWR -- apparently due to
the snowstorm as it's fine today, so I could only push 25W into it.

My second best Jan VHF since 2003.  (Last year was a bit better.)
6M was my best band, mostly due to FT8.  2M and 70cm seemed to be
very sparse, I assume due to FT8. (The few stations found on 2 & 432
were very happy to move to all 3 bands.) 

This reminded me of a June VHF when there is GOOD e-Skip on 6, with
FT8 taking the place of e-Skip. Most hams move to 6 when that happens
too.  I don't necessarily like FT8 for contesting as it's slow and
very "mechanical."  But my contest "juices" almost force me
to use it.

Here is the breakdown by mode:
Band       CW  Phone  FT8
 ----      --  -----  --- 
    6       1   16    41 
    2       0   15     0
   70       0    8     0 

Rig:      TS2000
BIC:      5.5 hours
Antennas: 6M -- HB 7 el at 10M  (ARRL Antenna Book)
          2M -- 12el K1FO at 12M (K1WHS kit)
          70cm -- M^2 440-18 up at 11M
Log:      N3FJP's VHF Contest Log Ver. 6.3
          [with JTAlert 2.12.10 for FT8]

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ


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