ARRL June VHF Contest - 2020
Call: AF1R/R
Operator(s): AF1R
Station: AF1R/R
Class: Limited Rover LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 122
2: 35
222: 24
432: 22
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 203 71 Total Score = 17,537
Club: North East Weak Signal Group
Comments:
Six grids: FN32, FN33, FN41, FN42, FN43, and FN51
All contacts on SSB - no FT8
Drove 2 hours (4 hours round trip) on Saturday to activate FN51 on the Cape
(Cape Cod). When I arrived, I discovered 3 of the 4 coax cables I threw in my
car had N connectors and all of my external antennas and my FT-991 have SO-239
connectors. I had grabbed the cables I used for the Spring Microwave Sprint, not
the coax cables I usually use for the VHF contests. All my adapters were at
home, too. So, I got a 40 minute late start thinking about the best strategy to
use with just one coax cable and four antennas. I ended up cycling through my
antennas for the regulars, then stayed on 6M on my Moxon. I had planned to leave
by 4 P.M., but with my late start, and getting mini-pileups as a few midwest and
southern stations discovered FN51 was active, I decided to stay and give out
FN51 contacts to everyone who wanted it. After 57 Q's and no more responses to
my CQs, I packed up and left at 6:00 P.M.
It put me late into the next two grids. At 8:30 P.M.(after watching a
spectacular sunset on the drive) I arrived at FN41, a Walmart parking lot, just
south of the FN42/FN41 boundary, where I normally need to make a number of phone
calls to get some activity, but I discovered 6M was still hot. I made three
contacts with the 6M whip and decided I would do better with a better antenna. I
quickly put up my PAR antenna omniloop (I like this antenna - 1 minute assembly
and disassembly) and stayed for an hour to work 18 more stations.
I headed home to FN42, but stopped at the parking lot (up on a hill) at my home
town high school and worked three stations in FN42 before driving the last mile
home and arriving at midnight. I put the Bioenno Power 40AH battery on charge,
swapped the N coax for PL-259 coax, ate some real food and got about 6 hours of
sleep.
On Sunday I drove to my usual locations in NH: Kearsarge, Pack Monadnock, and
the grid corner near Peterborough to work FN43, FN42, FN32 and FN33.
About 450 miles of driving, 27 hours on the road (away from my house), and 8
hours of operating time
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