[3830] ARRL Sep VHF AE0EE Single Op-Analog QRP

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                    ARRL September VHF Contest - 2023

Call: AE0EE
Operator(s): AE0EE
Station: AE0EE

Class: Single Op-Analog QRP
QTH: MN
Operating Time (hrs): 3

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:   3     1
    2:   5     1
  222:   3     1
  432:   5     1
  903:          
  1.2:          
  2.3:          
  3.4:          
  5.7:          
  10G:          
  24G:          
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Total:  16     4  Total Score = 92

Club: Northern Lights Radio Society

Comments:

5 W, with 3 elements on 2 m, 3 elements on 222, 7 elements (vertically
polarized) on 432, and the piece de resistance: a dummy load and short clip lead
on 6 meters.  All antennas indoors in the upper story of a house.

For this contest, I primarily used the Yesu FT-857d, though a handheld made an
appearance for one of the 446 MHz contacts to decrease the feedline loss to the
antenna as well as all the 222 MHz contacts.

I set a new personal best for a 5 W/dummy load contact: working a station in
Woodbury at a distance of just over 16 miles.  It wasn't easy (for him), but
when he pointed at me it was enough to make it work.

While I spent less time than I might have liked on this one, I was surprised at
how well things went given my extremely modest station.  It would've been nice
to get another grid on a few bands, though.


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