Results, VHF QSO Party

[Zack Widup]

                              ARRL VHF QSO PARTY  1995
 
 
      Call: W9SZ                     Country: USA 
      State: ILLINOIS                Category: Single Operator QRP
      Grid Square: EN60af            Operating time: 7 hours
 
      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS      GRIDS
                         
      144       22       22          14
      432       11       22           8
      1296       1        3           1
     -----------------------------------
 
     Totals     34       47          23  =   1,081
 
Equipment Description:
     
     HTX-100 IF rig
     Homebrew transverters:
        144 MHz 5 watts out (WB4EHS design, HAM RADIO July 1989)
        432 MHz 5 watts out (KA9LNV design)
        1296 MHz 5 watts out (KK7B design + amp)
     Antennas:
        144 MHz 12-el. yagi
        432 MHz 15-el. yagi
        1296 MHz 24-el. loop yagi
 
Club Affiliation: None 
 
Comments: 
 
   The weather was P-E-R-F-E-C-T ! How could I not enjoy myself,
   being on a hilltop on such a day?  
   The band condx were worse than normal. Not many openings, they were
   relatively short.
   I didn't hear a lot of the regulars I work in this contest. Where 
   were you guys?
 
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
 
Zack W9SZ
 

>From Tony and Celia Becker <becker at shell.portal.com>  Mon Sep 11 03:50:05 1995
From: Tony and Celia Becker <becker at shell.portal.com> (Tony and Celia Becker)
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 22:50:05 -0400
Subject: AE0M Sprint CW Score
Message-ID: <199509110554.WAA27333 at nova.unix.portal.com>

                              NA SPRINT CW SUMMARY SHEET
     Contest Date : 10-Sep-95
    Callsign Used : AE0M
         Operator : AE0M
         Category : Low Power
 Default Exchange : Tony CA
             Name : Anthony J. Becker
          Address : 3273 B. Rocky Water Lane
   City/State/Zip : San Jose, CA 95148
          Country : United States
             email: becker at shell.portal.com
        Team/Club : Northern California Contest Club

   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults  Ants (100% aluminum free)
 _________________________________________________________________________

   80CW       44          44         44       1   Delta Loop @ 8'
   40CW       47          47         47      16   Delta Loop @ 10'
   20CW       41          41         41      16   Delta Loop @ 15'/ Attic Dipole
 _________________________________________________________________________

 Totals      132         132        132      33   

    Final Score = 4752 points.

RIG: FT-990, FL7000 at 150W & 486DX2-66 MHz running N6TRLog version 5.24.  

A BIG County truck came through on Thursday to paint the garden wall on the
expressway side and hooked the 80m delta loop, taking it and the rest of the
antennas down with the part of the eucalyptus tree in which they were
suspended.  (That #26 stranded copperweld is some tough stuff)!  Once again,
I spent the seven hours before the contest putting up antennas.  Sunburned
and confused, this wasn't my best effort, but at least the antennas are back
up.  My apologies to those who wondered what the heck was wrong while they
waited.  I stayed on 20m too long trying to get my quota of 50 Qs/band, and
so missed it on all bands.
AE0M, Tony Becker - becker at shell.portal.com - Silicon Valley, U.S.A.


>From Danny Eskenazi <0005720561 at mcimail.com>  Mon Sep 11 07:06:00 1995
From: Danny Eskenazi <0005720561 at mcimail.com> (Danny Eskenazi)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 95 01:06 EST
Subject: K7SS NA score
Message-ID: <25950911060652/0005720561PK3EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

231/39 Low power, TH7 and a G5RV at 40 feet. Team; Grateful Eds
Good start on 20 and then the curtain hit, kept getting beat to everything
I called, so resorted to CQs with assorted takers. Got to 40 at 0130 and
it was boiling...big huge W2/W3/W4 signals and quick comebacks from them.
Easy to get a quick CQ response from all parts of the country. Almost quit
when WB5SQG insisted on not letting me get a name and QTH from WW2Y QSO.
He CQed every time I asked for a fill. Repeated it so often it seemed
malicious...finally gave up and called HIM for a QSO, so I know he
was hearing me. Found out afterwards it was K5ZD op (would this have happened
with him signing his own call?) Probably some other perspective on this
QSO from the east coast...and I may be missing something..so no hard feelings
...but Im sure he was able to copy my pissed-off comment at 45wpm!) Took a
chunk out of the action timewise, and ruined the "wah" of the flow, and 
never really got back into it after that. Anyway, 40 died early, and off to
noisy 80 and eaked out W6s for the rest of the event; sure could have used
another band to go to! Activity seemed way down..I know, its the bottom of
the cycle.... Missed WD0T and K1IU, both of which I tried to psych out and
get to their next frequency ahead of them.....didnt work. And NO VE7 nextdoor.
73 de K7SS   seeya next one ...