[Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] K9MU SOLP June VHFQP Results

Tue Jun 13 14:57:40 EDT 2006

Chjeck this out.  This guy has a much higher score than we did and he is
SOLP!  He worked over 1100 Qs on 6 meters alone.  I just don't see how a
single op can do that.

73
Jim, W4KXY

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Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:20 PM
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Subject: [VHFcontesting] K9MU SOLP June VHFQP Results

ARRL June VHF QSO Party

Call: K9MU
Operator(s): K9MU
Station: W0AIH/W0UC

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EN44hr

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   6: 1107   229
   2:  107    36
 222:   29    13
 432:   51    17
 903:    2     1
 1.2:    5     2
-------------------
Total: 1301   298  Total Score = 415,710

Club: Chippewa Valley VHF Contesters

What a blast! I was fortunate to operate from the W0AIH/W0UC contest shack
again this year. W0AIH and I have been slowly fixing antennae and replacing
coax over the past couple of summers. Despite our work, the system as a
whole deteriorated since last summer. Only two antennae on 6M were working
and the 432 and 222 stack rotors did not indicate headings. I tried to
troubleshoot the problems at the start of the contest but soon abandoned
those activities when I discovered there was Es to work!

I heard KC0IYT/R and KC9GIQ on 432 at 1800z so I quickly nabbed them and
took them to 2M. I then switched to 6M and found a somewhat clear frequency
at 50.171.3. I called CQ a couple times and instantly had a small pile-up. I
had 10 Q's in the first 3 minutes. The two antennae I used were the 8
element @ 40 feet and a 6 element fixed to the SW. I turned the 8 element SE
and alternated between yagis during CQ's. I was running CA, WA, and ID
stations from one yagi while working east coast stuff on the other. I felt
loud and continued to run stations.
The west coast stuff petered out and at 1900z the band shifted from the SE
to the E. The band sounded like 20M during a WPX SSB contest, just how I
like it. It was tough keeping my run frequency as high power guys kept
jumping on near me. I would sometimes crank my microphone gain to the max
and give a long CQ. It is amazing how this helped clear the frequency up.
Signals were so strong that I ran most of my pile-ups with the 20dB
attenuator on. At 2013z, I had my max 10 QSO rate of 314 Q's/hour (6 Q's a
minute) and my 100 QSO rate was around 230 Q's an hour.

I was monitoring 2M while running my pile and heard some commotion at 2213z.
I switch my main rig to 2M and heard some EN34 guys working W1's. I quickly
swung my yagi around to the east and worked 12 Q's from W1, W2, and VE2.
K1WHS was 30 over! The 20-minute opening supplied some awesome mults but
really hurt my rate. I stuck to my motto, "If you're not CQ'ing, you're not
winning" and jumped back on 6M. I was already over 500 QSO's on 6M and was
shooting for 200 more.
K2DRH, N9ISN, and N0AKC would occasionally jump in and we would exchange QSO
totals. Both were right behind my heels. This pushed me to contest even
harder. Rates were continually above 100 Q's an hour up until around 0100z
when the band started to fade. I was at 900 Q's by the end of the night.
Would 1000 Q's be possible?

Sunday was never quite like Saturday. 6M opened early at 1300z to the NNE.
The VE2YAT/B in FO40 was in for most of the morning. I worked new stations
in VE1, VE2, VE9, VY2, and northern W1. K7BV/1 and W1JJ operating portable
from FN64 as W1VHF were especially loud! At 1600z, the band shifted from the
NNE to the S and SE. Signals were loud from those directions but there were
few new stations to work.  At 1640z, I worked WB4ZXK EM66 for QSO #1000!
Since new stations we few and far between, I hit the "high bands" hard on
Sunday afternoon. My 902 and
1296 systems were not working properly. The only QSO from out of EN44 was
with K2DRH on 1296. Bob's system is amazing! 6 meters remained open for most
of Sunday night. K5AM, WA7JTM, W5LCC, and AA7A were S9 up until the end of
the contest. When the clocked ticked 0300Z, I had an incredible 1107 QSO's
and 229 grids on 6m. I crushed my previous high and was the first Single Op
to break the 1K Q barrier! Simply amazing!

Grid maps and pictures: http://k9mu.com/june2006/

My signal in FN25 recorded by VE3GIB:
 http://home.cogeco.ca/~gazibo/june%20vhf%202006/k9mu.mp3

6M QSO/Mults per Hour
______________________

HOUR   QSO's/Mults

18      89/47
19      105/31
20      149/12
21      115/12
22      66/4     (2M Es)
23      124/27
0       131/14
1       47/16
2       47/16
3       12/3
4       6/2
5       5/2
6       .
7       .
8       .
9       .
10      .
11      1/1
12      5/1
13      5/3
14      17/5
15      25/3
16      70/11
17      30/6
18      7/2
19      2/1
20      4/3
21      5/0
22      7/2
23      8/1
0       13/2
1       3/0
2       10/2

2M Es QSO's
_____________

2214   N1BUG    FN55
2225   KQ1V     FN43
2225   WA2AUY   FN23
2228   K1MUJ    FN31
2228   AF1T     FN43
2228   W1FKF    FN42
2228   K1OYB    FN43
2229   KC2BCJ   FN34
2230   W1GUP    FN54
2232   VE2HAR   FN35
2237   W2SSF    FN54
2237   K1WHS    FN43

Thanks for all the QSO's! See you at Central States!

Justin K9MU
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