Bill made three 432 EME Q's on Saturday night. We listened on 144 and 222 EME but no Q's. We did get on 1296 and made a couple of Q's.
Bill has submitted the score to ARRL and I have posted on 3830 also, Multi-Op. We will have to see how things turn out and whether other areas of the country had propagation and where we end up in the final standings.
Operators for the contest were Brian NX9O, Kim WG8S, Bill KI4US, Bob K4VBM, Jerry W5TDY, Brad KM4QHI, Ron WW8RR, Kos N4SDK, Jack KM4ZIA and Bob W4ZST. Several ops stayed up for early Sunday morning to take advantage of Meteor Scatter and got several new grids for multipliers. Glad to have Ron and Kos back with us after a long absence and to have Brad and Jack operate with us again. It was also good to have folks come visit again after the past couple of years. Bob Hensey brought his friend Don KK4E to visit, my brother David from Daytona Beach was also here to see what we do for the first time, Mike Stipick KC4RI also got up for a while on Saturday afternoon. The other McElroys visiting were Tom W4SDR and Jan K4PRM.
Once again, Jerry W5TDY, the master BBQ smoker has fed us (and spoiled us) royally. Here is Jerry's menu.
Saturday Dinner: Beef Brisket, Smoked Sausages, Texas Beans, coleslaw, Texas Toast and Apple Pie. Thanks to Jan for helping Jerry out with dinner prep. Sunday Breakfast - Egg/Sausage/Potato/cheese casserole and I think I saw Avocaco and other fancy stuff Sunday Lunch - Hot meatball Hoagies, Chips, pickles, left over coleslaw Sunday Dinner - Brisket Quesadillas, Rice, Beans and other leftovers Brian and Bill stayed four nights, Kim two nights, Bob and Kos for Saturday night. Brian and Bill helped and we got a good bit done on projects around here on Thursday and Friday and I really do appreciate the help. I also made some Al amp covers for Kim over the weekend for his Larcan amps. On 6m we tried out the FTDX3000 courtesy of our friend Smitty W4UDH, my Beko kW amp and the two 5 element beams at 35/50'. 6m performed well for the contest but since it was almost all FT8, we really didn't get to give the 3000 a workout. The 144, 222 and 432 stations were the usual Flex 1500's, DEMI transverters and Lunar Link amps at about 1KW. We also have preamps on all those bands and use the taller 2x12 el 2m terrestrial antennas and the cross pol antenna pairs on 222 and 432 for bpth EME and terrestrial. The 1296 station was also a Flex 1500 and DEMI transverter but no amp or preamp to the 2x45 el loop yagis. That's it for now. Be sure to put the January contest on your calendars, January 21-23, 2023. We will definitely operate here for the January contest as we have for the past 16 years since I moved to this QTH. Thanks to all our friends on the airwaves who worked us in the contest. 73, Bob