[RSM] June VHF Contest--W6NF

[Jack]

One one VE4 heard and that was VE4EAR, who I decoded once at -21 when he 
responded to my CQ. Nothing else heard at all from Winnipeg.

The Sporadic-E openings were as sporadic as any I have heard in my years 
on VHF. Seeing the signals some and go on the FT8 waterfall was like 
watching the band "breathe" in 3 to 5 minute cycles. K5QE, for example, 
would go from nothing to -17, to -3, back to -17 then back to nothing in 
4 minutes. It happened more than once to them and quite a few other 
stations. Knowing the east coast, and some stations in the southern US, 
were working EU was frustrating, again.

Operating FT8 made me appreciate CW a bit more. A 10-second exchange, 
from start to finish, sure is nice!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting Wednesday.

73,

Jack, W6NF/VE3RUA
Shelley, K7MKL


>                     ARRL June VHF Contest
>
> Call: W6NF
> Operator(s): W6NF
> Station: W6NF
>
> Class: SO 3Band LP
> QTH: MN
> Operating Time (hrs): 6
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>     6:  32     22
> ----------
> Total:  32     22  Total Score = 704
>
> Club: Radiosport Manitoba
>
> Comments:
>
> Lots of activity on both FT8 and CW but the CW QSOs were way more fun. 
> Failed to
> get several FT8 stations in the log who did not use the NA VHF Contest 
> format
> and seemed to demand a signal report. That made no sense to me at all 
> and I did
> not waste my time.