[VHFcontesting] SVQP QRP Portable Experience

[Dan Evans]

Good job John!

Don't forget to submit your log, we get precious few QRP ops on VHF+ :-)

73
Dan


Dan Evans N9RLA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Patrick" <j.s.patrick at ieee.org>
To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:43 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] SVQP QRP Portable Experience


> Well, since my 8+ pregnant wife didn't want me pulling an all-
> nighter with the local club, I did manage to convince her to
> give me some time to try the QRP portable category.
> 
> Rigs were a Yaesu FT-290R Mk. II (in low power) for 2m SSB,
> an Icom IC-03AT 5 Watt FM HT, a Yaesu FT-50R 5 Watt HT for
> 440 FM.
> 
> Antenna were homebrew 6 elements based on the WA5VJB webpage
> at http://www.clarc.org/Articles/uhf.htm and seemed to work
> quite well!
> 
> Operated from 0020 to 0320 UTC Saturday night only, due
> to honey-do's and inclement weather Sunday.
> 
> Results:
> Band     Qs     Grids
> ----------------------
> 144      17       8
> 223      4        2
> 440      3        2
> 
> Score: 31 * 12 = 372
> 
> Reason 440 was so bad was that I didn't have the antenna
> on a mast, but mounted on a tripod, that seemed to always
> have to point through my SUV.
> 
> I guess it's not a bad score given the 3 hours operating,
> bad weather, and the fact that I was deaf to the north,
> for some unknown reason.  Next time I'll need to scout the
> area better.
> 
> John
> --
> John Patrick -- N9OU
> 
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