[VHFcontesting] Jan VHF contest Rover scores

[Dave Wendling]

Hello reflector friends,

Short report on my Rover trip.

The Saturday afternoon slowed us down both on contacts and on travel time.  We didn't get to stop at most of the high places we had picked out. During the storm, my six meter halo had so much ice on it, the SWR went through the roof  and was useless.  Either the bands went dead around five p.m or my ice coated HO antennas didn't want to play anymore in the storm, as I was trying to drive down interstate 95 in Southern CT heading for NYC.  We had to pull off and get a room for the night.  We did better on Sunday but felt we were pressed for time and so again did not stop much.  Oh well, made 182 contacts with 12 Rover grids and a  score of 12189. I was using bands ABCD.

I just read the message from the Grid Pirates and was laughing because I went back to get them after 18:00 as I entered a new grid and they were gone!  I was blaming my new HO antennas, (I used all beams last year). claiming to my Roving partner that hmmm, I hit them easily from here last year!!! BTW, the stacked HO antennas were great!  (grin).

    June is just around the corner!

73, KB1EAA, Dave
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